Who jumped HBK?

[smokeandmirrors]

Remember at the end of 1998 when HBK was fired from the Corporation and rejoined DX? He went outside the building and next thing you know, his face was full of windshield. Who were we to believe did this? The Corporation? DX? I seem to remember DX locking him out perhaps and X-Pac saying "what goes around, comes around", as if DX let The Corporation get to him maybe.

My memory is sketchy however, can anyone shed any light?

[Corporate H]

I always thought it was either X-Pac or The Rock behind it and we never saw a feud with either.

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

I believe Shawn and DX reunited earlier on in that episode. While X-Pac did say that quote, I do believe it was The Corporation who put Shawn through the windshield.

[Deleted]

i asked my brother i thought it was Triple H and he thinks it was too cause i believe he joined the corporation short after and may of owned up to it

Edit: found out Triple H through HBK through a windscreen in 2002 as well but i do still think he had something to do with the 1998/9 one

[cherry coloured funk]

It was the Corporation, but D-X doublecrossed him by locking him out of the arena because a few weeks earlier HBK had screwed them as Commissioner. It was brilliantly subtle, and one of my favourite Attitude Era angles... too bad it never went anywhere.

[thegame415]

I think the guys from Syracuse came back to finish where they left off.

[Paco]

Jan 27, 2013 0:54:27 GMT -5 cherry coloured funk said:

It was the Corporation, but D-X doublecrossed him by locking him out of the arena because a few weeks earlier HBK had screwed them as Commissioner. It was brilliantly subtle, and one of my favourite Attitude Era angles... too bad it never went anywhere.

This guy has it right...
There's even this brief moment where Shawn realizes what DX did before The Corporation surrounds him.

[smokeandmirrors]

Jan 27, 2013 2:05:30 GMT -5 Paco said:

Jan 27, 2013 0:54:27 GMT -5 cherry coloured funk said:

It was the Corporation, but D-X doublecrossed him by locking him out of the arena because a few weeks earlier HBK had screwed them as Commissioner. It was brilliantly subtle, and one of my favourite Attitude Era angles... too bad it never went anywhere.

This guy has it right...
There's even this brief moment where Shawn realizes what DX did before The Corporation surrounds him.

See, I never understood how DX weren't massive heels after this. The lad got his face through a piece of glass!!!!

[Larryhausen]

You know, that happened to Shawn twice, and both times I was hoping against hope that it was Jannetty.

[Lt. Palumbo]

Jan 27, 2013 3:18:53 GMT -5 Larryhausen said:

You know, that happened to Shawn twice, and both times I was hoping against hope that it was Jannetty.

god damn, that'd be an awesome left field swerve

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

Jan 27, 2013 5:32:01 GMT -5 Lt. Palumbo said:

Jan 27, 2013 3:18:53 GMT -5 Larryhausen said:

You know, that happened to Shawn twice, and both times I was hoping against hope that it was Jannetty.

god damn, that'd be an awesome left field swerve

Especially if it turns out he's been outside every week for years, waiting for that one moment!

[Larryhausen]

Jan 27, 2013 5:55:28 GMT -5 "Gentleman" AJ Powell said:

Jan 27, 2013 5:32:01 GMT -5 Lt. Palumbo said:

god damn, that'd be an awesome left field swerve

Especially if it turns out he's been outside every week for years, waiting for that one moment!

To the point that he even hires two guys to follow him everywhere with a sheet of glass.

[Lt. Palumbo]

"In Soviet Russia, Shark jumps you"

This crosses my mind literally every time I see the title of this thread.



Just thought I'd share

[Mr Captain Falcon]

Did they ever explain why HBK joined the corporation? Was it because DX kicked him out?

[What?]

Jan 27, 2013 10:35:33 GMT -5 Mr Captain Falcon said:

Did they ever explain why HBK joined the corporation? Was it because DX kicked him out?

I always assumed that Vince hired HBK out of spite of DX. He didn't really put much thought into it, so it wasn't until soon after that he realized Shawn was soft towards DX. HBK being HBK, had his own agenda, and was like a free agent that did whatever he felt like doing that day of the week.

Vince, not liking this, fired Shawn, who then totally re-aligned himself with DX. Except that DX didn't feel so warmly about Shawn. So when HBK made war with the Corporation, thinking he had the band behind him, DX just walked away. This led to Vince and friends having open season on him.

That's how I interpreted it. Soon after, Triple H turned heel, while Shawn remained face, so continuity was pretty well maintained.

Am I a little off with this?

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

He threw himself through the windshield.

[hargh]

Jan 27, 2013 11:24:10 GMT -5 Apricots And A Pear Tree said:

He threw himself through the windshield.

"WILL YOU STOP?!"

[DragonMasterP]

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}
IT WAS ME, AUSTINMICHAELS! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!

[Mrs. Potato Dick]

Jan 27, 2013 14:59:42 GMT -5 DragonMasterP said:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}
IT WAS ME, AUSTINMICHAELS! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Awww, sonofabitch!!

[BorneAgain]

The Rock.

Which is why Shawn superkicked him on Smackdown in September 1999.