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September 20, 1997 ? A date that no-one will forget. Two men and one woman (who was just as big) formed together to make one of the most memorable and popular stables in history. The first was the ever-popular Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels. At this point, HBK was at the peak of his popularity. He had won the WWF Heavyweight Title just over a year ago and held it until February 1997, where he forfeited it due to a knee injury. His next few months were easy, with not much action to speak of, but September 20 changed all that. He became a part of Degeneration X, and embarked upon a journey that would change the face of wrestling, that would spark the attitude era, and that would eventually help in the demise of WCW. Michaels’ next few months were not easy. He battled the Undertaker in the first and greatest Hell In A Cell match, and then followed it up in November with the ever infamous Montreal Screwjob. The rest of his time in DX was short, as he was injured in a Casket match with Undertaker and then made the injury worse at WrestleMania 14.

The second member was the now infamous Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Hunter’s first few months in DX were spent as a spokesperson and backup for Michaels, especially at Montreal. In October, Michaels began addressing Hunter as Triple H, which he is still known as. This also helped Triple H to drop his rich snob gimmick and move on to become one of the more rowdy and active figures of the WWE. When Michaels left the group, Triple H became its’ new leader, and recruited The New Age Outlaws and X-Pac to form the New Degeneration X. He continued as their leader until WrestleMania 15, where he and Chyna joined Vince McMahon’s Corporation. Chyna’s journey with DX was much the same as HHH’s, as Triple H had been working with Chyna before they had formed DX,

Back to today’s news. At WrestleMania 22, HBK showed the first signs of a DX reunion. In his match with Vince, before he jumped off the ladder, he gave the famous DX crotch chop. Triple H’s match later in the night against John Cena was much the same, with Hunter also flashing the crotch chop. Over the next few weeks, Michaels began using the ‘two words’ line in his promos. The crowds were more than happy to say the words ‘Suck It’ in response.

Backlash is now over, and Michaels has hopefully finished his program with the McMahons. HHH is still not in possession of the WWE Title, despite what many fans may have wanted. But this still leaves us with the question of where HBK and HHH can merge paths. Likely statistics say that HHH is going to become a face with DX, and Cena will go heel by ECW One Night Stand. However, that’s RVD’s shot at the title, which means that Hunter is likely to step away from the spotlight of the title and move towards DX. Michaels shouldn’t have any trouble joining, and since the ECW PPV is focused on ECW and RVD’s shot at the Title, it’s likely that the event will occur at Vengeance.

But even if the two superstars join and form DX once more, will it ever go back to its glory days of 1998? Will the networks let us see the gauze padding, the obscene language with censoring issues these days? It’s doubtful. But that doesn’t stop me waiting for a DX return any less, and I’d sure as hell like to see them back. Maybe they can bring back the attitude that the WWE so sorely needs right now. In any case, I’m waiting for it. I hope you are too.

by Adam Heap --- [View Adam Heap's Column Index]....