WWE’s Je’Von Evans has discussed how Shawn Michaels played a key role in being signed by WWE.
The 21-year-old WWE star is some of the promising young stars in pro wrestling currently, but hundreds of thousands would not have been in a position to see his talent if it weren’t for the NXT boss. Evans recently appeared on the “No-Contest Wrestling” podcast, where he revealed that Michaels vouched for him, despite there being some behind-the-scenes who weren’t convinced about him.
But [if] we [are] talking about Je’von Evans, got to thank Shawn Michaels, bro,” he said. “I feel like he was the person who really looked out for me because during my tryout there was apparently — I wasn’t gonna get signed. But Shawn saw something in me. [The criticism was] In fact, then I used to be too young, , I used to be smaller on the time, so, , there was numerous those that wanted me to, like, , sort of become old and get greater. But Shawn was like, ‘No, like just trust me.’ And everybody trusted him, and now that is like my go-to people, what I mean?”
The young NXT star may not have been sufficiently old to see Shawn Michaels in his prime, but he revealed that although he knew Michaels was one among the greats before joining WWE, he first discovered his greatness through a video game.
“I knew he was the GOAT right before I began learning under him. It’s funny how I discovered him because my first time really seeing HBK was my first video game was Smackdown vs. Raw, 2008. After which the more I began playing games, the more I actually start understanding who Shawn was, what I mean?”
His interest and love for Michaels grew even further after the WWE ’13 video game, following which he researched more in regards to the Hall of Famer to study his history in pro wrestling.