There have been loads of matches between WWE stars that never happened. These have became the ‘What ifs’ of wrestling. Amongst them is a match that fans desired to see. This was between The Rock and Shawn Michaels. While it didn’t occur, there have been speculations and rumors about it.
During a recent appearance on the “7 PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony” podcast, Michaels was asked about not facing The Rock. He cleared the air in regards to the rumors and speculations, saying,
“I’ll say this—again, I feel over time there’s been a giant kerfuffle within the wrestling business about me and Hunter, about me doing something to him and being mean and stuff like that. All of it was blown out of proportion—none of it accurate. The thing is, when he was younger, he was fed so much. Again, in a while—and to at the present time—we get along, and we speak about stuff. That’s what I feel everyone would have liked to have seen, but by the point I got here back, he was well off into his Hollywood profession and stuff like that.”
Michaels On WWE NXT Talent
The Heartbreak Kid was also asked about his handling of WWE NXT talent. He said, “Again, a few of it’s the experiences you’ve got. I at all times attempt to tell them, you’re not going to have a thought in your head that I haven’t had at one time. So in the event you’re comfortable with it, you possibly can be honest with me and open. One among the things our generation didn’t have was the old-timers saying that it’s okay to be scared, to cry and be emotional, intimidated—it’s okay to say, ‘I don’t know.’”
“To know that every part is okay—you’re not coming to be judged, definitely by me, because I don’t have that right and I even have made every mistake. In order that’s something that I do use, as best I can, to assist them and guide them. I understand the those that are passionate, or after they get offended or they’ve got a chip on their shoulder. They’re all things that I can relate to, and I can a minimum of validate the way in which they’re feeling after which do my best to try to help guide them within the midst of those emotions.”
“And take a look at to get them to, ‘It’s okay to say to me at once, we’re in a secure space—go ahead and lay it out on me.’ But when you ought to go to upper management, I’d suggest perhaps saying it this manner. I also tell them that, make no mistake about it—if you ought to call me a hypocrite, you’ve got every right to do this as well. It’s trying to clarify to them that that is a lot greater.”