Shawn Michaels recently appeared on The Ric Flair Show. Below are some highlights:
On Never Going to WCW:
âItâs one of those things where you talk about it [and] you fantasize about it, but really, legally and contractually, no. I mean, I could never go. Itâs just one of those things where you can, in the theatre of your mind, you can fantasize about it, think about it, wonder what it would be like, but, ultimately, I think Iâve always felt like I was a WWE guy and I honestly didnât want to be anywhere else and the only reason youâd ever go anywhere else is for money. As badly as everybody feels like Iâm a sellout for one thing or another, I guess, ultimately, when it came to wrestling, I just wanted to wrestle where I want to wrestle. And something had to be bigger and more important than the money and for me, it was the time inside that ring.â
On The Angle With Vince McMahon and God:
âI thought that was funny. It was so over the top and so silly. I donât know. Itâs funny, years later, I can remember [Triple H], I think itâs not years â months or a year later â I remember Hunter coming to me and he goes, âdude, we didnât think in a million years youâd do thatâ. He goes, âwe really thought you would be all hurt and uptight about itâ. I was like, âdude, what do I care? Itâs silly.'â Michaels continued, âthe part inside the ropes, the part where people decide if itâs a good match or a bad match, thatâs the part that I take very, very, very, very, very seriously and that I respect the most. All the other stuff though is just, itâs just window-dressing and silliness. And so, none of that stuff bothers me. And so, I donât know. It wasnât the most intellectually stimulating angle or storyline that weâve ever did at the WWE, but, look, we used my personal life â weâve used a lot of guysâ personal lives or real wives and stuff like that to fill up a storyline â mine is no different. Again, I donât know that it was, honestly, I donât know that it was one of the best by any stretch of the imagination, but it also wasnât one of the worst. It was just another in a run of many sort of over the top, maybe too overdone storylines in WWE lore.â