Over the years, we’ve heard the good and bad about Shawn Michaels from others but especially himself. By all intents and purposes, he’s a changed and better person than he was.
But that doesn’t mean he can’t have a set back or two when around certain people.
One of his recent relapses into impressing his fellow Kliq members came in 2018 at Raw 25, the show’s 25th anniversary.
The WWE pulled out all the stops by bringing in legends like the Kliq, Steve Austin, with Austin giving us a flash of the old days when he stunned Vince and Shane McMahon.
But it wasn’t all fun and games for everyone.
The dark side
The Revival (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) faced the The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson), and after the match they were beat down by the Kliq.
Dax and Cash talked about it a little with Jim Cornette and how it hurt them as they respected them and thought they were Triple H’s guys yet they were embarrassed by him and the other in the ring and backstage.
According to them, the only one of the Kliq that thanked them for taking their finishers in the ring was Sean Waltman (X-Pac).
Opening up further
Dax was on the latest episode of The Sessions with Renee Paquette, and he talked in depth about moving from the WWE to AEW and his personal struggle with anxiety and bulimia.
He also went into depth about how Shawn Michaels made fun of him after they shared a heart to heart backstage.
Special thanks to wrestlinginc.com for the transcript.
“For a lot of guys it’s like ‘oh, it’s a paycheck, who cares,’ but not to me. There’s a legacy I want to leave. But that happened and I talked to Shawn [Michaels]. That was the first time we had talked since the [Performance Center] days.
“I told him, ‘Man this happened, tore my bicep, went through a really dark period and thought I was going to quit but thankfully I have the greatest wife in the world and she has supported me and brought me out of this funk and out of this dark place and I’m here now, I’m super happy.’ He said ‘I was the same way, I was in this very dark spot that my wife, she’s beautiful, she pulled me out of this dark spot too. You and your partner are way too talented to be doing what you’re doing tonight, you are way too talented to stay at this point. Just keep your nose to the ground and keep grinding and you’ll get over.’ I said ‘oh Shawn, thank you so much.’
“We had this bonding moment, and then we got in front of his friends. X-Pac, Hunter, Billy [Gunn], Road Dogg, Scott [Hall], and as soon as we got in front of his friends, he started making fun of me and making fun of my situation and what happened with my bicep. I was like man I just poured my heart out to you and as soon as we get in front of your friends, cause we’re going over that they’re going to beat the s–t out of us, you decide to take all of that stuff and make fun of me about it?”
He also elaborated on Sean Waltman thanking them and how they were treated by the others.
“I never ever forgot it and as soon as we were done with the business at RAW [that night], one person said thank you to us and that was Sean Waltman. Everyone else was so cold to us and treated us just like we were the s–t on the bottom of their shoes, except for Sean Waltman. I’ll never forget that from Shawn and I hope there’s a day that comes that we can have a conversation and I can ask him why he did that and we can reconcile if he wants to. If I love you, I love you and if I don’t, I don’t.”
It’s hard not to fall into an old habit when around certain people, and we hope that Michaels and Dax have that conversation and bury the hatchet. To be a fly on the wall for that one.
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