WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels was recently a guest on former WWE commentator Jim Ross’ podcast The Ross Report. You can check out the highlights here:
On his new job at the Performance Center in Florida:
“Hunter and I need to sit and need to sort of decide that I want to go ahead and have a schedule and do that schedule. And, honestly, as you know, I don’t know that I’ve ever done a schedule. I haven’t had a schedule or a job since I was 16 [years old] for heaven’s sakes.”
On advice given to him by Randy Savage:
“I tell everybody the story about [Randy] Savage telling me to slow down and me saying, “no way – it isn’t going to happen; it’s the only way that I can compete with you guys; the fact that you guys don’t hustle and I do is going to make the difference” and of course, once I got there, what you do is you slow down and you learn how to tell a story and learn about psychology and things of that nature. That’s a part of youth. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing.”
On what WWE shows he watches now:
“I watch more NXT and the 205 Live more than anything else, to be perfectly honest. I do that because, I mean, that’s something that I’m interested in. I think in terms of, again, being here and being able to contribute and see what I can do, if anything, to help the younger wrestlers. That’s the part that I enjoy, so, clearly, if you’re going to do that, you’ve got to know about the product, and you’ve got to watch it, and you’ve got to be informed with the talent and the people that are there.”
(All transcribed quotes courtesy of Wrestling Inc.)
