Shawn Michaels was one of the top wrestlers in WWE during the 90’s and was one-half of one of the most popular tag teams in wrestling. However, WCW showed no interest in him.
During his 83 Weeks podcast, Eric Bischoff talked about Shawn Michaels. During the discussion, he dismissed a rumor that WCW tried to get Jose Lothario to appear on Nitro in June 1997, in order to make people think Shawn Michaels would go to WCW.
Bischoff revealed that rumor was “pure fiction” by Dave Meltzer. He said that Michaels was a “headcase” during that time, so WCW was not interested in him.
Bischoff claims Meltzer’s claim was “pure fiction” and that WCW never had any wishes at all to get Shawn Michaels. At the time, HBK was certainly a huge superstar, but he had severe attitude problems and other issues in his personal life, which he himself acknowledges now. Eric Bischoff repeated that he never had any interest in HBK, and said that even the rumour of WCW buying the Heartbreak Kid at the time would have caused problems in the locker room.
