Shawn Michaels was one of the biggest names in the wrestling business in the 1990s. ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ was loved by the fans and he was one whose record seemed unfathomable at that time.
There were people who weren’t able to get along with him as he was difficult to deal with during those days. His back injury took him out. During a backstage incident after Michaels had secured a win in his match, Ric Flair asked him to have some beverage.
Michaels had turned into a religious guy and wanted to stay away from all such things. In a recent episode of his Extreme Life podcast, Matt Hardy discussed the backstage incident with how things went down and Michaels called Jeff a Shawn Michaels wannabe.
The discussion was funny as there was no fight or a heated argument, but both parties enjoyed the conversation. An altercation between wrestlers is common as is backstage conversation.
“Shawn at this point, was not drinking, very religious. And Ric [Flair] was down there just annoying the sh*t out of him. He’s like ‘Come on Shawn! Look at the champ John! He’s the leader now.
He’s having some drinks. Shawn, you can have a drink! It doesn’t make you a bad person.”
“Ric finally got Shawn to cave and have some drinks. So he’s sitting there having his drinks, and you’re seeing the ‘old’ Shawn Michaels starting to come out. And Jeff and I, we were just tickled.
“Look at you Jeff Hardy. A Shawn Michaels wannabe!”
“You see Shawn and now that he’s had a few, he says ‘yeah look at you Jeff Hardy. A Shawn Michaels wannabe! People know that I’m the real deal. You think you’re hot sh*t right, just because people love you. Well people will always believe in me! Are they going to always believe in you?”
Umaga came in between the conversation to make the save thinking things may turn bad. It shows that the they had respect for each other and wanted to keep things that way. They were just enjoying their moment backstage and had fun with it.
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