people have still said he was a dick after that. obviously idk the man so my opinion doesn’t matter and honestly i don’t really care whether he is or not but people like rvd and others have said he was still a jerk. except this time he used the cover of religion to hide behind. they’ve also said he was fake and not much had actually changed. but who knows. you’re not the perfect nice person you think you are in every one’s version of you in their head.
That just goes to show that you can do your best to make amends but some bridges stay burned forever. Better to treat others with kindness from day one if you wish to receive kindness back.
Came back to this and im still pressed that they started that question with that and it was so perfect for a rockers question but the dude just only thinks of the rock😭
Why? Did you know him for you to like the fact he said sorry to everyone he worked with ? I always thought it was weird when fans care so passionately about backstage stories when they weren't there
What else does Dwayne have left to prove at this point? he let his actions in his professional life do the talking for himself. i agree, this shit was in the past. you can't change it but you can move on and not let it impact your life
There's a couple stories about what happened behind the scenes but Rock definitely did an interview 20+ years ago saying he had no interest in ever working with Shawn Michaels
I've always said it was never heat like that between Shawn and The Rock like everyone made it to be. Hell, Shawn in his prime said he never had a problem with The Rock and that he liked The Rock. Shawn said that he was a fan of The Rock's Saturday Night Live performance.
It was real heat. I believe it was simply one-sided. Rock didn't like HBK but HBK didn't ever really respond to it. But the heat was most definitely there.
They had a window in '02/'03 to work together. If HBK had one more championship run, I would've loved to see him beat Hollywood Rock for it, who also deserved a championship run with that character.
Shawn didnt run the locker room he was scared to show his face in the locker room because undertaker hated him and most ppl back then could've killed him if they wanted too, just look at what Mark Henry was going to do to hbk
It's not a mystery. Shawn is downplaying how much Rock disliked him back then. There are many reports that Shawn was also trying to keep the Rock out of big matches because he was jealous of how quickly he was blowing up. Not to mention Rock was very close with Bret Hart who famously had a big feud with Shawn. Shawn and Rock are cool now but it wasn't like that early on.
@@Tourist-Q I think The Rock almost or did put hands on him in the locker room when HBK kicked him too hard so that is one of the reasons to me that match did not happened.
@@nba_fan7214 it actually goes back even further than that. Shawn was working for the Rock's mom's side of his family at one point and was disrespectful to his grandmother.
@Going woke Is a Joke Scripted, not fake. Pro wrestlers suffer more debilitating injuries long term than most "traditional sport" athletes. Kurt Angle opens up about it during his Off The Record interview with Lansberg from 2004.
We all watched Shawn go from being the Heartbeat Kid to the mature HBK. I have nothing but respect for how that man battled his demons and just became a better human being. If you never watched Heartbreak and Triumph The Shawn Michaels story, watch it!
So Chris Candido is alive and other wrestlers that killed themselves or never got their shine thanks to him from his back stage politics are fine now. Vader, Bret Hart, Marty, left Instead of battling Rock and Stone.
Nah Shawn was running wild with DX & Kliq. Man was an asshole but an entertaining one. Only problem was he never drop titles inside the squared circle lol. He delivered classic matches just like in his second run but him as a heel was better than his babyface run. Hell, I would even go as much to say he kick started Attitude Era in WWE.
Say what you will bout Shawn as a person or character wise but as a wrestler and a performer…maaaannnnnn he changed the game. It’s no coincidence that damn near every wrestler has added the super kick in their move set. He perfected it. His influence is forever over the industry and only a handful of 🐐 can say that. Shawn’s one of em. 💯
Wdym why? When the Rock started hittin his Prime during year 98 & 99 at the epitome of the Attitude Era Shawn was already retired from wrestling before making a miraculous comeback in 2002 when Rock was already on his way to Hollywood. They never had so much as a chance. Even during last years of Shawn in the 90s when Rock was a mid-carder hbk was busy & booked feuding Bret & Austin in the main events.
The rock didn't want to work with Shawn once he hit it big, due to the Shawn giving his grandmom a hard time and the rock never forgot that. Shawn knows what he did and is sugar coating what he did and is acting like it was strictly between him and the rock ignoring the fact about the rocks grandmom
@@bigdaddyroy5382 not entirely true, Rocky never declined or stated that he didn’t want to work with Shawn, It just never happened ,Rocky even said that he would love to work with Shawn, during his HOF speech, Jim Cornette and Bruce Prichard also stated that “if Vince wanted Rocky vs Shawn, We would’ve got Rocky vs Shawn because Vince called the shots not Rocky” but yes it would’ve been a Great match
@@ricoway8592 there's a reason the rock owns the rock and that's cause the rock called his shot. Same way stone cold didn't work with who stone cold didn't work with. Pritchard is a horrible source he lies and avoids the truth like no other
@@bigdaddyroy5382 True indeed, we’ve just never heard the Rock say any of those things, only he say she say , A lot of gossip and rumors, Could be true tho, who knows for sure because we sure don’t.
"I went and apologized but I think everyone makes too big a deal about what I did." Sure sounds like a guy who didn't mean his apologies and doesn't really accept that his actions had a negative impact on other people.
“Sorry” 😅. How could you still hate this guy lol , most people in the comments weren’t even born or old enough to understand wrestling when he was on top so why truly hate off of stories you heard?
@@harrycahill2140 the worst thing is that Shawn Michaels never admits to anything... He just keeps downplaying things. This just proves that he barely changed.
I believe it's cordial at best. In a episode of Young Rock. There is a character that is implied to be Shawn Michaels and there is some choice words about him.
Bro yeah Shawn was a jerk in his younger days probably because he was so extremely talented that he got cocky but you could tell he changed when he came back in 2002 & i’m honestly glad for that.
Shawn Michaels was popular in earlier parts of the attitude era 1997/1998( screwjob, DX, heel champ) The Rock was popular in the middle part/hottest part of the attitude era 1999-2000 Kurt Angle, Hardyz ,Edge Christian were popular in the later parts of the era 2001
In other words, he was extremely arrogant when he was top dog and treated people like crap. But people who do that don’t realize they won’t be at the top forever. Eventually they have to come down the mountain and see others be at the top…And those people remember how you treated them
He didn't just treat them like crap He actively sabotaged their careers and ability to make money People tend to take that shit really personally especially when you come back and give people a half hearted meaningless apology
Jim Cornette pretty much said the same thing; HBK was an a$$hole to everyone not in The Kliq, he just didn’t single out The Rock. The Rock rose above all of this and never publicly said anything negative about Shawn Michaels.
When Rock inducted his Dad into the WWE HOF, he spoke highly of Shawn, & Shawn was sitting next to Rock’s grandmother. So Rocky definitely looked back.
It goes both ways.... Yessss we all know Shawn was an A-hole back then, and it he seemed to change his life, buuuut, to some people, some things are inexcusable... Maybe he did things to some people backstage that they consider unforgivable.. There's no right or wrong here, and judging by the way he said "sorry" in the video, maybe the wrestlers he apologized to didn't think it was sincere
The rocks grandma had a wrestling promotion in Hawaii and Shawn was rude and mean af to her. So the rock never forgave him and when he got insanely over he made sure never work with him .
There was more to the story once Rock joined the WWE. HBK and HHH tried to bury and bully him when he was a rookie back in 1997. Also, HBK was one of the biggest naysayers against Rock main eventing WM 15. Coupled with all that and the disrespect to his family, Rock for a time refused to work a match/feud with HBK. But it seems that they have made peace as of 2008 and beyond.
@@CCEkeke Wrong. HHH didn't try to bury Rock or anyone else. 1. He and Rock always got along well and were friends for years. Not bffs, but friends nonetheless. 2. Rock was not a rookie in 97. He was a rookie in 96. 3. Even if HHH wanted to bury someone then, he had ZERO power to do so. He was punished/buried for the Curtain Call and for four years wasn't allowed to ascend to the top. 4. The heat was solely with Rock/HBK. Not HHH. But if you've read HBK'S book and DX's book, you'll learn HHH was dragged into a lot of HBK'S heat and drama solely by association because he was his friend.
@@Speedyreedy1218 Wrong. Rock debuted in Survivor Series November 1996, which means most of 1997 was his rookie year. Rock and Hunter were not friends when the former joined the WWE. They had a very competitive relationship and could work together but weren't friends. In HHH's own words, "we got along, but we didn't get along." HHH and HBK were sitting in on creative meetings back in 1997. This was confirmed by Stephanie McMahon and other wrestlers. Alot of Hunter's stroke early in his career came from his friendship with The Kliq and then later HBK before he became the leader of DX back in 1998. Jericho (who said the Rock told him this) and other wrestlers confirmed that HBK (mainly) and HHH hazed Rock during his rookie year. Also, HBK's book contains a number of discrepancies that have since been debunked. l so I wouldn't trust that as a source for much of HBK's admissions of guilt.
@@CCEkeke Nope. They literally have said multiple times they were friends and got along. Rock said it in HHH'S 25th anniversary tribute and HHH said so in his book. Do not misunderstand a competitive rivalry to be synonymous with hatred. Peyton, Brees, Brady were all rivals. Competition breeds success and makes the bond deeper. Chasing the same things at the same time doesn't mean you loathe someone. Many disgruntled former talent say negative things about HHH and HBK because they're Kliq members and hate them. You can draw a laundry list of people who allege things on them because their career didn't end the way they wanted it to, or thought it should. Many go on to later reveal in these "shoots" (that they were paid to do to push a narrative) that they were in a bad place emotionally, with addictions, jealousy, etc and have regretted statements they made and reconciled with HHH, HBK, and WWE at large (Warrior, Goldberg, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, Steiner, so on and so on). Similarly, there's others who've had positive things to say about them (Justin Credible, DDP, Disco Inferno, Russo, Mero, Ahmed Johnson, Farooq, Undertaker, Austin, Angle, Trish Stratus, Malenko, Flair, Steamboat, Arn Anderson). When HBK "lost his smile" in 97 and relinquished the title for his knee injury (which turned out to be both for the knee injury and drug rehab), Vince was down and worried about a ratings dip. He wanted something big on that Raw. HHH was asked by Vince to drop the IC title to Rock and he had no problem doing it. He didn't try to wormhole around it and have a buddy beat him for it like how HBK did with Razor or Diesel. He straight up put Rock over without hesitation when Vince asked him to do the job. That was the beginning of Vince realizing HHH was the reliable, professional, dedicated, responsible true leader of the Kliq (behind closed doors) despite the others having the bigger reputation and profile on camera.
@@dietrichmyatt9822 At the time when Rock first came in Shawn was the top guy so obviously he could use his position to bully rock despite his smaller stature
@@dietrichmyatt9822 Rock was a rookie at the time and HBK was one of the top guys in the company. There's a pecking order in wrestling promotions and Rock was trying not to be a problem back then.
He's running things over at NXT, helping the future of the business out? Very weird that you think that's an unusual or disappointing thing for a retired performer to be doing.
Shawn Michaels cleaned himself up yet people always talk about him in his younger days, he quit drugs in 2001 and has been a good man ever since
people have still said he was a dick after that. obviously idk the man so my opinion doesn’t matter and honestly i don’t really care whether he is or not but people like rvd and others have said he was still a jerk. except this time he used the cover of religion to hide behind. they’ve also said he was fake and not much had actually changed. but who knows. you’re not the perfect nice person you think you are in every one’s version of you in their head.
It really must be annoying having to relive the past in so many of his interviews.
That just goes to show that you can do your best to make amends but some bridges stay burned forever. Better to treat others with kindness from day one if you wish to receive kindness back.
He didn't quit drugs til 2002. He told his wife he'd stop before his son was born. But he didn't. Read his book, Wrestling for my Life.
You can't run from your past...might as well embrace it. If people still hold you to the past then you shouldn't be in each other's lives anyway
Shawn Michaels and the Rock both in their primes was a dream match for me. That would have been epic.
The Rock would beat Michaels
When? Rick was in his prime in 2001 but HBK was retire. HBK returned in 2002 but the Rock was on his way out to Hollywood
@@tmac731 hypothetically probably
@@homeoftek5844 nah.
@@Coqui-Cariduro Michaels was jealous of Rock bc unlike Michaels, The Rock was a draw lol
"Speaking of the rockers, I want to ask you about your relationship with the rock"🤣🤣🤣
Speaking of the Rockers, how many crack rocks is Marty Jannetty smoking behind the Arby’s these days?
That shit actually had me heated cuz he did not realize what he had done.
Came back to this and im still pressed that they started that question with that and it was so perfect for a rockers question but the dude just only thinks of the rock😭
Amazing question from a modern minor wrestling fan, shits hilarious lmfao
Bro like what 🤦🏼♂️ that's not even speaking of, any wrestling fans thought of the Midnight Rockers immediately
I like the fact that he apologized to everyone when he came back
Why? Did you know him for you to like the fact he said sorry to everyone he worked with ?
I always thought it was weird when fans care so passionately about backstage stories when they weren't there
@@bigolebot chill bro, it's not that deep. I simply said I liked it. I found the story nice and amusing
I’m sure he was forced to like sable was
@@bigolebotit's more odd for you to care so much about how others think or feel on backstage stories.
@@bigolebot”I like….” WHY DO YOU CARE SO PASSIONATELY
Man shut up
I always thought they would feud, especially after HBK sweet chinned him on the first episode of Smackdown. During Rock and HHH's match.
Rock was mad cause he kicked him hard
It's funny because that wasn't the only superkick where they teased a feud that never happened, they did it with Shawn and Brock too.
There was about to be an ass kicking in the back
@@derricksavoie2094 dumbfck, hbk made fun of his family that why rock never work with him
I agree, that would of been a epic match. Rock getting revenge on Shawn for costing him the win on first smackdown
I’m so happy Shawn got clean and changed his life and made amends with everyone he possibly could including bret
Oh Bret hart..my best 👌
He made amends with Bret years ago. Like YEARS ago.
@@M.Cartiere ummmmmmmmm I’m very well aware?
@stevefromyellowstone7911 Then why you saying he possibly could with Bret? 🤣 Learn how to speak.
@@M.Cartiere perhaps you should learn to read.
They’re not holding on to stuff from 25 years ago, especially when everyone then is different people now.
What else does Dwayne have left to prove at this point? he let his actions in his professional life do the talking for himself. i agree, this shit was in the past. you can't change it but you can move on and not let it impact your life
Bret Hart disagrees
Go watch young rock then
@@cob2076Bret is more pissed at Vince then Shawn at this point the situation with Shawn is water under the bridge to him
meanwhile.....michael jordan and isiah thomas 40 years later.....
Shawn Michaels should do voice over work.
Yeah he can do a voice over for Seth Rogen😂
His voice is awful
he can voice heavy smokers
he could be in a rockstar game maybe RDR3
Imagine his reading kids books lol
Mike looks like Xpac lol
Yes you right 😂
I thought it was him lmao
@@abysmalvsmarcus Same here! 😄
What a original comment 🙄
He does! 😂. Oh man that’s crazy!
One of the few big match ups in the attitude era that never happened..
Dude looks just like XPAC back in the day
I thought it was xpac
Isn't that what Sasha said?
I was thinking Hurricane Helms.
Huh…. I am just now realizing Rock and Shawn never had a single match together…. THAT IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY!
There's a couple stories about what happened behind the scenes but Rock definitely did an interview 20+ years ago saying he had no interest in ever working with Shawn Michaels
@@DTA707 if it was 90s Shawn Michaels, when Rock was at his peak, I wholeheartedly understand why.
@@DTA707 rock as said he regreats not wrestiling HBK
why? In ring the Rock isn't among the top 200. Shawn is top3. I don't think Shawn needed that match. I wish we had more match with Kurt Angle
"My bad bro."
I've always said it was never heat like that between Shawn and The Rock like everyone made it to be. Hell, Shawn in his prime said he never had a problem with The Rock and that he liked The Rock. Shawn said that he was a fan of The Rock's Saturday Night Live performance.
It was real heat. I believe it was simply one-sided. Rock didn't like HBK but HBK didn't ever really respond to it.
But the heat was most definitely there.
I read some him and HHH tried to convince Vince to not push Rock or something like that. This was before rock became the rock
well since you said it, I can't understand why people question it.
They had a window in '02/'03 to work together. If HBK had one more championship run, I would've loved to see him beat Hollywood Rock for it, who also deserved a championship run with that character.
Man, Shawn was my man growing up! He looks great!
This is amazing Shawn Michaels was amazing wrestler
Let the past be the past i think there both good now.
Shawn never working with the rock is absolutely insane, what could have been
At least he takes accountability for his bs
HBK and The Rock=2 GOATs. I would much rather meet Shawn out of the two.
I wish Rock and Shawn had a rivalry
They obviously did have a rivalry, off screen and backstage.
@@geeebuttersnap2433 yeah that's also true
…..sorry
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m glad they touched on this. This is a question I’m sure everyone had at one point
That just might be the greatest WrestleMania main event that never happened.
Legend. Yea Rock too.
Every wrestler that’s come on:
Impaulsive: so I wanna talk about the rock..
It will get more views if u mention the rock. Simple
The best match we never had prime Michaels vs the rock
Austin Goldberg?
HBK was a straight menace back then
Always forgive as God has to us
Shawn ran the locker room the SHOW STOPPER
dont say this
Shawn didnt run the locker room he was scared to show his face in the locker room because undertaker hated him and most ppl back then could've killed him if they wanted too, just look at what Mark Henry was going to do to hbk
That is one of wrestling greatest mysteries to why HBK and The Rock never worked with each other.
It's not a mystery. Shawn is downplaying how much Rock disliked him back then. There are many reports that Shawn was also trying to keep the Rock out of big matches because he was jealous of how quickly he was blowing up. Not to mention Rock was very close with Bret Hart who famously had a big feud with Shawn. Shawn and Rock are cool now but it wasn't like that early on.
@@nba_fan7214 but still though it is still a mystery though for real.
@@PJ20091000 no he explained why it didn't happen.
Shawn just doesn't admit to it like a man. He's still a dishonest human on the inside.
@@Tourist-Q I think The Rock almost or did put hands on him in the locker room when HBK kicked him too hard so that is one of the reasons to me that match did not happened.
@@nba_fan7214 it actually goes back even further than that. Shawn was working for the Rock's mom's side of his family at one point and was disrespectful to his grandmother.
It’s sad that they never fought
He superkicked him.
@Going woke Is a Joke Scripted, not fake.
Pro wrestlers suffer more debilitating injuries long term than most "traditional sport" athletes. Kurt Angle opens up about it during his Off The Record interview with Lansberg from 2004.
Wrestled*
@@MOB_JD *Whipped
The Goat 🐐 The HEARTBREAK KID SHAWN MICHEALS
Definitely top 5, but the Goat is the Undertaker
@@justinwilliams9262 shawn was still a better wrestler than Undertaker lol
@@veerdash1614 undertaker was also twice Shawn's size and still was diving over the top rope and was a main Eventer all 30 years he was in WWE
I can’t get over George always faking laughing shit needs to stop
Or you could just not watch? I’m sure you are amazing interacting with all the celebs where are your videos at? Shut the fuck up
Agreed. Annoying as fuck
Just like parks from joe budden the dick eating they do is scary
The greatest in ring performer of all time.❤
Kurt Angle, by a goddamned mile
I will never accept HBK as the greatest in ring performer.
Those years are long gone now. These OGs are all chill together and reminisce about the best days of their lives.
Actually Shawn Michaels as a heel was funny because he was very likeable.
Shawn is a good dude
We all watched Shawn go from being the Heartbeat Kid to the mature HBK. I have nothing but respect for how that man battled his demons and just became a better human being. If you never watched Heartbreak and Triumph The Shawn Michaels story, watch it!
So Chris Candido is alive and other wrestlers that killed themselves or never got their shine thanks to him from his back stage politics are fine now. Vader, Bret Hart, Marty, left Instead of battling Rock and Stone.
@@DanielGutierrez-zu9fv Chris Candido didn’t kill himself lol.
@@DanielGutierrez-zu9fvChris didn't kill himself. Educate yourself child
I didn’t even know the rock has kids 🤣🤣
Stop sleepwalking!
He only became a father in 2019, so it's pretty new and not shocking to know this.
@@frankcarrasquillo6394 lol I just care more about my own life then dumb celebrities
@@j04370859 how did the rock only become a father in 2019 when his daughter is the on screan genral manager of nxt lol
I love the idea of HBK making his return knowing he had fucked up in the past and went around apologizing
X-Pac interviewing his Klique buddy, Shawn Michaels.
LMAO
That's actually xpac real son very serious
@@nickio882 no he’s not
That's xpacs son
Everybody fell victim to that sweet chin music! 🦶🏻🤣🤣🤣
Right my momma prolly got caught a couple times too
@@AlBCool lol
Hbk vs the rock would have been some of the best matches we ever layed eyes on
Young HBK reminds me of an American Liquid Snake.
*Anyone else randomly just started watching shorts and now it’s just a everyday thing?*
The heartbreak kid 🙌🏽💪🏾
His second one was better than his first run
Nah Shawn was running wild with DX & Kliq. Man was an asshole but an entertaining one. Only problem was he never drop titles inside the squared circle lol. He delivered classic matches just like in his second run but him as a heel was better than his babyface run. Hell, I would even go as much to say he kick started Attitude Era in WWE.
Shawns first was way more edgier entertaining than his second
First run was a gem 💎 the legend
U gotta be kidding me
He was a better in-ring performer the first run before the injuries
At least Shawn apologized to people
I’m sure he was forced to they make you in the wwe when returning
@@johnnycage9914well considering it was 25 years ago i imagine it water on the bridge
Y’all really got the goat there 😭
love the emphasis on "younger" -- because in HBKs case, we all know how out of control he was in every way
Say what you will bout Shawn as a person or character wise but as a wrestler and a performer…maaaannnnnn he changed the game.
It’s no coincidence that damn near every wrestler has added the super kick in their move set. He perfected it. His influence is forever over the industry and only a handful of 🐐 can say that. Shawn’s one of em. 💯
"...sorry." 😂
It still amazes me how he and the Rock never had a match when they were together in the WWE for so many years. Why not Vince, why not?
Wdym why? When the Rock started hittin his Prime during year 98 & 99 at the epitome of the Attitude Era Shawn was already retired from wrestling before making a miraculous comeback in 2002 when Rock was already on his way to Hollywood. They never had so much as a chance. Even during last years of Shawn in the 90s when Rock was a mid-carder hbk was busy & booked feuding Bret & Austin in the main events.
The rock didn't want to work with Shawn once he hit it big, due to the Shawn giving his grandmom a hard time and the rock never forgot that. Shawn knows what he did and is sugar coating what he did and is acting like it was strictly between him and the rock ignoring the fact about the rocks grandmom
@@bigdaddyroy5382 not entirely true, Rocky never declined or stated that he didn’t want to work with Shawn, It just never happened ,Rocky even said that he would love to work with Shawn, during his HOF speech, Jim Cornette and Bruce Prichard also stated that “if Vince wanted Rocky vs Shawn, We would’ve got Rocky vs Shawn because Vince called the shots not Rocky” but yes it would’ve been a Great match
@@ricoway8592 there's a reason the rock owns the rock and that's cause the rock called his shot. Same way stone cold didn't work with who stone cold didn't work with. Pritchard is a horrible source he lies and avoids the truth like no other
@@bigdaddyroy5382 True indeed, we’ve just never heard the Rock say any of those things, only he say she say , A lot of gossip and rumors, Could be true tho, who knows for sure because we sure don’t.
Good grief these young people do not know how to interview. Shawn feels genuine but the rest of them feel fake.
I actually never thought about that til now … it’s crazy they never crossed paths 😮
They crossed paths backstage, it was bad enough that Dwayne never wanted to work with him on stage or on camera.
"I went and apologized but I think everyone makes too big a deal about what I did." Sure sounds like a guy who didn't mean his apologies and doesn't really accept that his actions had a negative impact on other people.
The guy that asked the question. Is that Xpac’s son?
Lmaoooo
Atleast he admits it, takes a big person to realise and change so props to him
A real man doesn’t hold a grudge, especially if one of them tries to make it right genuinely. None of us are perfect, nor should we be.
Well... At least Shawn apologized to Everyone & really did change ➕🙏
I loved him... Was a huuuggeeee fan! OMG... He was the sexist... ❤️
He was a sexist?
I agree he had the look the talent and charisma prime hbk , kliqued up with nash nash and hunter was something to behold
@@jakebrown9324 Pretty sure that she meant to say "sexiest". HBK was quite the looker way back when. 😉
“Sorry” 😅. How could you still hate this guy lol , most people in the comments weren’t even born or old enough to understand wrestling when he was on top so why truly hate off of stories you heard?
Would have loved to see Shawn over sell the People’s elbow.
He did work with him back when he was the commissioner and rock was champ
Undertaker will always get the nod. But for me, Shawn Michaels is the greatest wrestler of all time. He was everything and then some. Dudes goated.
The fact Rock has worked with everyone that was there at that time but not Shawn shows their was still heat there
Shawn is the definition of change
man went through a full revamp successfully
He’s proof people can be better if they want
People who dealt with him personally say otherwise. Shane Helms being one of them.
@@Tourist-Q Shane Helms is the only one of them lol
@@homeoftek5844 Why did his phone blew up with people within the industry thanking him for revealing the reality of the born again christian?
Nothing can absolve his sins. He and kliq guys tried to bully Chris Candido into suicide just for laughs.
@@harrycahill2140 the worst thing is that Shawn Michaels never admits to anything... He just keeps downplaying things. This just proves that he barely changed.
Shawn is a damn crazy bastard and I'm here for it
Those fake laughs are cringe
Shawn saying sorry to everyone is so funny lol how humbling addictions can be
Shawn has worked with The Rock. His Commissioner days, the time with DX, just that they both never wrestled each other.
It was at this that I realize Shawn never worked with the rock
I believe it's cordial at best. In a episode of Young Rock. There is a character that is implied to be Shawn Michaels and there is some choice words about him.
🤣🤣. What happened?
@@TJ-fe7rrbasically the character went to Vince to talk bad about him how he didn’t deserve his push
@@jjkm17 so now the rock himself has confirmed the rumors that hbgay tried to sabatoge his career early on
Shawn casually stated a crime they did. 🗿
Wat?
Bro yeah Shawn was a jerk in his younger days probably because he was so extremely talented that he got cocky but you could tell he changed when he came back in 2002 & i’m honestly glad for that.
Shawn Michaels was popular in earlier parts of the attitude era 1997/1998( screwjob, DX, heel champ)
The Rock was popular in the middle part/hottest part of the attitude era 1999-2000
Kurt Angle, Hardyz ,Edge Christian were popular in the later parts of the era 2001
Hbgay was a flop. Ratings were in the toilet when he had the belt
In other words, he was extremely arrogant when he was top dog and treated people like crap. But people who do that don’t realize they won’t be at the top forever. Eventually they have to come down the mountain and see others be at the top…And those people remember how you treated them
He didn't just treat them like crap
He actively sabotaged their careers and ability to make money
People tend to take that shit really personally especially when you come back and give people a half hearted meaningless apology
Jim Cornette pretty much said the same thing; HBK was an a$$hole to everyone not in The Kliq, he just didn’t single out The Rock. The Rock rose above all of this and never publicly said anything negative about Shawn Michaels.
The reason why Rock didn't like Shawn was because Shawn disrespected The Rock's grandma.. after that Rock didn't even bother to look back.
When Rock inducted his Dad into the WWE HOF, he spoke highly of Shawn, & Shawn was sitting next to Rock’s grandmother. So Rocky definitely looked back.
Whatever you say.......Chad Frost 😂
"let's just say that guy never was truly a friend"
Sean Michaels is the Micheal Jordan of wrestling
BIG CAP
He lightweight looks like hell boy 😂
It goes both ways.... Yessss we all know Shawn was an A-hole back then, and it he seemed to change his life, buuuut, to some people, some things are inexcusable... Maybe he did things to some people backstage that they consider unforgivable.. There's no right or wrong here, and judging by the way he said "sorry" in the video, maybe the wrestlers he apologized to didn't think it was sincere
John cena just chillin in the background
"I don't think it was as bad as everyone said it was"... anytime anyone says that it was 10x as bad.
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Hbk works alot with rock back then they have many matches and even in the corp. The rock used to look up to shawn he said in one of his interviews.
Okay, Chad Frost😂
The guy who is giving people a hard time, saying it wasn’t as bad as people are making it out to be….😅
The rocks grandma had a wrestling promotion in Hawaii and Shawn was rude and mean af to her. So the rock never forgave him and when he got insanely over he made sure never work with him .
There was more to the story once Rock joined the WWE. HBK and HHH tried to bury and bully him when he was a rookie back in 1997. Also, HBK was one of the biggest naysayers against Rock main eventing WM 15. Coupled with all that and the disrespect to his family, Rock for a time refused to work a match/feud with HBK. But it seems that they have made peace as of 2008 and beyond.
@@CCEkeke Wrong.
HHH didn't try to bury Rock or anyone else. 1. He and Rock always got along well and were friends for years. Not bffs, but friends nonetheless.
2. Rock was not a rookie in 97. He was a rookie in 96.
3. Even if HHH wanted to bury someone then, he had ZERO power to do so. He was punished/buried for the Curtain Call and for four years wasn't allowed to ascend to the top.
4. The heat was solely with Rock/HBK. Not HHH. But if you've read HBK'S book and DX's book, you'll learn HHH was dragged into a lot of HBK'S heat and drama solely by association because he was his friend.
@@Speedyreedy1218 Wrong.
Rock debuted in Survivor Series November 1996, which means most of 1997 was his rookie year.
Rock and Hunter were not friends when the former joined the WWE. They had a very competitive relationship and could work together but weren't friends. In HHH's own words, "we got along, but we didn't get along."
HHH and HBK were sitting in on creative meetings back in 1997. This was confirmed by Stephanie McMahon and other wrestlers. Alot of Hunter's stroke early in his career came from his friendship with The Kliq and then later HBK before he became the leader of DX back in 1998.
Jericho (who said the Rock told him this) and other wrestlers confirmed that HBK (mainly) and HHH hazed Rock during his rookie year.
Also, HBK's book contains a number of discrepancies that have since been debunked. l so I wouldn't trust that as a source for much of HBK's admissions of guilt.
@@CCEkeke
Nope.
They literally have said multiple times they were friends and got along. Rock said it in HHH'S 25th anniversary tribute and HHH said so in his book.
Do not misunderstand a competitive rivalry to be synonymous with hatred. Peyton, Brees, Brady were all rivals. Competition breeds success and makes the bond deeper. Chasing the same things at the same time doesn't mean you loathe someone.
Many disgruntled former talent say negative things about HHH and HBK because they're Kliq members and hate them. You can draw a laundry list of people who allege things on them because their career didn't end the way they wanted it to, or thought it should.
Many go on to later reveal in these "shoots" (that they were paid to do to push a narrative) that they were in a bad place emotionally, with addictions, jealousy, etc and have regretted statements they made and reconciled with HHH, HBK, and WWE at large (Warrior, Goldberg, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, Steiner, so on and so on).
Similarly, there's others who've had positive things to say about them (Justin Credible, DDP, Disco Inferno, Russo, Mero, Ahmed Johnson, Farooq, Undertaker, Austin, Angle, Trish Stratus, Malenko, Flair, Steamboat, Arn Anderson).
When HBK "lost his smile" in 97 and relinquished the title for his knee injury (which turned out to be both for the knee injury and drug rehab), Vince was down and worried about a ratings dip. He wanted something big on that Raw. HHH was asked by Vince to drop the IC title to Rock and he had no problem doing it.
He didn't try to wormhole around it and have a buddy beat him for it like how HBK did with Razor or Diesel. He straight up put Rock over without hesitation when Vince asked him to do the job.
That was the beginning of Vince realizing HHH was the reliable, professional, dedicated, responsible true leader of the Kliq (behind closed doors) despite the others having the bigger reputation and profile on camera.
Interviewer look like Xpac
In his show young rock he depicts Shawn as someone else bc he did not want to say his name
That speaks volumes. So the storiesabout hbgay mistreating the rock and his family were true after all
Stevie Richard’s says otherwise!
When I hear Shawn talk about the past, it seems to me he still has a hard time acknowledging what an asshole he was
Chad Frost himself
Who cares
Shawn still got the voice ❤
HHH and Shawn bullied The Rock. The Rock said Bret Hart was the guy who looked after him.
Bullied??? The rock would smash both guys without breaking a sweat
@@dietrichmyatt9822 At the time when Rock first came in Shawn was the top guy so obviously he could use his position to bully rock despite his smaller stature
@@dietrichmyatt9822 idk about triple h tho that be a good fight tho
@@dietrichmyatt9822 Rock was a rookie at the time and HBK was one of the top guys in the company. There's a pecking order in wrestling promotions and Rock was trying not to be a problem back then.
False
The Rock now a star in Hollywood , where are you Shawn ?
He's running things over at NXT, helping the future of the business out? Very weird that you think that's an unusual or disappointing thing for a retired performer to be doing.