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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2008 12:46:20 GMT -5
From 1998-2002, during HBK's four year absence from WWF/WWE, WWF programming made it quite evident that HBK had permanently retired, however, just wondering, for anyone who read the dirtsheets between '98 and '02, did the backstage sites ever infer that HBK might come back? Or was it just something out of the blue that he decided to do?
Basically what I'm asking is...did the backstage sites between '98 and '02 have even the slightest idea that he was planning on coming back, or did they too assume he was done?
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Jan 6, 2008 12:49:17 GMT -5
He would've come back a lot earlier if he hadn't been such a primadonna in the back.
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Post by hammerzeit on Jan 6, 2008 12:50:41 GMT -5
It had always been talked about since he retired. Michaels has a long and storied history of pretty much doing whatever he wants, faking injuries, exaggerating other problems, just to get his way. Hell, right up until the day of the show, he didn't want to drop the belt to Austin at Wrestlemania 14, he had to be physically threatened by Undertaker before he finally agreed.
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Post by Blackjack on Jan 6, 2008 13:35:58 GMT -5
I think there was talk in mid 2000 (when he reffed at Judgmentday) and sometime in 2001 to be apart of the invasion if The Rock couldn't be back in time.
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Post by eggman on Jan 6, 2008 13:41:55 GMT -5
Yeah, he was supposed to come back at JD2000, but he came to the RAW taping and was drunk out of his mind, WWE then sent him home
But hammerzeit im interested in the WM14 situation, anyone have any info on this, or anything like this?
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Post by Mirror Images on Jan 6, 2008 13:43:10 GMT -5
I think HBK's personal life was in a very bad state during his time away from wrestling. He was addicted to drugs and at one point his wife nearly left him. It was only in 2002 when he found religion and became a born again christian did he get his life back on track and return to wwe.
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Post by Reddevilbigevil on Jan 6, 2008 14:28:22 GMT -5
He never really "retired" He was always around in some capacity, most notably his GM role on Raw. The longest he was gone from T.V. between 2000 and 2002 when he returned and joined the NWO. Then was the HHH and Micheals feud. We all knew it was just a matter of time before he came back to a wrestling role.
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Post by Hollywood Asia on Jan 6, 2008 14:33:45 GMT -5
That incident with the Undertaker never happened, just a rumor that for some reason still exists despite being denied.
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Post by boskstein on Jan 6, 2008 14:52:27 GMT -5
It had always been talked about since he retired. Michaels has a long and storied history of pretty much doing whatever he wants, faking injuries, exaggerating other problems, just to get his way. Hell, right up until the day of the show, he didn't want to drop the belt to Austin at Wrestlemania 14, he had to be physically threatened by Undertaker before he finally agreed. What a hero,      Why do so many people like and look up to him and like him again? Just like I heard he harrassed rock. well guess what, old man, youll never be as over as the rock |
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Post by hammerzeit on Jan 6, 2008 14:56:35 GMT -5
That incident with the Undertaker never happened, just a rumor that for some reason still exists despite being denied. No, it definitely happened, Undertaker talked about it in the past in shoot interviews and on off the record. |
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Post by boskstein on Jan 6, 2008 14:58:21 GMT -5
That incident with the Undertaker never happened, just a rumor that for some reason still exists despite being denied. No, it definitely happened, Undertaker talked about it in the past in shoot interviews and on off the record. ... would you mind providing me the legal link to those shoots? |
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Post by Stevo on Jan 6, 2008 15:04:36 GMT -5
That incident with the Undertaker never happened, just a rumor that for some reason still exists despite being denied. No, it definitely happened, Undertaker talked about it in the past in shoot interviews and on off the record. It has all the traits of being a fake story: 1. Making out a guy to be bad (Shawn) 2. Making out a victim (Stone Cold) 3. A legit "bad ass" that would make a convincing argument (Undertaker) 4. A completely unreasonable request (not dropping the belt even though Shawn was injured) Ever since Tyson was hyped up at the Rumble and Shawn was injured, its CLEARLY obvious that he was dropping the belt, no ifs, ands, or buts. Basically, thats a story used to make Shawn look like a tyrant. (though he didn't need any help in 1997) |
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Post by Stevo on Jan 6, 2008 15:06:39 GMT -5
It had always been talked about since he retired. Michaels has a long and storied history of pretty much doing whatever he wants, faking injuries, exaggerating other problems, just to get his way. Hell, right up until the day of the show, he didn't want to drop the belt to Austin at Wrestlemania 14, he had to be physically threatened by Undertaker before he finally agreed. What a hero, Why do so many people like and look up to him and like him again? Just like I heard he harrassed rock. well guess what, old man, youll never be as over as the rock The Rock was a rookie, Shawn was a backstage bullcrapter. What else did The Rock expect? Bam Bam never complained when Afa stiffed his ass in a match. Besides, the "I'm never wrestling HBK EVER!" was like 2002. I'm sure The Rock has changed his mind since. |
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Post by Mark on Jan 6, 2008 16:40:03 GMT -5
When the hell has Undertaker done a shoot? Tell me...
I wouldn't count Off The Record a shoot either
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Post by 49% Motherf**ker, 51% SOB on Jan 6, 2008 17:32:33 GMT -5
I never thought he'd be back.
I remember ordering Summerslam 2002 because of his comeback match. I hadn't even really watched it since early 2001 at that point. He was pretty much the reason I started watching it again at that point.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Jan 6, 2008 17:35:42 GMT -5
That incident with the Undertaker never happened, just a rumor that for some reason still exists despite being denied. Nope, never happened. Ludicrous to think he did. |
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Post by k5 on Jan 6, 2008 17:52:36 GMT -5
that's the off the record interview, but this is a response someone put to it:
When he says do the job its about Michaels last match when leaving, at Mania 14 with Austin, Michaels says in his book that he was a ba$tard to deal with at that time and its just a rumour that taker stood there telling him "to do business".
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