10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1993
3. Shawn Michaels Genuinely Quit
Ex-Rocker and breakout singles star Shawn Michaels had always been a bit of a wild child behind the scenes. By 1993, things were on another level. Shawn failed a drug test in September, was seriously miffed about it, and ultimately decided to tell the WWF to beat it shortly afterwards.
Yep, HBK quit the company.
He'd be back by Survivor Series time, thankfully, but things did look bleak for a spell. Imagine how radically different WWE history would be without anything Shawn Michaels post-1993? That's an impossible thought. In the short-term, it would've meant no iconic ladder match vs. Razor Ramon at WrestleMania X.
The "boyhood dream" wouldn't have "come true", and the butterfly effects of Shawn telling Vince where to go would've been felt for generations. Obviously, both men could've patched things up further down the line, but it's good for McMahon that Michaels returned to work when he did.
What if he'd ended up in WCW?!