10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1994

7. The REAL Career Break In 1994 Was Taken By...

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Shawn Michaels, who didn't work an official match for the company between wrapping a post-WrestleMania house show run against Razor Ramon on April 3rd and a televised bout with 'The Bad Guy' on the live August 1st edition of Monday Night Raw.

It never really felt like an absence at the time because, amongst other things, it wasn't. Michaels took on the role as Diesel's manager and host of the Heartbreak Hotel talk show segment on television, and wasn't shy of taking the odd big bump when the story required it. But matches were off the menu for a bit as he enjoyed his own sizeable break after over six years of grinding for Vince McMahon.

Kevin Nash credited his friendship and working relationship with 'The Heartbreak Kid' with getting him ready to carry the company on top in 1995, not least when he got to be ringside for Michaels/Ramon matches that were allegedly as good-if-not-better than their WrestleMania X classic.

The aforementioned Raw firecracker made a great case in point...

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