10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Nov 29)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Why Bill Watts Wanted Shawn Michaels Gone

Shawn Michaels
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Shawn Michaels was in the news following a nightclub kicking in 1995 that, as the WWF explained, happened when a group of Marines savagely beat the star up. That's not quite what happened. The truth is that one army man set upon Michaels when the wrestler made a pass at his girlfriend, and HBK was left battered and bruised.

Bill Watts was positively apoplectic.

Jim Ross said on his 'Grilling JR' pod that Watts (who was involved in the company as a creative figurehead at the time, albeit briefly) was so incensed that he could see only one outcome: Shawn Michaels, top star or not, should be exiled from the company for daring to expose that not every pro wrestler is a hard man.

JR did also point out that Watts had helped Shawn break into the business and was very fond of him as a worker. Still, he hated to think that some mark outside the biz had managed to physically overpower someone inside it. That, to 'Cowboy' Bill, was unforgivable from Michaels.

What other big wrestling facts did you learn this week? For more wrestling, check out 18 Things You Probably Missed From WWE Raw (Nov 25)!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.