Why WWE Legend Eric Bischoff "Lost All Respect For Shawn Michaels"
Eric Bischoff points to one specific Shawn Michaels moment in 2005 that turned his stomach.
Eric Bischoff has admitted that he "lost all respect" for Shawn Michaels after witnessing his behaviour during an infamous match with Hulk Hogan back at SummerSlam 2005.
The former WCW boss told listeners on his '83 Week's show that Michaels' antics showed a "lack of respect" towards Hulk, and "perhaps some jealousy on Shawn's part" towards a fellow legend. That didn't sit well with Bisch either.
Eric also revealed that Hogan was left "extremely disappointed" backstage after the bout. The icon "knew it sucked" and that HBK had intentionally "embarrassed" him on a major WWE pay-per-view; during the match, Shawn constantly over-sold most of Hulk's offensive flurries.
His selling for the pre-leg drop big boot, in particular, was clearly a complete and utter p*sstake and meant to ridicule Hogan's in-ring style.
Bischoff didn't like what he was seeing, and he didn't think it was cool of Michaels to try and mock such a mega-match for WWE live on air. Despite Hogan's best efforts, the bout degenerated into a farce at times, and he didn't feel good about it behind the curtain afterwards.
Shawn has yet to respond to Eric's words.