HBK On Nearly Jumping To WCW Until Vince McMahon Talked Him Out Of It

The following are highlights of a new Shawn Michaels interview from Jim Ross’ “Ross Report” podcast:

On wanting to jump to WCW at one point during the Monday Night Wars: “I thought about it. But there’s two things — I went to Vince [McMahon] and said, ‘Let me go. I’m miserable here. I wanna go down and be with my buddies.'”

On Vince McMahon talking him out of it: “[Vince] said no. I’m under contract under WWE, so I couldn’t. But, there was a time I wanted to go. He said, ‘You’re a creative guy. Once you get past being angry and it comes to working, you want to do things your way. They won’t let you do that down there, and that’s going to kill you. They’ll [kill] the one thing about this business you enjoy.’ I think he had some validity there.”

Check out the full Shawn Michaels interview at PodcastOne.com.

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