Shawn Michaels left quite the legacy in regards to his in-ring career, but nowadays Michaels is focused on working behind the scenes in WWE. HBK still makes appearances in front of the camera from time to time, and during Raw 25 he reunited with members of DX and The Kliq on screen and together they destroyed FTR who were then known as The Revival.
Current AEW star Dax Harwood opened up about what he was going through during that period of time during an appearance on Sessions with Renee Paquette, and he noted that he felt the team was on a run of bad luck when Cash Wheeler broke his jaw then he tore his bicep.
According to Dax Harwood it was a dark period for him in his life, and he shared a bonding moment with Shawn Michaels at Raw 25 when he opened up to the Hall of Famer.
“I went through a real bad phase then. ‘Man, this is not going to work for us. This is a run of bad luck.’ We came back to TV and at Raw 25, we were booked to do the deal with Hunter and his friends where they just beat us up. I was so upset because, for a lot of guys, ‘Oh, it’s just a paycheck, who cares.’ Not to me. There is a legacy I want to leave.”
“That happened and I talked to Shawn, it was the first time we talked since the PC days. I told him, ‘this happened, I tore my bicep, I went through a really dark period and I thought I was going to quit. Thankfully, I have the greatest wife in the world and she supported me and brought me out of this funk and out of a dark place and I’m here now and super happy.’ He said, ‘I was the same way. I was in this very dark spot and my wife, she’s beautiful, she pulled out of this dark spot too.’ ‘Ah, that’s so awesome.’ ‘You and your partner are way too talented to be doing what you’re doing tonight and way too talented to stay at this point. Just keep your nose to the ground and keep grinding and you’re going to get over.’ ‘Ah man Shawn, thank you so much.’ We had this bonding moment.”
However, Harwood went on to say that following their bonding moment Shawn Michaels acted differently in front of his friends when he started making fun of Harwood and the personal issues he had shared.
“Then we got in front of his friends, X-Pac, Hunter, Billy, Road Dogg, and Scott. As soon as we got in front of his friends, he started making fun of me and my situation and what happened with my bicep. Man, I just poured my heart out to you and as soon as we get in front of your friends as we’re going over them beating the shit out of us, you decide to take all that stuff and make fun about it. I never ever forgot it and as soon as we were done with the business of Raw, one person said ‘thank you’ and that was Sean Waltman. Everyone else was so cold to us and treated us like we were just the shit on the bottom of their shoes except for Sean Waltman. I’ll never forget that with Shawn and I hope there is a day where we can sit down and have a conversation and I can ask him why he did that and we can reconcile if he wants to. if I love you, I love you. If I don’t, I don’t.”
H/T Fightful
