Shawn Michaels On Halloween Havoc: ‘Trick Williams Will Be Tested Like Never Before’

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WWE Hall of Famer and Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels appeared on Busted Open Radio, where he talked about a number of topics including fellow WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray believing NXT Champion Trick Williams is missing one thing.

Michaels said, โ€œ[Bully Ray & I] can have a little bit of a difference of opinion when โ€˜heโ€™s missing that one thing.โ€™ I donโ€™t know if heโ€™s missing one thing, but this Devilโ€™s Playground match heโ€™s going to have with Ethan Page, Ethan has been doing this a long time. Yes, Trick has been in a cage match and a last man standing match, but not with guys the likes of Ethan Page. Ethan is going to push him in a way that the other two have not.โ€

On how Page will push Williams at Halloween Havoc:

โ€œItโ€™s sometimes hard to help the viewer understand, Iโ€™m not talking ECW hardcore, but sometimes there is a limit you have to be able to push a talent to from a hardcore, โ€˜How rough and rugged are you? How much are you willing to put your body on the line out of love and passion for this job?โ€™ Thatโ€™s something, for me, that is going to get tested at Halloween Havoc. There are some things you canโ€™t help and that is time and reps. That is something Trick has no control over. Heโ€™s getting a lot of variety in his three years. Heโ€™s done a lot of things. To do a lot of things once or twice is okay, but until youโ€™ve learned to master all of them, there are going to sometimes feel like there are things missing.โ€

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