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 how his match with fellow WWE Hall of Famer Mankind at WWF In Your House: Mind Games back in 1996 helped show a different side of himself to the fans at the time.
Michaels said, “In smaller territories and stuff like that, I think that, for instance, I showed my toughness in the Rockers versus Buddy Rose and Doug Somers and the infamous cage match in Las Vegas. But until I put myself on the map, I think with Mick Foley at Mind Games showing a different side of me. I think that’s the one where people looked at Shawn Michaels and said, ‘Okay, he’s a dude that can go to that rougher, more rugged level that we didn’t know.’ He’s a good wrestler, he’s a good technician. He can fly, he can do all of these things, but can he get down and dirty? And I think the match with Mick at Mind Games is the one that sort of made people think that.”
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