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Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla
Definitely won't happen now, but why was Shawn Michaels v. The Rock never a thing?
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Pre WrestleMania 14, The Rock wasn’t a big enough star to feud with HBK. Between WM 14-Summerslam 2002, HBK was inactive as a wrestler. The Rock pretty much hit his prime between these years. Post Summerslam 2002, The Rock was barely around. The Rock only came back for Hogan II, Austin III, Goldberg, and Rock and Sock before disappearing for 7 years. By the time Rocky came back, he was involved with Cena while HBK was winding down.
Timing wise, they couldn’t make it work. Professional wise, HBK and Hunter were dickheads to The Rock behind the scene between 1996-1998. I know this by the way because I’ve been a long time subscriber to David Meltzer and Percy Pringle (you will have known him as Paul Bearer).