WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels appeared on Chris Jericho’s Talk Is Jericho podcast to discuss several topics, including his relationship with Daniel Bryan.
Michaels talked about training Bryan several years ago, and how he knew he was watching someone special. Michaels said,
“It was him, [Brian] Kendrick and Lance Cade. You could see that [they] would be three guys that were willing to pay the price and wait and starve. I remember telling [Bryan] and Kendrick that [Lance] is bigger, he’s going to get the first look. Eventually talent makes its way to the top. They were there all the time. They came hungry and stayed hungry.”
Another topic that came up regarding Bryan was the brief angle on RAW between the two in 2013, and Michaels talked about how the angle was only supposed to be a one off. He said he was supposed to kick Bryan and then leave TV, but he went back and told WWE he wanted Bryan to get a little payback. Michaels said his reasoning behind the whole thing was that he didn’t want the situation between himself and Bryan to be left open, and wanted some conclusion.
“With the Bryan stuff, everyone knows that I trained him. You can’t bring back any kind of Hall of Famer that’s connected to this guy, then I kick him then I leave. Let me just try to button up something for you here.”
