Bret Hart Says Triple H & Shawn Michaels Tried To Have Ken Shamrock Fired By WWE

Ken Shamrock had a relatively short but successful WWE career which saw him win the Intercontinental and tag team titles, as well as the 1998 King of the Ring tournament.

It was nearly all over before it even got a chance to begin, however, according to Bret Hart.

During a recent interview with Dominic DeAngelo for the 1 Of A Kind With RVD podcast, The Hitman claimed that Shawn Michaels and Triple H attempted to get Shamrock fired during his early days in the company.

"When I met him (Ken Shamrock), he said, 'I broke my wrist and I gotta let my wrist heal so I can go back', and he goes, 'I can't go back until my wrist heals'. and I said, 'Why don't you do pro wrestling for New York while your wrist heals? Let's go make some money', and next thing you know, he says, 'Alright, I'm in', and then I talked Vince (McMahon) into it and Vince signed him and it's funny, when they signed him, Triple H and Shawn (Michaels) tried to get him fired. For no reason other than he was just - they didn't like him, and I just remember Vince called me into his office and he goes, 'I'm thinking about letting Shamrock go', and I'm like, 'Why?'. He goes, 'Some of the guys think he's real stiff' and this and that and he didn't even have any reason. He goes, 'What do you think? What's your honest opinion?'. And I said, 'I would keep him. He's doing alright, he's doing great', and then like two weeks, a couple weeks later, he's refereeing my match with Steve Austin and they kept him on and then he had his whole career there," Bret said.

Shamrock is currently signed to a WWE Legends deal and would like a Hall of Fame induction.

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