Shawn Michaels talks about The Dynamite Kid

Vince was always trying out new talent; some of it was very good, and some of it was terrible. I remember a tag team called The Midnight Rockers when they first arrived in 1987; a very young looking Shawn Michaels, and his partner, Marty Jannetty. The first couple of days they were there, they were like two little mice. They sat in a corner of the dressing room and wouldn’t speak to anybody. The first time I saw them was when we were in Nashville, Tennessee. I’d been told about them not speaking, and this day, I was feeling in a bad mood anyway, so I walked up to them and said, “What’s up with you two, you pair of pricks? Why won’t you speak to the other wrestlers?” Michaels said, “Vince McMahon and Pat Patterson told us to keep to ourselves and stay out of trouble.” I said, “Well, you’d better smarten up then and start talking.” And as I said it, I held a fist up. After that, they did become a bit more sociable, but not for very long. About a week later we were in Buffalo, New York, and after the matches we all went to the nightclub that was part of the hotel where we were staying. By the end of the night, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty had had a few too many beers and started throwing glasses and smashing the optics behind the bar. And like I told you before, the punishment for damaging property was getting fired. Which they were - more or less on the spot. But for a lot of wrestlers, for example the Iron Sheik, it didn’t seem to matter because within a few weeks they’d be back. Which was what happened with the Midnight Rockers. I’ll be honest, they were good wrestlers. I especially rated Shawn Michaels because he was so good for the fans; a great entertainer, and I wasn’t surprised that he went all the way to the top with the WWF.