Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn - Why WWF Never Used Us in a Program Together

Ever wonder why WWF never did anything with Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn when they were both fresh off of UFC? Stream the Full Shoot Interview 📺 TitleMatchNetwo...
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Former WWF/WWE/UFC legends Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn are here in their very first shoot interview together.
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Severn and Shamrock fought each other in the octogen back when UFC was in its infancy. These two were the first real crossover talents who bridged the gap between pro wrestling and mixed martial arts.
Both Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn figured that once Vince McMahon signed them to WWF during the Attitude Era, a program between the two would be a no-brainer.
However, nothing ever transpired and the two biggest crossover attractions from UFC would not wrestle a single program together.
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[@TitleMatchWrestling]

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[@jonmitchell9019]

You and Dan shouldn't fought each other you should of been the tag team champions.

[@ant4158]

I always thought of the team of Severn, Shamrock and Blackman would be cool, they could've called the Shooters

[@adamirishconundrum851]

😂

[@Johnnyrocks34]

Blackmon was legit mma? I didnt know that

[@Johnnyrocks34]

Id have called the “the runners”! Cause id run away if any one of them came after me! Lol

[@dantecarroll2435]

@@Johnnyrocks34 Blackman is a legit martial artist

[@Johnnyrocks34]

@@dantecarroll2435 cool. I wasnt aware.

[@aurun1015]

Great interview with the two Legends. I was so disappointed wwf never used them properly, could of built a great angle between them and Steve blackman. Would of made an awesome stable

[@TheLaughinginthedark]

Yeah, think blackpool combat club but in 98.

[@briandawkins6174]

Them and Steve Blackman! Mate, that would've been killer!

[@Machete87]

Shamrock himself thought as soon as Dan was brought in his initial ok Dan got brought in they're likely goin to do a build up for a feud only nope not the case. they cross paths during certain segments only nothing would come of it sadly.

[@80srocknroller]

Former UFC World Superfight Champions and former NWA World Heavyweight Champions

[@jpaul3163]

I NEVER understood why they didn't do a long term angle with these two...they could have easily had Owen as Severn's 'mouthpiece'(he wasn't much of a promo cutter if I remember correctly), and done a bunch of matches that lead to the gimmick matches. Wasted opportunity.

[@greedoshotfirst1]

Two of the most lethal men alive just casually hanging out in a hotel room.

[@LazyFoxBandit]

Agreed. Wwe did NOT use them correctly at all. I remember thinking Shamrock felt way underutilized.

[@whatever_it_takes6691]

That would have been a really cool match to watch.

[@Millwall77]

I dont know....would anything but a real shoot fight between these actually had worked?

[@FritziSchnitzel]

WWE had gone from kids cartoon to PG-13 rated soap opera. Wrestling was just a tv show at this point. They had no interest in legitimacy. But even still you have to think Severn vs Shamrock would have gotten them ratings if done right.

[@ssssssstssssssss]

I think that is not quite correct. They did do the stupid Brawl For All afterall... But with all the soap opera nonsense, they lost the ability to tell good stories by early 1999. It's too bad. Severn and Shamrock could have had a great program that lasted from Wrestlemania 15 to Summerslam 99.

[@SuperNuttyPuddyBuddy]

I always thought Ken shamrock was good in the ring. He could have been a Kurt Angle if used properly.

[@adamirishconundrum851]

Ultimate fighting was Vince's competition he couldn't push Ken too much

[@josereyes1148]

No. Ufc was nothing back then. They were even going to let shamrock right some mma still.

[@ATCRyderX]

@@adamirishconundrum851 As guy below said; UFC wasn't even on VinnyMac's radar. So much so that he declined to buy it for (what would end up being) pennies on the dollar. Shane could've made Vince a Multi-Multi-Billionaire with that one. WWF did buy TapOut Clothing back in the day.

[@fabianmarshall4120]

Kurt Angle says he modeled himself after Shamrock so that makes sense

[@OptimumTaurus]

Ken Shamrock had most of the pieces. He was believable (tell me one person who didn't believe Ken Shamrock could ruin you), he was intense, his ringwork was good. If anything, I think timing was just bad. There were so many guys who could have potentially been elevated at the time, there was just not enough top spots for all the guys who could have filled them. Other wrestlers around that time with the same issue include but not limited to Owen Hart and D'lo Brown.

[@ReeseMan]

Dan vs Ken would been epic or a trio Dan Ken blackman

[@donovanbradford8231]

So I had always heard the reason there was no long term with Shamrock and Sevren was there was some issue with neither guy wanting to lose to the other but also to all the people that thought Vince Russo was so great a writing stories he was head writter around this time and he tries to use Severn and Blackman in the Brawl for All and not in long term angles against or with each other.

[@Brent-qu3yk]

2 of the greats

[@arkansasgreg]

There was no one there at the time that had vision.

[@PolitickiZatvorenik666]

Huge missed opportunity,that would be a banger and a huge money maker,WWE wad really stupid for not putting them in a program together

[@mmgvii8076]

damn, this is a based interview

[@JalenPrice_252]

If billed right, they could’ve been the first Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar rivalry.

[@brtang]

WWE has had Way Too Many Obvious Missed Opportunities!! Obviously Intentional as tho to punish us or just show us he (VM) could whenever he wanted.

[@mahmud9973]

Hi bre Hello Good

[@marceljones538]

Q in Jim Cornette lol

[@fartdonkey8290]

Buff Freddie Mercury

[@AGNOSTIC_incomprehensibleXIV]

Who knows why WWF/E does anything lol

[@dnickx]

Such a wasted oportunity with those two...Cornette wrote like a five page propsal for this match and they did not care about it. They LOST a ton of money there

[@bjudah]

WWE is notorious for terrible writing and mishandling wrestlers…

[@1200hobos]

This was their worst nightmare. It was a Meth culture. Why wasn't Regal vs. Finlay the push in WRESTLING?