Shawn Michaels gave some insight on Cora Jade turning on Roxanne Perez just 7 days after they became the WWE NXT Women's Tag Team Champions.
If anyone knows anything about turning on tag team partners, it's Shawn Michaels. Through the years, Shawn Michaels has turned on every tag team partner he's ever had. Today, Shawn Michaels is in charge of NXT 2.0 and the brand recently witnessed the surprise turn of Cora Jade on her tag team partner and best friend, Roxanne Perez.
Now, Shawn Michaels is talking about what could have driven Jade to turn on her best friend.
“I cannot in any way shape or form relate to what Cora Jade and Roxanne are going through,” HBK said sarcastically on the most recent episode of WWE’s The Bump. “So look, it's as old as cavemen, right? It's jealousy, it's envy, it's something that every one of us experiences in our lives and in our careers. Do we have the character to not allow it to get the best of us? I, of course, could not in in my career, and clearly Cora cannot either. Once again, it's heartbreaking to see, obviously, no pun intended. At the same time, [it makes for] riveting television, and I do have to say, strangely enough, I'm excited to see where this goes.”
Shawn Michaels also spoke about his own history of turning on nearly every partner he's ever had.
“Whether myself and Diesel, myself and Marty, Hunter and I — I didn't get along with anybody and even if I did, I still kicked him in the face. But look, I'm thrilled with everything that's happening in NXT 2.0. I think this was huge last night, Roxanne has been huge since coming in quickly to NXT. Exactly, and looks sort of the same track that Cora had when she when she first came in. Again, they both have a relationship with one another that friendship goes a long way back, and sometimes again, even the best of friends as you know, make great enemies.”
Shawn Michaels also credited the competitive environment of the current NXT locker room as a factor in Cora’s turn.
“I will say, here, it's like that all the time because this is the most competitive environment. Nothing's determined here. Unlike SmackDown or Raw, there's a lot of longstanding, ingrained superstars on those brands. Here in NXT, 2.0, it’s anybody's ballgame and it is the most competitive environment. We continually have more young athletes coming in to ‘take the spots of other NXT. superstars.’ So it's a shark tank down here,” Shawn concluded.
Elsewhere in the episode, Shawn Michaels spoke about enjoying his time in NXT. Read more here.
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