Shawn Michaels and The Rock never worked a singles match together and were only tied together when Michaels served as a special guest referee for two of The Rock's matches.
According to reports and rumors, Michaels' attitude in the 90s towards The Rock caused Rock to never want to work with him. In 2017, Rocky Johnson said he heard Rock was upset that Michaels caught him too hard with the Sweet Chin Music and it led to a confrontation between the two.
Speaking to Logan Paul on ImPAULsive, Michaels was asked where things stood with The Rock.
"I've never worked with him. His daughter [Simon Johnson] is here [in NXT]. The times I've seen him, we've always gotten along okay. I don't think it was as bad as everyone made it out to be. I know that I gave everybody a hard time back when I was younger. When I came back, I made sure I went up to everybody and was at least like, 'Sorry.' That's the best that I could do. When I came back in 2002, and I knew there was going to be, 'We'll see.' It was important to me to go around and make amends and at least tell everyone, 'Sorry about the way I was. I have no excuse, I'm willing to earn back whatever. If you never talk to me again, I'm cool with that too,'" he said.
Michaels retired in 1998 but made sporadic appearances in the following years, including his special guest referee gigs in matches featuring The Rock. He returned full-time in 2002 at WWE SummerSlam against Triple H. The Rock headlined the event against Brock Lesnar.
The Rock is now arguably the biggest movie star in the world and currently starring in "Black Adam." Michaels is Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative at WWE.
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