Ken Shamrock spoke with MMA News
for a new interview. Check out the highlights:
On if the rumors are true that he would like to return for another
run in WWE: “Well, of course I want to get back. There’s unfinished
business there. I really felt like I earned a lot in getting a program to run
for the WWF title. I believe that The Rock went ahead of me and we had great
matches for the Intercontinental title and he went from that up to challenge for
the WWF title and ended up getting it. I really believed I was next in line. I
did everything I needed to do. We had the fan base, we had the following, the
people expected it and then it was just cut off. So, it was unfinished business.
So, when people ask me, ‘hey, do you wanna go back there?’ I say, ‘absolutely, I
would love to go back because I felt like it would be great to be able to get a
run at that again.’ But, for whatever reason, and I’ve asked — is there a reason
why you’ve brought other people back and why I have not been brought back, and
if there is a reason, can you at least tell me so I can walk away and understand
why, because I really feel like I earned that right. And well, I’ve heard
nothing. Nobody said anything to me, so it is what it is, man. Just gotta move
forward.”
On his relationship with Vince McMahon: “It was rough at
times, you know? Vince is a businessman and there were times where I felt like I
was missing my family and I was spending a lot of time on the road. I ended up
getting a divorce and I was trying to save it and Vince didn’t want the idea
that I wanted out of my contract. Because I really felt my family was suffering,
so I ended up being able to go. Vince let me out of my contract to be able to go
home, but I don’t know if that’s the reason and if it is, there should be an
understanding, man — I had to save my family. So, if that’s the reason — and I
don’t know — that’s why I’m saying, I just wanna know what the reason is and why
they’ve brought other people back who didn’t have the success that I did, yet
those guys are coming back and I don’t have an excuse why. Maybe they won’t give
me one and if that’s the case, I’m okay with that, too.”
On if he’ll ever be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame:
“Yeah, I don’t think that’s gonna happen [laughs]. Like I said, there’s a reason
why they’re not talking to me. There’s something there and I believe it starts
with Hunter. I believe there’s an issue there somewhere and if that’s the case,
I believe being in the WWE Hall Of Fame is not going to happen [laughs].”
On issues he’s had with Triple H in the past: “The only
thing I know is when he came back, Vince …he had to do jobs and I was one of the
guys that he had to put over. And I was young, coming in, and I know he didn’t
like it. So, I tried to make him feel like, ‘hey listen, I know I’m young here
and I appreciate you doing this for me,’ but he had an ego about it and an
attitude about it. So, I was like, ‘there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m being
told what to do also.’ And then, you know, he treated some people …well, I’m not
gonna get into details, but he was ribbing somebody pretty hard and I ended up
stepping in and telling him, you know, ‘that’s not cool.’ So, I don’t know if
these are the reasons, and I don’t know because no one will tell me. It may even
be with Vince, I don’t know because I got out of my contract. I don’t know the
reasons, but I know there’s two of them that can be there. One of them is
because I got out of my contract and the other could be because Hunter’s running
the business now and we didn’t get along so well, at least I don’t think. I
thought I was okay, but, you know, for me, anytime you put personal things in
the way of business, you’re not going to be successful. You need to put the
personal things aside and think about business and think about what the fans
want.”
