Shawn Michaels discussed the backstage atmosphere for the Royal Rumble during a recent interview on the Getting Over: Wrestling Podcast.
Here is what he had to say:
“The excitement starts. You know what’s coming down the road. This is obviously the show that points us in that direction to our Super Bowl. Just from an overall morale standpoint, you get excited. It starts with the Rumble in the respect that it’s one of those ones where you realize all the hard work and pressure and anxiety and all those things are gonna mount up soon after this. But this match in and of itself, it’s actually sort of a blast to be in and be a part of. So, this to me in a lot of ways is the last show where you can just go out there and really have a lot of fun and enjoy the entire aspect of it because I don’t think the Rumble is where you feel a great deal of pressure and anxiety. There’s just so much to it and so many different aspects to where you don’t feel like you’re carrying the weight of absolutely everything, as opposed to being in there one on one with somebody and absolutely every eye 100 percent of the time is on you and your opponent.”
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