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.”
