Shawn Michaels on Why The Rock Match Never Happened, Triple H & Undertaker, and Coaching WWE NXT

7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony

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Sports, Music, Basketball, Society & Culture

4.8 • 567 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Shawn Michaels shares why the match with The Rock never happened, his relationships with Triple H and Undertaker, and how Sweet Chin Music became one of the most iconic moves in wrestling. He also talks about becoming the Heartbreak Kid, the pressure and chaos of the 90s era, and how his perspective changed after stepping away from the ring. Now on the other side of his career, Shawn breaks down what it means to help shape the next generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Real quick, before we get into this episode, we got some love to share with y'all.
0:04.8	7 p.m. in Brooklyn was just nominated for a Webby Award for the best sports show.
0:09.6	Yeah.
0:10.4	You know what I mean?
0:11.3	Clap for myself.
0:12.3	Which is crazy.
0:13.7	And that's really because of y'all, man.
0:15.2	The community, the conversations, everything we're building here together.
0:20.0	Now, there's a people's voice out to this too,
0:22.4	which means it's a fan voted.
0:25.1	So if you rock with what we're doing,
0:26.9	we appreciate you taking a second to show that love.
0:29.6	Link is in the description.
0:31.2	So go vote for 7 p.m. in Brooklyn,
0:33.4	and let's bring this one to Red Hook.
0:35.6	Peace.
0:40.3	I can remember when he first came in and people saying that, oof, that one's not going to last long.
0:42.3	The dead guy who doesn't feel pain, how long can that work?
0:48.3	The answer is 25 years.
0:50.3	How do you make coming out of a coffee look cool, though?
0:53.3	Right? Right. Other take out of a coffee look cool, though?
0:54.6	Right.
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