Shawn Michaels Comments On Past Allegations Against Him From Brutus Beefcake

Shawn Michaels’ early run in The Rockers with Marty Jannetty was seemingly as much about outside the ring debauchery as it was about in-ring prowess.

However, allegations made by Brutus Beefcake suggests that Michaels and Jannetty used ‘h-bomb’ date rape drugs on women during their early days, with Beefcake making the allegations during the Plane Ride from Hell episode of Vice’s Dark Side of the Ring. During the pre-NXT Vengeance Day media call, Michaels was asked about the accusations by Nick Hausman, with Michaels responding with the following:

“I’ll say this, I’ve never shied away from the stupid stuff I did in the past. If you go back and ask Brutus Beefcake, he’ll tell you, one, never seen any of that actually happen. Again, wrestling stories. He’s also retracted that after saying it. I can say this. I’ve had a lot of struggles in my life and I don’t know how to say this without sounding shameful, but being with a lady was not something Shawn Michaels had a difficult time doing. I’ve never been in a situation where it was not consensual in any way, shape, or form. I’ve never taken advantage of someone in that respect.

“Those things are done for two reasons, and I’ve had a lot of counselling in my lifetime. The reason you do that stuff is because you dislike women or you have power issues. Shawn Michaels did not have those. He had insecurity issues and he had problems feeling like he wasn’t enough. That’s why you go to drugs and downers. The other stuff is built on power and disrespecting women, which is something I’ve never had. Any accusations against me as far as non consensual time with a woman simply is not true. That’s why they’ve never come up in anything other than, and I don’t mean to be mean to you guys, but it’s never come up in anything other than wrestling stories. Back in the day, it was dirt sheets and those things start from guys spinning a lot of stories that weren’t true," Michaels said.

Brutus Beefcake himself is the subject of an upcoming episode of Dark Side of the Ring.

H/T: Fightful