5 Times Vince McMahon refused to rehire WWE Superstars

#3 Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon

Shawn Michaels' bad reputation backstage in WWE in the 90s is a well-known fact. The Heartbreak Kid rubbed people the wrong way and had genuine heat with many Superstars backstage.

WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, who was Vince McMahon's right-hand man, revealed how he played a part in bringing back Shawn Michaels, despite the WWE Chairman not wanting to see Michaels in a WWE ring.

Patterson revealed this in an interview a few years ago, but he didn't go into detail about when this incident happened as HBK has retired on more than one occasion.

“Vince and I would work very hard at getting talent back. Some of these guys would get fired over the years. They were talented, but they would do stupid things. One of them was Shawn Michaels and Vince (McMahon) didn’t want to hear nothing about him, in fact he is dead, Shawn Michaels is not coming back. Once in a while I would bring up his name. Shawn Michaels never called saying 'Pat could you get me in', he never called, I just wanted to convince Vince and then Shawn Michaels back."