What If The Curtain Call Hadn’t Happened?

#3 The Kliq has a better rep

The Kliq drew a ton of heat with the Curtain Call.

The Kliq—Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman—were generally respected for their talent and drawing power, while at the same time garnering side eye from their colleagues for the perception that they politicked too much and held back other talents. There were a variety of ribs and exploits that got the buddies heat from the locker room, but the Curtain Call? While other transgressions could be dismissed as petty or as misunderstandings, the choice to so brazenly break kayfabe, and to do so at the most famous arena in the world drew the group nuclear, and near universal heat.

The Kliq had the last laugh by way of long, celebrated careers, with Michaels often cited as the greatest all around wrestler of all time, and Triple H poised to take over WWE, and by extension the wrestling world. Still, maybe they wouldn’t have had quite so uphill of a battle to gain the respect of their peers had it not been for the Curtain Call.