| The backstory on the Michaels/ECW deal | |
 Reporter Info: Adrian on 12/12/99
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Mike Mooneyham of the Charleston Post and Courier reported in his Sunday column that Tommy Dreamer initiated the ongoing discussions to get Shawn Michaels into ECW in a manager-type role, probably to aid Michaels' good friend Justin Credible. The storyline being pitched is that the Heartbreak Kid would be involved in an angle during which the Impact Players, Credible and Lance Storm, would continue their feud with Dreamer and Raven. Dreamer told Mooneyham that a deal will probably be worked out soliciting WWF permission for Michaels to appear in ECW, but if the WWF places any obstacles in the way, HBK would have to go along with the wishes of the WWF. Michaels has a $750,000 a year deal with the WWF. No matter how well off he may be financially, he and his wife (former Nitro Girl Whisper) have a baby due in January and he won't do anything to jeopardize his contract with the WWF. (Cody Monk of the Dallas Morning News reported in his Friday column that Michaels has had "several" conversations with ECW owner Paul Heyman about coming to ECW, but Heyman has not yet contacted WWF officials seeking their permission for Michaels to appear. Mooneyham reported that several months ago, Michaels turned down a WWF request that his contract be renegotiated, stating his injuries resulted from bumps taken in WWF rings. Doctors fused his fourth and fifth vertebrae in January and recommended that he never wrestle again, saying the pounding he's taken during his career had virtually destroyed two disks in his lower back.
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