About HBK's back injury...

[rapidfire187]

Anyone seen those "off the air: the footage they don't want you to see" videos on youtube? In particular there's one called "
Off The Air - The Footage They Didn't Want You To See #3"

Anyway, there's a part in that video (actually several parts, same incident just split up over the course of the video) that shows Austin fighting with DX on a house show or something. He stuns Chyna, HHH, and HBK several times and basically just kicks their asses for a few minutes. Then he leaves while the crowd cheers.

After Austin left and DX is leaving together, you can see Shawn doing cartwheels and walking on his hands.

So here's my question: WUT DA HALE?

Was that footage taken before Royal Rumble '98? Were they already teasing Austin vs. Shawn before he even won the Rumble?

If it came after the Rumble, then Shawn should have been injured right? The injury was bad enough that he had to be removed from No Way Out's 4 on 4 tag team main event and was in excruciating pain at Wrestlemania 14, then retired for 4 years. If his injury was that bad, then first off why was he taking bumps on a house show of all things? And second, why was he doing cartwheels and handstands? He looked pretty damn healthy to me.

So, is this video evidence that supports the theory that Shawn's back injury wasn't as bad as he put on, or does it just show that WWF was doing Austin vs. DX on the house show circuit before they were interacting on television?

The guy who posted the video replied to a comment that I left asking about it. He said that HHH was the one doing the cartwheels. He's clearly wrong though.

[rapidfire187]

Hmm nobody?

[KofiMania]

1- The guy wrote that the video was from late 97. It's pretty common for guys who aren't feuding on TV to interact on a house show.

2- Shawn didn't take any back bumps, he just took a few stunners. And walking on your hands and doing a crappy cartwheel aren't exactly the most stressful things for your back.

[Big L]

Oh ok ^

[Marty McFry]

Sept 28, 2011 13:29:11 GMT -5 KofiMania said:

And walking on your hands and doing a crappy cartwheel aren't exactly the most stressful things for your back.

The are with the pain HBK was in following the Rumble.

I say this was pre 1998 though.

[Ace Ventura]

That was definitely Michaels doing the acrobatics.

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

Sept 28, 2011 14:25:58 GMT -5 Marty McFry said:

Sept 28, 2011 13:29:11 GMT -5 KofiMania said:

And walking on your hands and doing a crappy cartwheel aren't exactly the most stressful things for your back.

The are with the pain HBK was in following the Rumble.

I say this was pre 1998 though.

The casket match was the icing on the cake. Michaels' admitted in his autobiography that he was starting to have trouble in later 1997 after the Shamrock match on PPV.