X-Pac’s co-host asks Michaels if he preferred working as a heel or a babyface. Michaels thinks most performers would prefer to be a heel. He thinks performers feel more at ease being a heel because they feel as if they can almost do anything and get away with it. As a babyface, you have to walk a very fine line now, a much finer line than babyfaces had to walk when he was in his prime.
X-Pac notes that he’s beginning to think that WWE should refrain from introducing new talents as babyfaces altogether, because it takes a while for fans to get behind talents to a point where they really want to cheer them as babyfaces. Michaels agrees, but points out that someone like Johnny Gargano is an example of how a new talent can get over effectively as a babyface.
Michaels notes that when Daniel Bryan walked into his training school many years ago he was blown away by Bryan’s drive and work ethic. He was completely honest with Bryan at that time, telling him that if there was anything that was going to hold him back, it’d be his size. Luckily, Bryan’s work ethic and talent proved valuable enough to outshine his size limitations.
X-Pac asks Michaels if he had any involvement in Johnny Gargano’s recent Takeover match against Almas. Michaels informs that he did have some involvement there, but he won’t take credit for being a Producer on any one match. He notes that he has a Pat Patterson-type role where he floats from match to match. He adds that this generation of performers do spectacular things with regularity, and it’s incredible to watch.
