It’s hard to break into the pro wrestling business, but everyone is a rookie when they start. Former WWE enhancement talent Duane Gill, better known as Gillberg, has revealed how Shawn Michaels once reacted angrily to an in-ring spot involving Mabel.
Gill revealed on Rene Dupree’s Cafe de Rene podcast how the WWE legend slapped Mabel when he was just a rookie during a heated backstage exchange. Gillberg detailed the entire experience for everyone’s understanding.
They walked in, Shawn Michaels slapped him right in his face. ‘What the frick is wrong with you, man? Do you not know who that is? That’s the best damn jobber [enhancement talent] we got up here. Be careful with that stuff. You can’t be doing stuff like that and killing people. You’re lucky if you get a job now, boy.’ He slapped him hard, brother.
Gillberg on Cafe De Rene
Mabel was one of the largest wrestlers of all time, weighing 487 pounds. So Shawn must have been incredibly frustrated to slap the giant across the face.
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