Ken Shamrock advises individuals to observe one notorious section earlier than they name wrestling pretend.
On an episode of Uncooked in 1998, The Rock hit Ken Shamrock sq. within the face with a brutal chair shot. This was precisely by design, as Shamrock instructed The Rock precisely how he wished the assault to go.
He informed the Individuals’s Champion to hit within the face in an effort to keep away from a concussion. Ultimately, he “barely felt” the hit. It has gone down as an iconic second from the Perspective Period within the WWE.
Ken Shamrock spoke to DJ Vlad in a current interview (H/T to Fightful for the transcription) in regards to the notorious chair pictures he took from The Rock in 1998.
He warns individuals who name wrestling pretend to observe these chair pictures. Shamrock argued that you simply can’t watch the brutal chair pictures he took and nonetheless name wrestling predetermined, or pretend.
Ken Shamrock on chair pictures
“Oh, no query. However let me clarify this in a method that I feel that visually individuals may need a greater understanding on why professional wrestling and folks get bodily beat up in professional wrestling is that I would like individuals, for those who haven’t ever seen it but, however to go watch it, I would like you to go and have a look at probably the most well-known chair shot that has ever been thrown in a WWF match, and that’s with Ken Shamrock and The Rock.” Ken Shamrock mentioned.
“If you see that chair shot, you inform me that the ending is predetermined. Inform me that that is stuff that occurs in a wrestling match. Whereas that in the long run, and due to the ending is predetermined, that wrestling is pretend.”
Given his earlier admittance that the chair shot went precisely as deliberate, it does take away from Ken Shamrock’s level barely.
