Shawn Michaels Reveals How Long WWE Really Needs To Create Main Roster Talent

TLDR

Shawn Michaels revealed during an appearance on What's Your Story? with Stephanie McMahon that he believes it takes three years to adequately prepare developmental talent for the WWE main roster. Michaels explained that modern wrestlers don't get as many repetitions as previous generations, noting that he wrestled hundreds of matches in three months early in his career while today's talent may not reach that number in a full year. He acknowledged that WWE can rush talent faster than three years if necessary, but not to the performance level he believes they should reach.