Byte This! Highlights - September 16, 2004
Credit: Pro Wrestling Torch

HBK joins the show. Asked about Unforgiven thoughts. He liked the match, thought it went well. It’s always difficult to come back from a long layoff.

HBK’s thoughts on Christian. He doesn’t know, he doesn’t have any. He is a talented wrestler, admires his guts. He wanted his attention and he got it. We’ll see if Christian is ready to take it up a notch, in the words of George Costanza.

Anybody he wants to wrestle who he hasn’t wrestled before? No really, can’t think of anybody. Just wants to have good matches, whether he has wrestled them ten times or one time.

Talk about work outside the WWE. According to WWE.com, HBK is going to be a speaking at a power luncheon… HBK cell gets cut off.

Hosts talk about HBK training wrestlers during his time off. Spanky, Paul London are mentioned. Mark wants to ask HBK about that.

Also, about HBK putting ladder matches on the map and getting his thoughts on Y2J vs. Christian.

Show footage from WM 10 ladder match between Michaels and Razor Ramon. Josh says people get ideas these days from that match.

Mark says he’d pay big money to get HBK on his fantasy roster because HBK doesn’t disappoint.

Just as Josh says they might have to postpone his appearance, HBK comes back on. He is in the car with his 4-week old daughter and she’s not in a good mood.

Talk resumes about the power luncheon where he will be a speaker. HBK says his Bible studies leader set this up and his wife was a board member too. This is about helping young kids around the world. He wants to build an orphanage. He was scheduled to go to Honduras in March, but it got cancelled because of fear of flying during that time. He will go next year. He will be speaking about what the Lord has done in his life.

HBK talks about his faith. He says the way he is about his faith now is the way he was about the wrestling business. He is very passionate, wants to be good at it. He loved wrestling, but he is wrestling now because he thinks there are things that WWE does that impact other people’s life. He hopes he is used so he can have an impact on someone’s life and change it for the better.

That being said, is there anything left to accomplish in the WWE? From a goal stand point of view, no. He would have liked the last run to be more intimate than the first one. First run was more about himself and his accomplishments and such. This run is more about whether he is making a difference. His goal is to make a difference, not in the wrestling business, but in someone’s life.

HBK talks about being back. He is having a blast. He gets to share this with his family and his fans. They see everything- his ups and his downs etc. His matches are still good. He and the fans will get to end this on a positive note.

HBK leaves the show.

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