Unveiling WWE's Power Circle: The Kliq's Locker Room Dominance!

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The Kliq, consisting of Triple H, Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman, united and eventually exerted significant inf luence over the WWF locker room. Learn more

As per accounts from various wrestlers, their influence was established through back-stabbing and engaging in political maneuvering within the wrestling industry.

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Bret Hart on The Kliq: “They were a cancer in the dressing room, all of them. I don’t doubt that Shawn Michaels is sorry for a lot of that kind of behavior."

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"X-Pac" Sean Waltman on His First Impressions of Triple H: “Level-headed focused. His determination, drive. His learning curve, his aptitude."

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The Kliq and Chris CHRIS CANDIDO: “The thing with Shawn [Michaels] is, he was 24 hours a day the ‘Heartbreak Kid’ – he wasn’t just a guy who played a character, he really did think it."

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Bryan Clark and His Fiery Take on The Kliq "Shawn, f, couldn’t stand him. Still don’t like him. He’s another guy that’s a fin’ joke."

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Bam Bam Bigelow on The Kliq "Everything is strength in numbers…and [The Kliq] had the numbers."

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