The Heart Break Kid Shawn Michaels has been one of the most influential wrestling personnel in the history of professional wrestling. In his two decades long WWE career, he had an amazing career that inspired wrestlers from every generation.
In his twenty two year WWE career Shawn Michaels won tons of championships. In 2010, he retired from wrestling after he lost to the Undertaker at WrestleMania 26 in a streak vs. career match. However, in 2018 he made a ‘One Match Return’ to give fans their dream match; D Generation X vs. The Brothers of Destruction.
Shawn Michaels Speaks On His Coaching Style
The match turned out really bad though, as it was listed as the worst match of the year by Dave Meltzer. Michaels however never returned to wrestling after this match and he has confirmed that he would not return ever after.
Since the time he has been working on the backstage of NXT. Currently, he is working as the writer and producer for the NXT and NXT UK. He works as the coach too.
There was a time when Shawn Michaels used to work as a wrestling coach in WWE on a regular basis. Recently he looked back at the time when he appeared on My Mom’s Basement. He said;
“When I was coaching on a more regular basis — I never watched my stuff with people. I was very uncomfortable doing that. When I did it, it would be one time, usually after whatever pay-per-view or Raw or whatever the case may be. I’d have them burn me a DVD, and I’d watch it once and take my notes mentally and that would be it. I wasn’t one of those guys who pored over his stuff a lot because I always thought the business was evolving and growing and moving.
“I was pressing forward. I did have to get over that when I started coaching guys who grew up with me. When I found I was able to connect with them on a mental and emotional level, both professionally and personally, by letting them understand where I was at in that match.
“What connected most with them was where I was at personally and emotionally going into those matches and understand that there were always nerves and expectations and to deal with that and convince them that there was never a thought in their mind that I didn’t have. I wanted them to at least know that there was somebody affirming what they were going through.
“This business is hard enough just in a physical sense. The mental and emotional stuff can also be difficult, and I wanted to make sure I help them with that as well. I probably got a lot closer to these guys than they expected at first, but we all appreciate it a little more….everything that I did was what it was. I want them to continue to press forward and grow and evolve because that’s what drives this business and drives success.
Credit: My Mom’s Basement. H/T 411Mania.