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WWE NXT Preview: Mick Foley Decides Who Might Be The Iron Survivors
While WWE Hall of Famer, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels runs the joint down at NXT, this week he decided to throw some responsibilities towards a fellow Hall of Famer in Mick Foley  Foley was tasked with picking who he'd like to see in the first qualifying matches on tonight's WWE NXT on USA for the men's[...]
dark side of the ring
Co-creators Evan Husney & Jason Eisener's pro-wrestling docuseries is wrapping up its current run with "The World According to Marty Jannetty." In this go-around, the spotlight shines on Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels' successful run as The Rockers and how it (according to the official overview) "was eclipsed by Marty's excess, drug abuse, and possible[...]
NXT Roadblock Preview: Will HBK Announce A Comeback Tonight?
WWE Hall of Famer and current NXT head honcho "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels had one of the most unique and storied careers in the history of the wrestling industry  While it looked like he was done for after WrestleMania XIV in 1998 due to a terrible back injury and his personal issues, HBK made an unprecedented[...]
WWE NXT Preview: Champion Bron Breakker Returns Tonight
 Neither man was on NXT last week, as Breakker was taking a well-earned rest while Waller was serving a suspension for going off on NXT General Manager Shawn Michaels  With both men in the house tonight, is an explosion imminent on the USA Network? NXT Champion Bron Breakker is set to return to TV tonight, courtesy of[...]
WWE Announces NXT Vengeance Day Premium Live Event For February
16th at 10am EST! https://t.co/buYH8fjF3Z pic.twitter.com/DcpiEb8bTX — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 8, 2022 In an official announcement, WWE says, "NXT Vengeance Day will feature the biggest Superstars from NXT in action, including NXT Champion Bron Breakker, NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose with Toxic Attraction, North American Champion Wes Lee, NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly, Carmelo Hayes,[...]
NXT Will Feature 2 Wild Card Matches With Deadline Implications
 Let's see what WWE.com has to say about tonight's NXT: "With four of the competitors for the Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline set, a Triple Threat Match between Axiom, Von Wagner, and Andre Chase will determine the final competitor for the historic match. Shawn Michaels revealed on NXT that Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, JD McDonagh, and Joe[...]
Who Will Shawn Michaels Pick For the NXT Iron Survivor Challenges?
If there's one person in WWE who is uniquely qualified to introduce a brand new match type, it's WWE Hall of Famer "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels  The icon himself performed in the televised debuts for a number of matches in WWE history, including the Ladder Match, the Elimination Chamber, and the Hell In A Cell[...]
HBK Is Bringing In A Couple Of Hall of Famers On Tomorrow's NXT
 But now, with a few new announcements by WWE, it appears we will find out the answers this week with the help of some Hall of Famers. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels will be joined by some fellow Hall of Famers when he reveals the entrants in the Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline, courtesy of[...]
NXT 2.0 RIP: It Appears NXT Will Be Evolving Yet Again Very Soon
 Well, just one year on, it appears we may be on the verge of yet another relaunch, and if the tease we got at the end of last night's show was any indication of what's to come, fans of the good ol' days of the developmental brand might be pretty happy pretty soon. Image: Screencap After all[...]
WWE Reveals New Statue Of The Undertaker Ahead Of WrestleMania
 The Undertaker (real name Mark Calloway) was joined by his wife Michelle McCool, some of his children, and his best wrestling buddies, such as Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kane, and his fellow "Bone Street Krew" members Rikishi, The Godfather, Mideon, and Mark Canterbury. A life-sized statue of WWE Hall of Fame inductee The @undertaker was revealed during the first night of #WrestleMania Axxess[...]
Two-Time WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall Has Passed Away At Age 63
 In Razor Ramon, Hall clearly took much inspiration from Al Pacino's iconic performance as Tony Montana in the 1983 film Scarface and created a slick new kind of heel character that was so cool, fans actually started to like him. He would perform as the character for the next four years, winning the Intercontinental Championship four times and stealing[...]
WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall Is On Life Support After Heart Attack
 In Razor Ramon, Hall clearly took much inspiration from Al Pacino's iconic performance as Tony Montana in the 1983 film Scarface and created a slick new kind of heel character that was so cool, fans actually started to like him. He would perform as the character for the next four years, winning the Intercontinental Championship four times and stealing[...]
The Rock Names Who Would Be On His Wrestling Mount Rushmore
The whole reinvigoration of naming a professional wrestling Mount Rushmore got kicked off yesterday when The Undertaker appeared on Kevin Hart's Cold As Balls Youtube show and when asked who he'd put on his mountain, Taker named Andre The Giant, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, and The Rock himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXVQmcGQUYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Things Get[...]
"The Patriot" Del Wilkes Has Passed Away At The Age Of 59
Peterson, and in GFW he won the Television Championship and the North American Heavyweight Championship twice. Del Wilkes is probably most well-known for his run in the WWF during the summer of 1997, where he led the charge in defending America with "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin against Bret "The Hit Man" Hart[...]
WWE Untold: Two Dudes With Attitudes, a documentary about Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash, will debut on the WWE Network this week.
No? Dammit. WWE Untold: Two Dudes With Attitudes, a documentary about Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash, will debut on the WWE Network this week. Well, anyway, WWE unveiled their new streaming schedule for this week on Peacock and the WWE Network, and the two major new additions are a Best of Ronda Rousey collection and a documentary[...]
Dark Side of the Ring
Offering a deep-dive into the most explosive episodes from the first two seasons and featuring never-before-seen moments, unanswered questions, and secrets uncovered, the series turns the spotlight on Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Vince McMahon, and "The Montreal Screwjob" that took place at the 1997 Survivor Series pay-per-view event. Image: Screencap In the following preview, referee Earl Hebner[...]
Who's Mr. Royal Rumble: Stone Cold Steve Austin or Undertaker, image courtesy WWE.
WrestleMania?"  They will answer Shawn Michaels instinctually.  "Who is Mr Monday Night?"  Rob Van Dam, of course.  But now, WWE is asking fans "Who is Mr Royal Rumble?"  And while some may think that there are a couple of obvious choices that immediately come to mind as that title-holder, it turns out the fans who[...]
Bret Hart appears on WWE's The Bump podcast to talk about SummerSlam.
You think, when you look at it, you go 'Oh, I can put that on.' But, you gotta think about it and gotta know how to put it on to appreciate it." Hart went on to say that, during the Montreal Screwjob, he actually instructed Shawn Michaels on putting the move on correctly "Yeah[...]
Bret Hart appears on WWE's The Bump podcast to talk about SummerSlam.
In fact, Hart liked the match so much that he even had nice things to say about his rival, Shawn Michaels. Bret Hart appears on WWE's The Bump podcast to talk about SummerSlam. "I loved all of it," Hart said "I will say, this match that it wouldn't have been the great match without Shawn[...]
How Shawn Michaels Theft Ruined Bret Hart vs Owen Hart Cage Match
The ladder match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon at WrestleMania 10 is the first one WWE viewers ever saw, but it wasn't the first, even in WWE The ladder match originated in Stampede Wrestling, and Bret Hart brought the concept with him to WWE and even had an untelevised match with Shawn Michaels in[...]
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump podcast ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House
Legendary wrestler Shawn Michaels is returning to WWE Monday Night Raw next week to confront Randy Orton about Orton's assault on Ric Flair WWE announced that the Heartbreak Kid… well, Heartbreak Middle-Aged Man, really… but he's still a sexy boy… will appear on Raw in a commercial that played during Smackdown on Friday. Shawn Michaels is[...]
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump podcast ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House
WWE Hall-of-Famer and greatest wrestler of all time, the Heartbreak Kid, the Showstopper, Shawn Michaels, was in a backstage argument with a producer at NXT Takeover: In Your House about the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests happening in response to the killing of George Floyd by police, according to a dirt sheet rumor Let's just[...]
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump podcast ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House on Sunday The Heartbreak Kid looked back at a lot of great matches he had at the PPV series from which the latest Takeover borrowed its name One of those involved a pivotal moment in WWE history: the first Hell[...]
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump podcast ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House on Sunday Michaels looked back at the enormous number of classic matches he had at In Your House PPVs over the years, but one In Your House PPV was best remembered not for what went well, but for what went[...]