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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[...]

 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[...]

WWE Hall of Famer Road Dogg Jesse James has shared that he's not a big fan of Bret "Hitman" Hart's work as a wrestler.

Here's a recap of last night's episode of WWE NXT 2.0 on USA Network, as Ilja Dragunov returned & immediately entered the NXT title picture.

 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[...]

 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[...]

 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[...]

 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 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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 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 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[...]

Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House on Sunday The Heartbreak Kid discussed a lot of things about his role as a coach in NXT and his career as WWE celebrated the In Your House era of PPVs One thing ol' HBK talked about was his love[...]

Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House on Sunday The Heartbreak Kid looked back at some of his most memorable matches, a lot of which occurred at various In Your House PPV events One such event was In Your House 7: Best Friends, Better Enemies, where Michaels[...]

Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight There's at least a half dozen wrestlers who people have tried to call "the next Shawn Michaels" over the past two decades The most recent is Adam Cole, and most would probably agree, there is a resemblance Count Shawn[...]

Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight HBK was asked about who he feels will be breakout stars in NXT Though he's not a breakout star, Michaels brought up Drake Maverick, who was recently part of a big angle, somewhat controversially since it was based on[...]

Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight In an interview about his career primarily as it relates to the In Your House PPV series ahead of Sunday's revival of the name, The Heartbreak Kid (can you really still be called the Heartbreak Kid at age 54?)[...]

Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight The Heartbreak Kid (can you really still be called the Heartbreak Kid at age 54?) discussed the event, including the preparation that goes into an NXT PPV from the backstage perspective as well as for the performers Michaels also[...]

Have we mentioned bringing back an "Attitude Era" star? Okay, we get that this might sound a little bit repetitious right now, and you're probably thinking, don't WWE have any other ideas? Okay, how about this: they can bring back two attitude era stars for an episode of NXT? Bet you never saw that one[...]

The revelation that WWE does not, in fact, edit crowd noise as definitively proven by Triple H saying so should really put those fans in their place once and for all. Triple H takes on Hulk Hogan, courtesy of WWE. 411 Wrestling transcribed the relevant parts of the interview, which also included the Gilligan to Triple H's[...]

The show ended with a touching tribute from Haitch's best bro, Shawn Michaels, and father-in-law, Vince McMahon But that wasn't the highest honor That came the next morning, when Triple H received the blessing of the President of the United States and, more importantly, WWE Hall-of-Famer, Donald Trump. Vince McMahon has something to get off his[...]

Growing up I adored Shawn Michaels, and his match against Stone Cold Steve Austin kept my heart in my throat the whole time Of course Austin won the WWF Heavyweight Championship that night — breaking my heart But what broke it even further was Michael's leaving wrestling for a few years after due to a[...]