Shawn Michaels Appreciation Thread: The Final Chapter (Thank you, Shawn)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuMlAcWyMmc&feature=related
Now that's the cocky Showstopper I remember.
Now that's the cocky Showstopper I remember.
Net_Wrecker
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AIRic said:
Damn, sucks for you. I always rooted for HBK no matter what his gimmick was, and ESPECIALLY during the 1996-1998 period where everyone seemed to hate him. He was just the most captivating performer during that period on the mic and in the ring. And the ORIGINAL DX appealing to children is laughable. I think you need to go watch some old promos. Immature? Yeah, that was their shtick. But in no way appealing to kids.
Dan Yo said:
Aside from him not having the heel "attitude" anymore (aside from the one period against Hogan in 2005) he was arguably having even BETTER matches, and feuds during his 2002-2010 half of his career. I don't see how fans of Shawn Michaels the wrestler could say "it wasn't the Shawn I knew."
CerebralTiger
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I honestly cannot imagine a WWE without Michaels
He will be missed
He will be missed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODA4lyd7LSg
Greatest psych-out of all time. The initial pop when his music hits is amazing.
Greatest psych-out of all time. The initial pop when his music hits is amazing.
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That was a very sad, fitting and honest goodbye last night.
I don't think anyone could have done better. From the tip of the hat from the Undertaker all the way to the homo-erotic kissing with HHH in the end. Loved it.
Michaels will be terribly missed and I believe him when he says he won't be coming back. I think it's sad when guys have to come back, whether because they can't give it up or because of financial difficulties.
I think Michaels has too much respect for the ring to come back and give a lackluster performance due to natural aging.
I don't think anyone could have done better. From the tip of the hat from the Undertaker all the way to the homo-erotic kissing with HHH in the end. Loved it.
Michaels will be terribly missed and I believe him when he says he won't be coming back. I think it's sad when guys have to come back, whether because they can't give it up or because of financial difficulties.
I think Michaels has too much respect for the ring to come back and give a lackluster performance due to natural aging.
Almighty_Chocobo
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Just happened to come across this. I can't believe I haven't seen this in 12 years..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il4gXnNodNo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il4gXnNodNo&feature=related
dark_chris
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I'll have to go back to watch some of these youtubes tonight. I barely watch wrestling off and on nowadays, but it sucks that I missed Shawn's goodbye. Back when I was really into wrestling as a kid I loved The Rockers, even moreso Shawn since he was also from San Antonio.
Lately it was cool to turn on Raw every few months and still see Shawn doing his thing. Even the sometimes shitty DX stuff still got a laugh out of me, and of course he's always been one of the better performers in and out of the ring since forever.
Lately it was cool to turn on Raw every few months and still see Shawn doing his thing. Even the sometimes shitty DX stuff still got a laugh out of me, and of course he's always been one of the better performers in and out of the ring since forever.
ZombieSupaStar said:I will miss his selling
Found video of this :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLLsj4qS-Uw#t=8m0s
thedrizzle34
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I used to watch alot of wrestling, and this moment is one of the most significant, Shawn will be missed:
however Bret > Shawn imo
however Bret > Shawn imo
vas_a_morir
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Almighty_Chocobo said:
Okay, I don't watch wrestling, not really since I was a kid. What happened?
EDIT: Nevermind, read the Wikipedia.
Finished watching the 'My Journey' dvd last night and man, I'm going to miss him so much. Just one epic performance after another whether it was Wrestlemania, a minor PPV or even Raw. The last segment with Cole was very touching and the montage at the end was fantastic. Wrestlemania (which is pretty much the only event I watch anymore) is never going to be the same without him.
crazy monkey
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great entertainer
beelzebozo
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despite the obvious contradiction in this statement, i feel compelled to say it:
the man is a god.
the man is a god.
vas_a_morir
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beelzebozo said:
I always heard he was really unprofessional. I remember that video when he oversold to make Hogan look stupid. Classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YbI1Usjfis
Awesome promo. And the look on Vince's face is priceless.
Awesome promo. And the look on Vince's face is priceless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms4y_dmTMQ8
Todd Pettengill singing to Shawn who has a "what the fuck" look on his face. :lol
Todd Pettengill singing to Shawn who has a "what the fuck" look on his face. :lol
Damn, DX in 97 was great shit. I loved the Bret Hart feud, it was so different for wrestling. Heel vs heel, with a legitimate feud underneath that - and DX encouraged to be as cheap and lowbrow as they can be. The more insulting they were, the more heat they were taking from Bret Hart. I loved it at that time, completely unique. They got away with everything, which was a big part of their character. Shawn Michaels was really amazing at hitting every button. Almost too good at being a heel. Watched a great list of videos in a row.
Raw 10/06/97 promo part 1 part 2
Raw 10/06/97 Triple H vs Bret Hart (w/ Michaels having a pretty memorable role outside the ring)
Raw 10/13/97 promo
Raw 10/27/97 Michaels at the booth, post-match
Another thing I actually really liked was the gang aspect to everything at that point (though survivor series-fueled). I really enjoyed the WWF in late '97. Not to say I didn't love 98-00 as well.
Raw 10/06/97 promo part 1 part 2
Raw 10/06/97 Triple H vs Bret Hart (w/ Michaels having a pretty memorable role outside the ring)
Raw 10/13/97 promo
Raw 10/27/97 Michaels at the booth, post-match
Another thing I actually really liked was the gang aspect to everything at that point (though survivor series-fueled). I really enjoyed the WWF in late '97. Not to say I didn't love 98-00 as well.
Speaking of late 97 WWF
Remember WARZONE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjoLCGHVSN4&feature=related
Remember WARZONE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjoLCGHVSN4&feature=related
half a moon
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The Rock and Stone Cold leaving were more devastating.
HBK has retired once already. I can see him coming back. But, those two?
HBK has retired once already. I can see him coming back. But, those two?
SazerVisuel
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Wow, been a while since I've even watched wrestling, but it won't be the same without Shawn either way.
Nameless
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Shawn Michaels vs Triple H for the European Championship. MOTY 1997 easily.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX3qlVve1iE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX3qlVve1iE&feature=related
Nemesis121
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Almighty_Chocobo said:
If i was Vince i would have screwed him 10/10 times....
I've seen almost all of the videos posted in here when they were live on TV - damn it man, if only I could time travel, I swear I'd go back to the 80's, then enjoy the glory years of TV in the 90's, right down to RAW is WAR - I'm dead serious.
These are the little things I loved about Shawn, he didn't even have to be the focus of the camera to be hilarious - this starts off with him and HHH staring at Chyna's cleavage, and he continues to look at it throughout HHH's whole promo, I don't even think I heard a word he was saying the whole time, I was just looking at what Shawn was doing... :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgsOX6rX44w&NR=1#t=1m19s
Wow, after all these years, I have never seen this video before - and look at that, Bret's wife was right all along in the end with the accusations too...
Makes me wish I could see all the backstage stuff from back in those days too...
These are the little things I loved about Shawn, he didn't even have to be the focus of the camera to be hilarious - this starts off with him and HHH staring at Chyna's cleavage, and he continues to look at it throughout HHH's whole promo, I don't even think I heard a word he was saying the whole time, I was just looking at what Shawn was doing... :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgsOX6rX44w&NR=1#t=1m19s
Almighty_Chocobo said:
Wow, after all these years, I have never seen this video before - and look at that, Bret's wife was right all along in the end with the accusations too...
Makes me wish I could see all the backstage stuff from back in those days too...
worldrunover
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I didn't start really watching wrestling until the very beginning of the Attitude era, basically the month after Michaels retired the first time. Then I stopped watching around '02, right before he came back full time. I've been watching for the past year again, but I can't help but feel I missed out on Michaels in his prime (twice!).
Skilotonn said:
The both of you, go out and watch 'Wrestling with Shadows'. The documentarian had no idea they would be shooting the last months of Bret Hart's WWF career.
What timing. What luck. We have one of the most interesting behind-the-scenes stories of all time on footage. Interviews and all.
beelzebozo
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watching his goodbye speech now.
this is sad.
dude is like 45 but still a sexy boy though.
this is sad.
dude is like 45 but still a sexy boy though.
Arrowgigantic
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Shawn's brother was a Military Science instructor at West Point while I was in my second year there (95-96), and before the Army/Navy wrestling meet, he got Shawn to come visit. They set up a real wrestling ring in the mess hall. He walked down the main wing of the hall to his music. He gave a piledriver (!) to some cadet dressed up as a navy wrestler and gave a little promo, and at the end sheepishly asked if we would not tell anybody that he had been there.
My table at the time was in the main wing near the entrance and I got a picture with him before the event started. I really need to scan that picture in one day. He was a cool guy to do that for us and his brother, CPT Hickenbottom :lol. I don't even remember if Army won the meet though.
My table at the time was in the main wing near the entrance and I got a picture with him before the event started. I really need to scan that picture in one day. He was a cool guy to do that for us and his brother, CPT Hickenbottom :lol. I don't even remember if Army won the meet though.
^ He seems like that kind of guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVIeCCjPYWU
Loved it at the time. It was the first legit WWF game for next gen. I remember it was also one of the longest waits ever for a game, after finding out about it a year and a half before release or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVIeCCjPYWU
DMczaf said:
Loved it at the time. It was the first legit WWF game for next gen. I remember it was also one of the longest waits ever for a game, after finding out about it a year and a half before release or so.
beelzebozo
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just finished that.
there is just not replacing this guy. as someone who used to watch wrestling pretty often, it's bittersweet seeing such a great performer leave on his own terms rather than get horribly injured and be forced to retire, but also a part of me hurts a bit when i hear about another legend exit the sport.
how is the popularity of wrestling now, compared to the mid-nineties?
there is just not replacing this guy. as someone who used to watch wrestling pretty often, it's bittersweet seeing such a great performer leave on his own terms rather than get horribly injured and be forced to retire, but also a part of me hurts a bit when i hear about another legend exit the sport.
how is the popularity of wrestling now, compared to the mid-nineties?
worldrunover
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beelzebozo said:
It's probably just as popular, but skews much younger. WWE is all PG these days, I think it has lost the older crowd. All the teenagers in the Attitude Era are mid-late 20s now and don't seem to take to it anymore.
I blame John Cena.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Wrestling has always been for the young crowd. Even Attitude only really attracted kids and teenagers.worldrunover said:
worldrunover said:
I found a pretty decent list of around 75 or 80 of the top matches HBK has had, and have gone through the trouble of putting them in chronological order for you
Bolded ones I particularly recommend
Highlighted ones are OMG WATCH THIS.
I probably ended up bolding/highlighting over half of the list :lol
GaimeGuy said:
Thank you. It's nice to see so many bolded matches in his recent run so there's plenty of stuff to find. (It looks like he went nuts in 2005.)
HBK vs. Diesel was very much a guilty pleasure of mine. Mind Games vs. Mankind is one of my favorite matches ever and I think Mick Foley called it his best. The first Hell in a Cell was the best of the ones I've seen. His performance vs. Austin at WMXIV was amazing.
Joe Prodigy
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I'm really going to miss HBK...if that man had a PPV match it was, a lot of the times, match of the night...very talented performer...my favorite part of the farewell speech is when he thanks us for letting him show off...thought that was awesome.
Dan Yo said:
Actually, think most hold that the Attitude era began in late 97, which is near the end of Michaels' tenure. And the best year was 98 IMO.
DMczaf said:
Sadly, I never saw those. Got the n64 version which couldn't handle the FMVs.
In the trade-off, we did get Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy, it worked out in the end.
vas_a_morir said:
Here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyN5sAShqOA
PLEASE watch this. The overselling is HILARIOUS.
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