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Re: The Shawn Michaels Discussion Thread
Easily, my favorite promo of all time by my favorite wrestler of all time.
Easily, my favorite promo of all time by my favorite wrestler of all time.
Yeah, it seems like his entire face run from 95-96 was miscalculated. Same thing with guys like Diesel and Razor when they turned, all the attributes that made them cool heels were either watered down or stripped away as a good guy. Just a sign of those times, I guess, Vince just couldn't move on from goody too shoes as his top babyface.Quite possibly the greatest athlete and showman in the ring, which makes it all the more puzzling why he never really drew much.
I think there was a point in 96 or so once he became champ that they needed to change his image a bit to move away from the sexy boy male stripper image. That's just not a mainstream gimmick that the guys will cheer for like they will the Austins and the Rocks.
I agree with you, I just want to add in WCW. No matter what WWF did with HBK, Razor and Diesel, WCW still had all of the names. Yes they were all 40 plus or late 30's, but they were stars. Lull or not, WCW had the better product.Yeah, it seems like his entire face run from 95-96 was miscalculated. Same thing with guys like Diesel and Razor when they turned, all the attributes that made them cool heels were either watered down or stripped away as a good guy. Just a sign of those times, I guess, Vince just couldn't move on from goody too shoes as his top babyface.
I don't know if Shawn ever could've been that top guy for the 18-35 male demographic, though. Boiled down to it, the arrogant pretty boy all the women love just screams heel no matter how much of an underdog you paint him as.
That's interesting. When HBK was gone, Jericho and HHH were my favorites.Shawn Michaels was my first ever hero before I became a HHH fan. If not for Shawn getting injured in 98 he may have been my favorite wrestler of all time.
I think we both have a thing for long warrior hair. At least I had when I was a kid.That's interesting. When HBK was gone, Jericho and HHH were my favorites.