What does Shawn Michaels look for when scouting talent? The Heartbreak Kid explains.
During a recent appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Shawn Michaels was asked what he looks for in a pro wrestler. Here’s what HBK had to say:
“I think when we talk about feel, and timing,” Michaels said. “Timing and feel are probably, in my opinion, the two most important things in this business. You can get by with so much more if you have those two aspects. You can be a little short in athleticism, you can be a little short in psychology, you can be a little short in, I don’t know, overall knowledge of the game, so to speak.
“If you have timing and a real feel, because those are things that, I guess charisma plays a part in that. But if you have timing and feel, I feel like the charisma and all the other is going to sort of match that timing and feel, if that makes sense. I know sometimes when I talk about this, I know I don’t always make sense to a lot of people, but that’s the level that I’m at.”
Shawn Michaels reveals which match he considers his retirement
Elsewhere in the interview, Michaels revealed he considers his WrestleMania 26 match against The Undertaker to be his retirement bout, despite returning for a one-off tag match at WWE Crown Jewel 2018.
“It’s that one with Undertaker [at WrestleMania 26],” Michaels said. “Because the other one, it was a tag match, it was DX, and I feel kind of bad, because I don’t mean it in a negative way, but that was just sort of like, I don’t know. It was like Kiss going out, and not even with the original members or whatever, and playing a concert at The Troubadour or something.”
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