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‐ That way he's standing,
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I mean, it looks like
it's higher, right?
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Because you do that
from the second rope.
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Boom!
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This job to me is the greatest
life that I could ever live.
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For years people told me
I was too small,
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that I couldn't do this
and I couldn't do that
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and I wasn't going to make it.
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And I've shoved it
in everybody's face.
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No time‐outs in this, man.
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I realize I can't be popular
with everybody all the time.
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So in the meantime, I'm going
to be popular with me,
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and I'm going to be the best.
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‐ There are definitely
two lives of Shawn Michaels.
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You know,
there's who he was before...
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‐ You will not ever
in your lives
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see a man more charismatic,
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more flamboyant,
or more talented
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than the Heartbreak Kid
Shawn Michaels.
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‐ The greatest in‐ring
performer of all time.
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Being a prick
comes natural to Shawn.
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It did.
He was a dick.
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‐ The showstopper,
the headliner, the main event.
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‐ There was so much
bad blood between us,
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and I was always like,
"If I see him, I'll kill him."
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I had so much anger about it.
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‐ Nobody steals my spotlight.
I want it all.
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‐ Shawn Michaels
could do absolutely anything,
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any style to perfection
with anyone.
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When the bell rings,
no one is as good as Shawn.
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‐ I will give you a show
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like you have never ever
seen before.
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Why?
Because I can.
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‐ The only man
to win every major title.
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‐ You can't say anybody
was better, but also tormented.
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He was, like,
on self‐destruct mode.
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‐ I just knew
that he didn't love himself.
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There was something
in him that he despised.
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‐ If you're taking pain pills
at 12 in the afternoon,
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belligerent, falling down,
staggering,
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everything that
you have in your life is this.
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And it's all going away.
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‐ On more than one occasion,
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I really wanted to beat
the hell out of Shawn,
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but I knew there was
a good man
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behind all this other crap.
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‐ The biggest thing
that he ever did
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is turning
his life around
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to where he is now.
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‐ And so, yep,
there are two lives there.
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But there's one Shawn Michaels.
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‐ The very best sports
entertainer in the world.
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[rock music plays]
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[tense music]
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‐ I love it. I say this.
I say we‐‐again‐‐
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Vince used to always tell me
"You go all the way out there,
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I'll reel you back in
if I want to,"
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you know what I mean?
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‐ NXT started out
as a developmental brand
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that grooms WWE superstars.
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‐ Any kind of count up, DQ,
or whatever ends the match.
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‐ There's Shawn's fingerprints
in almost every talent in NXT.
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Shawn is very hands on.
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‐ Then he sits up behind him
and then whack!
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‐ He sold out arenas
all around the world
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when he was
the Heartbreak Kid.
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He's in a different place
in his life now.
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He's humble, he wants
to be behind the scenes.
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It isn't about him.
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He wants to help others
achieve their dreams.
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You've got to say it
with passion and anger.
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‐ Here we go, guys,
three, two, one.
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‐ Seeing Shawn today,
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it's sometimes hard
for people to believe
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that's Shawn Michaels.
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Certain levels of talent
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command certain levels
of respect.
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‐ Just attack
of Johnny Gargano.
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‐ Oh, jeez.
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‐ I added the plexiglass.
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‐ His knowledge
and his wisdom of the business
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and all that stuff,
it's so valuable.
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So excellent job.
Yeah, go, you got this.
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‐ Shawn Michaels' life
is a story
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that a lot of people
could relate to.
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He always wanted more.
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It was a life of never enough.
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And then,
his life totally changes.
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A lot of us have that,
if we're lucky.
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I think the Shawn Michaels
story is one that's really cool
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and one that all of us
can stand to learn from.
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[twangy guitar]
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‐ I was born
into a military family.
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My father was
in the Air Force.
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It was
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom,
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but everybody in my family
called me Shawn.
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My father was a pilot,
so early on we moved a lot.
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He was going to Vietnam.
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We went to England,
then Maryland
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and then we moved to Texas.
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I was about eight‐ish.
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From that point on,
I was in the state of Texas.
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You don't have long‐lasting
friendships in the Air Force.
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The hardest part
for making friends
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was having the last name.
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The roll call, Hickenbottom,
Michael Hickenbottom.
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You could hear the snickers
all over the room.
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Hickenbottom. And, of course...
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It's like, "Son of a biscuit,
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I wish I had
a different last name."
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‐ Shawn was well‐loved.
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He was always very quiet
and very shy growing up.
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He wasn't an extrovert.
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t a good, friendly,
nice little boy.
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And people liked him.
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He was involved in sports
all of his life.
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He just enjoyed
doing everything.
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‐ I was a big fan
of playing football,
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because of the contact.
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You know, contact and athletics
were appealing to me.
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And then I'm 12 years old,
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getting to stay up late
on a Saturday night,
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and this wrestling show
starts.
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Southwest
Championship Wrestling.
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The beginning montage,
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the guy is slow motion
jumping off the top rope.
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I was enthralled in it.
It was just‐‐[laughs]
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I don't know,
the neatest thing I ever saw.
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‐ The best in professional
wrestling and I'm‐‐
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‐ After the show,
I walked out
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and my mom was in the kitchen.
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I said, "I know what I'm
going to do when I grow up."
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And she said, "What's that?"
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I said, "I'm going to be
a professional wrestler."
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She was like,
"Oh, that's nice, honey."
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‐ He began to talk about
that's what he wanted to do,
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and I was sure that ultimately
he would grow out of that,
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but he never did.
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‐ Down at the Freeman Coliseum,
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Shawn would periodically
get to go,
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and, oh,
he saw Tully Blanchard.
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‐ Wahoo McDaniel,
Eddie Mansfield, Scott Casey.
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‐ Of course, then later,
Ric Flair was a wrestling god,
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and he would buy
wrestling magazines,
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and he would look
at Ric Flair,
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and then he would
stand in the mirror,
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and try to talk like him
and look like him.
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‐ Being a wrestling fan,
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it was really a black sheep
source of mockery.
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It's not something you say
with a great deal of pride.
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It was just a relationship
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between me and wrestling
for a while
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and my dad
was an amateur wrestler
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at the University of Iowa,
so he was a real wrestler.
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And, of course, he just gave
some gruff like, "That's fake."
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The kindest thing
I could say about it was
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I considered it to be
an athletic soap opera,
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which has always been
my description
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of professional wrestling.
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‐ Then a new kid
gets transferred.
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His name is Kenny Kent.
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I met Shawn the summer of 1980.
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We were sophomores
in high school. Both 15.
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He would want to wrestle
and throw around his friends,
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and they didn't like it.
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And so I instantly became
his little tag team partner
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and we would just
bash each other
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and throw each other around,
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and that's really what
developed our friendship.
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‐ They'd practice out
in the pool. Frightening.
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Shawn would lift him
straight him, Kenny,
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and then they'd fall
into the pool.
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His way of practicing.
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‐ Shawn dreamed
of wrestling.
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He would call me and
tell me these matches
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that he would lay out
and prepare.
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He was really obsessed with it.
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[crowd cheering]
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‐ In that time,
you struggled back and forth
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with people who are
telling you it's fake,
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but I am there
watching the guy‐‐whap!
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I mean, hitting the guy
and sweat's flying off.
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There's something to it.
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They've got me
hook, line, and sinker.
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‐ We were a very small school.
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We did not have
a wrestling team.
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But our senior year,
we had a talent show
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and it was Shawn's idea
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that me and him were gonna
do a wrestling match.
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Everything was going
quite well
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until I threw Shawn
off the stage into the crowd,
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and beat his head on the table
a couple of times.
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There was just blood gushing
all over his head.
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And people are going nuts.
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‐ I think we came in second.
We didn't win.
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‐ We got beat
by a group of cheerleaders
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so, you know, two guys
in little tightie whities
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versus cheerleaders,
they're gonna win every time.
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‐ We graduate,
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and then it's
"What are you gonna do?"
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Well, have you decided
what you want?"
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"I still want
to be a wrestler."
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I recognized that I said it
when I was 12,
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but it's just been
a big, big part of my life.
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Okay, that's awesome.
That's not a possibility.
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‐ But, you know, at 17,
you look at him and you think
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you don't know
what you're talking about.
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We said,
"You're going to college."
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‐ There wasn't
a lot of open understanding
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in what I was doing.
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‐ We went off to Southwest
Texas State University.
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When we lived together
at college,
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there were many nights
I would hear him
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and he's standing there
with his shirt off
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and he'd be talking
and screaming at the mirror,
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practicing.
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At the end
of his second semester,
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I think his GPA was 0.4.
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School just wasn't for him,
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and he was ready to make his
move into the wrestling world.
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‐ Essentially, he said,
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"I don't want to waste anymore
of my time or your money.
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I am going to be
a professional wrestler."
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‐ My dad played golf
with this guy,
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and apparently he's the guy
that's a local promoter
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here in San Antonio.
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We go down there,
and Jose Lothario was there.
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‐ From San Antonio, Texas,
superstar Jose Lothario.
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‐ I understood
he was a legitimate name.
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The gentleman stated
"Well, he has to be trained.
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"Jose could do the training
if you wanted.
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It's gonna cost $3,000."
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‐ I thought
about facing him
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when he was 35
or 40 years old,
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and having him say
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"Dad, if you'd have
just given me the chance,
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I could have been
a professional wrestler."
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And I couldn't face
that thought.
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And so I said,
"What the hell."
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[soft music]
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‐ You know,
I wake up every day
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never forgetting
what I did for a living.
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I sort of developed a habit
getting up in the morning,
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stretching
and then the heat pad.
249
00:10:42,851 --> 00:10:45,061
Over the years, you just
come up with a system
250
00:10:45,186 --> 00:10:48,857
that your body responds
well to.
251
00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:52,152
I do some form of training
every day, you know,
252
00:10:52,235 --> 00:10:55,363
to be comfortable
for the rest of the day.
253
00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:58,491
I plan on getting, you know,
new knees, knee replacements
254
00:10:58,616 --> 00:11:00,201
and shoulder replacements.
255
00:11:00,285 --> 00:11:03,872
Those things are gonna add
to my quality of life.
256
00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:05,540
It's not like
I got into this stuff thinking
257
00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:10,295
I want to be independently
wealthy and be 100% healthy.
258
00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:11,504
That doesn't happen.
259
00:11:11,629 --> 00:11:13,173
So I don't know,
I don't mind it.
260
00:11:13,298 --> 00:11:17,135
I don't think that's some big,
crazy sacrifice.
261
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♪
262
00:11:22,599 --> 00:11:25,143
[upbeat music playing]
263
00:11:25,268 --> 00:11:30,815
‐ I first came
across Shawn Michaels in 1983.
264
00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:32,358
Shawn was training
with a gentleman
265
00:11:32,483 --> 00:11:34,068
by the name of Jose Lothario.
266
00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:37,864
Jose was a big star
in Houston, Texas,
267
00:11:37,947 --> 00:11:39,908
Dallas, San Antonio.
268
00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:43,703
‐ He was Hispanic,
so there was a Luchador style.
269
00:11:43,828 --> 00:11:46,748
It was the aerial side
of things.
270
00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:49,042
Thankfully,
in all of that process,
271
00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:53,463
he saw that, "Oh, my goodness,
he's actually pretty good."
272
00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:55,965
It was worth
the $3,000, period,
273
00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:58,593
for him to get me
my first job in Louisiana,
274
00:11:58,676 --> 00:11:59,928
and that could not
have happened
275
00:12:00,011 --> 00:12:01,262
without Jose Lothario.
276
00:12:01,346 --> 00:12:05,725
‐ The pride of Vero Beach,
Florida, Terry Taylor.
277
00:12:05,850 --> 00:12:07,644
‐ The first time
I met Shawn Michaels
278
00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:09,562
working for Mid‐South,
279
00:12:09,687 --> 00:12:12,148
there was this young,
innocent, cheerful,
280
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vibrant sort of
281
00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:15,944
lost young man.
282
00:12:16,027 --> 00:12:17,987
‐ I was scared
of everything.
283
00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:20,823
It was a lot of confusion,
a lot of unknown.
284
00:12:20,949 --> 00:12:23,826
How in God's name
is this supposed to go on?
285
00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:24,953
[upbeat music]
286
00:12:25,036 --> 00:12:26,329
I came walking
through the back,
287
00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:28,456
and Terry Taylor was
standing there at the curtain.
288
00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:30,083
‐ I said, "How long have you
been in the business?"
289
00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:31,709
And he goes,
"That was my first match."
290
00:12:31,834 --> 00:12:34,629
And I couldn't believe it,
because this isn't easy.
291
00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:36,005
‐ Shawn Michaels.
292
00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:38,967
A very young man,
and very inexperienced,
293
00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:41,511
but he has a great deal
of natural athletic ability.
294
00:12:41,636 --> 00:12:44,097
‐ We drove
3,000 miles a week.
295
00:12:44,180 --> 00:12:45,640
That means there's
a lot of time
296
00:12:45,682 --> 00:12:46,891
that you're in the car
doing this,
297
00:12:46,975 --> 00:12:48,184
and he would ask questions.
298
00:12:48,309 --> 00:12:50,645
‐ A young man
who is quite handsome.
299
00:12:50,728 --> 00:12:52,814
‐ I was very well mannered,
I was quiet,
300
00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,315
and I wanted to do
nothing but learn.
301
00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:56,943
‐ Some young people
come in, "I know everything."
302
00:12:57,026 --> 00:12:58,903
Nothing like that with Shawn.
303
00:12:59,028 --> 00:13:02,156
Humble, passionate,
driven, hungry.
304
00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,825
[crowd cheers]
305
00:13:03,866 --> 00:13:06,703
‐ At about six months,
the owner, Bill Watts,
306
00:13:06,828 --> 00:13:10,748
came to me and he got me
set up in Kansas City.
307
00:13:10,873 --> 00:13:13,084
I was going to have
the opportunity to begin
308
00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:17,463
to grow as a wrestler,
as a performer.
309
00:13:17,588 --> 00:13:19,090
‐ We're hearing
all this, like,
310
00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:20,967
this guy Shawn Michaels,
Shawn Michaels is coming in.
311
00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:22,885
We're like,
"Damn, nobody has gotten
312
00:13:23,011 --> 00:13:24,846
"any attention like this.
313
00:13:24,971 --> 00:13:26,431
What's wrong with us?"
314
00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:27,932
We walked in the dressing room
315
00:13:28,016 --> 00:13:30,059
and this guy had
real short hair,
316
00:13:30,184 --> 00:13:33,396
green tights pulled up
to under his chest.
317
00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:34,981
Let me ask this nerd, like,
318
00:13:35,064 --> 00:13:36,983
"Hey, do you know
who Shawn Michaels is?"
319
00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:39,652
And he leaned back he goes,
"I'm Shawn Michaels."
320
00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:41,446
[laughs]
321
00:13:41,529 --> 00:13:43,990
I was like, "Oh, damn,
we got some work to do."
322
00:13:44,073 --> 00:13:45,116
They threw us
together because
323
00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:46,367
they needed
a match real quick.
324
00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:50,788
We didn't have time to prepare
for it, but it clicked.
325
00:13:50,872 --> 00:13:52,332
‐ Marty Jannetty.
326
00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:54,959
‐ Marty just carried himself
with such confidence.
327
00:13:55,043 --> 00:13:57,962
He was enjoying himself.
He was outgoing.
328
00:13:58,046 --> 00:14:01,466
I was so sort of shy,
conservative.
329
00:14:01,549 --> 00:14:02,717
‐ Shawn Michaels.
330
00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,552
‐ Shawn came
from a military family.
331
00:14:04,635 --> 00:14:09,015
Shawn was protected
from a lot of the evils
332
00:14:09,140 --> 00:14:11,267
that lurk in the real world
333
00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:13,436
and having some notoriety,
being on television,
334
00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:16,439
you've got women, you've got
alcohol, you've got drugs.
335
00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:19,567
And it's all readily
available to you.
336
00:14:19,650 --> 00:14:21,152
‐ Yeah,
he liked it right away.
337
00:14:21,235 --> 00:14:23,905
At first,
he wasn't old enough,
338
00:14:23,988 --> 00:14:25,239
so he had to wait
in the parking lot.
339
00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:28,576
We'd bring girls down to him
and beer down to him.
340
00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,161
‐ Marty Jannetty
one day said,
341
00:14:30,244 --> 00:14:34,207
"I see something in you
that's just dying to get out."
342
00:14:34,332 --> 00:14:35,708
He said,
"You just need somebody
343
00:14:35,833 --> 00:14:37,126
"to bring it out of you,
344
00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:38,711
and I'm gonna bring it out."
345
00:14:38,836 --> 00:14:41,422
‐ From the Showboat
Hotel and Casino
346
00:14:41,506 --> 00:14:43,132
in Las Vegas, Nevada,
347
00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:46,928
this is AWA Championship
Wrestling on ESPN.
348
00:14:47,011 --> 00:14:48,805
‐ So, I was 20 years old.
349
00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:51,349
TV tapings are in Las Vegas.
350
00:14:51,474 --> 00:14:53,142
At that time,
Marty and I, you know,
351
00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:54,143
I knew he was out there,
352
00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:57,271
so we just started
looking around.
353
00:14:57,355 --> 00:14:58,481
[upbeat music]
354
00:14:58,523 --> 00:15:01,651
All of a sudden there he is,
he's down there playing.
355
00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,069
And go down there,
356
00:15:03,194 --> 00:15:05,696
and I went and just do‐do‐do,
pulled it down.
357
00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:06,906
‐ I'm sitting there with him,
358
00:15:07,031 --> 00:15:08,157
and all of the sudden
we hear this,
359
00:15:08,282 --> 00:15:09,742
"Ding, ding, ding,
ding, ding, ding."
360
00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:14,288
Red lights go flashing around,
and Shawn hit triple 7s.
361
00:15:14,372 --> 00:15:17,208
Won 750 bucks
the first time.
362
00:15:17,333 --> 00:15:21,796
The irony of it now, like,
oh, this place was‐‐
363
00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:22,964
Vegas and the nightlife
of Vegas
364
00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:24,674
and everything else
would be my down‐‐
365
00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:25,967
[laughs]
Would be my downfall.
366
00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:27,802
It started later that night.
367
00:15:27,844 --> 00:15:30,680
It's the first line of yayo,
you know.
368
00:15:30,805 --> 00:15:33,224
[laughs]
The first line of blow.
369
00:15:33,349 --> 00:15:37,437
And it's, "Oh, my gosh, this
is the greatest thing ever."
370
00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,648
And it's just this
whole world opens up.
371
00:15:40,731 --> 00:15:43,192
I'd have never been able
to get that guy out of me,
372
00:15:43,317 --> 00:15:46,320
and Marty is the guy
that helped tap into that.
373
00:15:46,404 --> 00:15:48,573
I don't even know
how much I knew was there.
374
00:15:48,698 --> 00:15:49,824
♪
375
00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:52,869
‐ Me and Shawn partied
Monday night, Tuesday night,
376
00:15:52,994 --> 00:15:54,662
Wednesday night,
Thursday night.
377
00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:56,164
Come Friday,
we were burned out.
378
00:15:56,205 --> 00:15:59,125
Big Van Vader,
he comes to hang out with us.
379
00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:01,461
He looked at Curt Hennig
and he goes,
380
00:16:01,544 --> 00:16:04,005
"I thought you said
these guys partied."
381
00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:06,716
And Curt said, "They don't
start until midnight."
382
00:16:06,841 --> 00:16:08,134
‐ The Midnight Rockers.
383
00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:10,344
What a sensational pair
they are.
384
00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:13,973
‐ It was like magic.
The Judas Priest song come on.
385
00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:17,143
‐ They love to party.
386
00:16:17,185 --> 00:16:18,853
‐ They've taken
the AWA by storm.
387
00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:19,979
‐ The move
happening faster
388
00:16:20,104 --> 00:16:21,397
than we can
even talk about it.
389
00:16:21,522 --> 00:16:22,857
‐ They've got to put
a bigger roof on the arenas
390
00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:24,150
to hold these two kids in it.
391
00:16:24,275 --> 00:16:26,861
‐ These two
are indeed sensational,
392
00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,154
to say the least.
393
00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:31,616
‐ ♪ Living after midnight
394
00:16:31,699 --> 00:16:33,993
♪ Rocking 'til the dawn
395
00:16:34,076 --> 00:16:35,703
[crowd cheering]
396
00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:39,207
‐ Midnight Rockers had
a hell of a run in the AWA.
397
00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:41,334
They'd had TV on ESPN.
398
00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:42,877
‐ The World
Tag Team Championship
399
00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,962
is Marty Jannetty
and Shawn Michaels' goal.
400
00:16:45,087 --> 00:16:46,172
‐ They were smaller guys,
401
00:16:46,297 --> 00:16:48,716
but they could work
with the giants
402
00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:50,551
and have a great match.
403
00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:52,136
[crowd cheering]
404
00:16:52,220 --> 00:16:53,679
‐ The Tag Team
Championship of the World
405
00:16:53,804 --> 00:16:56,891
is what they are fighting for
here tonight.
406
00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:59,018
‐ I think he cracked
his head on the cement
407
00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:00,937
when he went out there.
408
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:02,605
‐ The blood match,
if you will,
409
00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:06,150
was the first time that a
national audience got exposed
410
00:17:06,275 --> 00:17:08,903
to the talent
of the Midnight Rockers.
411
00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:11,322
‐ This is absolute mayhem.
412
00:17:11,405 --> 00:17:14,617
‐ The match itself
was very bloody, very gory.
413
00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:17,036
‐ One of the
toughest, roughest matches
414
00:17:17,161 --> 00:17:19,247
that we have ever seen.
415
00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:20,498
‐ That was kind of like
416
00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:22,333
a defining moment
in their career,
417
00:17:22,416 --> 00:17:25,419
that they were made
at that level.
418
00:17:26,212 --> 00:17:28,089
‐ If we was on the road
300 days a year,
419
00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:29,924
we partied 290 of them.
420
00:17:30,007 --> 00:17:31,217
[laughs]
421
00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:32,927
We used to do a lot of drugs.
422
00:17:33,010 --> 00:17:34,637
There was a lot
of powder around.
423
00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,181
‐ You look at rock stars
and you look at rock bands.
424
00:17:37,265 --> 00:17:41,394
There was a tendency to want
to go wild and destroy things.
425
00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:43,229
It's fun when you're young,
426
00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:45,106
because you feel like a rebel.
427
00:17:45,189 --> 00:17:47,191
We've made it, man.
Look at this.
428
00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:49,360
And throw a beer bottle
up against the wall,
429
00:17:49,443 --> 00:17:51,529
and it was, like,
oh, we'll pay for it later.
430
00:17:51,654 --> 00:17:53,239
‐ We always did the job,
431
00:17:53,322 --> 00:17:54,407
but it was just partying
all night.
432
00:17:54,532 --> 00:17:56,742
Destroy your room
at the Showboat
433
00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:59,996
and we got the entire, uh, AWA,
434
00:18:00,037 --> 00:18:02,999
the entire company
got kicked out of there.
435
00:18:03,124 --> 00:18:07,211
It wasn't very long
that we had a reputation.
436
00:18:07,336 --> 00:18:12,174
And once you get it, everybody
else knows you got it.
437
00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:15,136
WWE was starting
to really separate itself.
438
00:18:15,219 --> 00:18:16,137
If that's where
you wanted to go,
439
00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,139
that's where you
set your goals.
440
00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:22,810
Finally, Marty got the call
to go into New York.
441
00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:28,691
‐ In 1987, the Rockers
started in Buffalo, New York.
442
00:18:28,816 --> 00:18:32,737
Marty and Shawn looked
at this as their big break.
443
00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:35,031
That night in the bar,
444
00:18:35,156 --> 00:18:37,450
the other talent
looked at Shawn and Marty
445
00:18:37,533 --> 00:18:42,163
as these two young punks
with a chip on their shoulder.
446
00:18:42,246 --> 00:18:43,581
They're gonna have to earn
447
00:18:43,664 --> 00:18:46,626
the respect
of the WWE locker room.
448
00:18:46,709 --> 00:18:49,170
‐ We were scared, man.
We were scared.
449
00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:53,257
So that night, that's why
we kind of kept to ourselves,
450
00:18:53,341 --> 00:18:55,051
and Terry Garvin come up
and he said,
451
00:18:55,176 --> 00:18:56,135
"No, don't do that.
452
00:18:56,218 --> 00:18:58,679
Don't do that.
Y'all have to mingle."
453
00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:02,558
‐ And then all of a sudden
Jimmy Jack Funk, he came over.
454
00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:05,853
He's hammering down these
drinks and he's like, "Hey!
455
00:19:05,936 --> 00:19:07,313
You guys are big partiers!"
456
00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:12,443
He starts eating his glass.
"Come on let's do it."
457
00:19:12,526 --> 00:19:13,986
I at least
gotta be a little tough.
458
00:19:14,111 --> 00:19:17,657
So then I break
a wine glass over my head.
459
00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:21,786
And that was it,
I turn around, I leave.
460
00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:23,496
I would never say
we didn't earn
461
00:19:23,537 --> 00:19:24,747
our reputations,
any of that,
462
00:19:24,872 --> 00:19:25,915
but the wrestling business
463
00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,208
is one giant
fish story, all right?
464
00:19:27,291 --> 00:19:29,293
So something happened once
in the wrestling business,
465
00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:31,796
that gets magnified
to ten times.
466
00:19:31,879 --> 00:19:33,297
‐ Some people say
467
00:19:33,381 --> 00:19:35,633
that Shawn or Marty
threw a beer bottle,
468
00:19:35,716 --> 00:19:41,222
which started a chain of events
that couldn't be stopped.
469
00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:42,890
‐ "And then these two guys,
470
00:19:42,973 --> 00:19:44,642
"I mean, they're in there
just getting crazy,
471
00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:48,312
tearing up the bar, throwing
stuff all over the place."
472
00:19:48,437 --> 00:19:52,274
And that's not at all
what happened.
473
00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:56,070
‐ The next day,
Shawn and Marty were fired,
474
00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:58,906
and it was over for them
after one day,
475
00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:03,828
from just the story
and the hearsay and innuendo.
476
00:20:03,911 --> 00:20:06,372
‐ I normally
give reasons as to, you know,
477
00:20:06,497 --> 00:20:09,041
why I'm gonna do something
and I'm sure I did with them,
478
00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:12,461
but that was one and done, out.
479
00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:14,880
‐ He said,
"The guys don't like it."
480
00:20:14,964 --> 00:20:17,258
He said, "They won't let you
make it here."
481
00:20:17,341 --> 00:20:22,805
In my mind,
I'm 23 and it's over.
482
00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:26,142
That was my one big shot.
483
00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:29,311
It happened now and it's gone.
484
00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:36,986
‐ Take a look at Takeover.
485
00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,821
We'll watch it,
and I'll Skull you.
486
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:39,822
‐ Okay.
487
00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:41,157
[laughs]
488
00:20:41,282 --> 00:20:43,534
‐ Shawn Michaels
put his heart and soul
489
00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:45,119
into being
the best pro wrestler
490
00:20:45,202 --> 00:20:46,412
that he could possibly be,
491
00:20:46,537 --> 00:20:49,498
and he does
the exact same thing
492
00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:51,584
as a coach
and as producer.
493
00:20:51,709 --> 00:20:53,461
‐ Stop there
and look at each other.
494
00:20:53,544 --> 00:20:55,421
Can that stuff take
a little longer?
495
00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:57,590
‐ He will find ways
to pick apart
496
00:20:57,673 --> 00:20:59,717
every little thing
to make it better.
497
00:20:59,842 --> 00:21:02,136
‐ Aim for the head.
498
00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:03,637
You can't hold back on that,
499
00:21:03,721 --> 00:21:05,556
because that's gonna cause you
not to get all the way around.
500
00:21:05,681 --> 00:21:07,308
‐ Shawn has this
amazing ability
501
00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:10,144
to instill a confidence in you.
502
00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:11,896
This was a tremendous bout.
503
00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:13,814
‐ I mean, someone
like Shawn Michaels
504
00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:16,484
gives that to you, that's all
the motivation that you need.
505
00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:20,780
[laughter]
506
00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:25,159
[crowd cheering]
507
00:21:25,242 --> 00:21:27,495
‐ The unfortunate byproduct
508
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:33,542
of Shawn and Marty being fired
after their first day in WWE
509
00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:37,171
is Marty and Shawn had burned
their bridge in the AWA.
510
00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,422
Where do you go?
511
00:21:38,506 --> 00:21:39,840
And welcome once again
512
00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:41,467
to Continental Championship
Wrestling and we have‐‐
513
00:21:41,509 --> 00:21:44,762
‐ We ended up
in Birmingham, Alabama.
514
00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:46,555
Continental Wrestling.
515
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,766
I was wrestling
in front of 25 people
516
00:21:48,849 --> 00:21:50,351
at 300 bucks a week.
517
00:21:50,434 --> 00:21:52,812
If you wanted to get $50
in cash,
518
00:21:52,895 --> 00:21:55,439
you get your other $50 in blow,
you could do that.
519
00:21:55,523 --> 00:22:00,194
Which is probably what I did
nine times out of ten.
520
00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:03,614
‐ I heard him talk about
how depressed he was.
521
00:22:03,697 --> 00:22:06,492
At that time, we was
doing a lot of cocaine.
522
00:22:06,534 --> 00:22:07,868
And we would talk
about wrestling
523
00:22:07,952 --> 00:22:11,163
and we would watch wrestling
videos and we would study.
524
00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:12,665
I had to go home
to my girlfriend
525
00:22:12,790 --> 00:22:14,583
like at two or three
or four in the morning.
526
00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:17,211
Sometimes the next
morning sun was out.
527
00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,672
And evidently,
the way he says it,
528
00:22:19,797 --> 00:22:22,258
I let him down 'cause
I didn't stay with him more
529
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:23,801
and he was by himself.
530
00:22:23,884 --> 00:22:25,761
When you're doing cocaine,
you don't want to be alone.
531
00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:28,639
[laughs]
532
00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:30,850
‐ When you're up
at 4:00 in the morning
533
00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:36,438
coming down from the yayo,
that's like, it's very dreary.
534
00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:39,650
Because the low
is just so really low.
535
00:22:39,775 --> 00:22:41,527
I was like,
"Man, if I had a gun,
536
00:22:41,652 --> 00:22:42,820
"this is one
of those times
537
00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:45,823
that I was reckless enough
to have the balls to do it."
538
00:22:45,906 --> 00:22:48,075
At that time, it would
have wrecked my parents.
539
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:53,497
You know, their suffering is
what pulled me back from that.
540
00:22:53,581 --> 00:22:56,083
But the thing is
I never told them the truth.
541
00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,252
So I'm not telling like,
"Jeez, Mama, I'm just partying,
542
00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:00,963
getting hammered
and doing blow."
543
00:23:01,005 --> 00:23:04,925
‐ Shawn and Marty,
they wanted to come back.
544
00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:08,012
I remember Pat Patterson giving
them the advice
545
00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:09,555
to continue to work
546
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:15,019
and continue to reverse
the reputation that you have,
547
00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:17,313
and prove to us
that you belong.
548
00:23:17,438 --> 00:23:19,481
And that's what
Marty and Shawn did.
549
00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:21,191
‐ Pat was instrumental
in saying,
550
00:23:21,317 --> 00:23:22,985
"Vince, he's a great talent."
551
00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:25,279
and it is difficult for me
to make that decision,
552
00:23:25,362 --> 00:23:26,697
because he was a jerk.
553
00:23:26,822 --> 00:23:28,324
I mean, doing
some stupid things.
554
00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:30,326
But Pat was right.
555
00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,995
‐ I was there in '88
when they came back.
556
00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:34,246
It had been a year
557
00:23:34,330 --> 00:23:37,583
since the Rockers had kinda
screwed up on their first day.
558
00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:40,294
‐ We're gonna bring you back,
but you're on probation.
559
00:23:40,377 --> 00:23:42,004
You know,
keep your [bleep] together.
560
00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:45,007
Yes, sir.
561
00:23:45,132 --> 00:23:46,467
‐ Two newcomers, the Rockers.
562
00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:48,427
These guys are excitement
personified.
563
00:23:48,510 --> 00:23:50,554
They'll be high flying.
564
00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:52,806
‐ I met Shawn in 1990.
565
00:23:52,890 --> 00:23:55,768
They were pretty much,
you know, fun loving guys.
566
00:23:55,851 --> 00:23:57,311
They even tested me
a little bit with their,
567
00:23:57,394 --> 00:23:59,229
you know, their antics.
568
00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:02,483
Actually, you know, they were
both pretty much peckerheads.
569
00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:04,902
I mean, I've got to call
a spade a spade.
570
00:24:05,027 --> 00:24:06,487
‐ The Rockers
have got a bag full of tricks
571
00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:07,821
and you ain't
seen nothing yet,
572
00:24:07,947 --> 00:24:09,615
so get ready,
because here we come.
573
00:24:09,698 --> 00:24:11,200
Wow!
574
00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:13,744
‐ They were definitely
innovators
575
00:24:13,869 --> 00:24:16,246
doing tandem moves together.
576
00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:18,999
You know, such a cohesive unit.
577
00:24:19,083 --> 00:24:22,544
The fans went nuts for them,
especially the women.
578
00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:26,215
You know,
the long hair and all that.
579
00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:27,216
‐ There was a transitional
moment
580
00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:29,468
happening in the business
581
00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:32,012
where the athleticism
was picking up.
582
00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:36,350
The ability to do things that
Shawn and Marty could do.
583
00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,060
‐ Oh, what a backdrop!
584
00:24:38,185 --> 00:24:40,145
‐ Tag team wrestling now
585
00:24:40,229 --> 00:24:43,273
has been impacted a great deal
by what Marty and I did.
586
00:24:43,357 --> 00:24:44,817
[camera shutter clicking]
587
00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:47,695
‐ The first time you ever
make a magazine is huge,
588
00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:50,239
and we would always go
to the stores,
589
00:24:50,364 --> 00:24:51,699
stop and look
at the magazine racks.
590
00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:54,827
I remember one time
I heard Shawn "Oh, my God!"
591
00:24:54,868 --> 00:24:55,995
And there was a picture of us.
592
00:24:56,078 --> 00:24:59,540
It said
"From Imitators To Innovators"
593
00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:01,542
and he's holding it up
and he was so proud
594
00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:05,129
and I was, like, "Oh, man!
Yeah, we did it!
595
00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:06,213
‐ Shawn Michaels,
596
00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:09,258
Marty Jannetty, the Rockers.
597
00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:11,218
‐ That's a real
notch in the belt,
598
00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:13,470
to be on Saturday night's
main event.
599
00:25:13,595 --> 00:25:14,722
‐ Saturday night's
main event
600
00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:16,932
was finally going
to be the Rockers
601
00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,476
winning
the Tag Team Championship
602
00:25:19,601 --> 00:25:22,688
against Bret Hart
and Jim the Anvil Neidhart.
603
00:25:22,813 --> 00:25:24,982
‐ It was gonna be five stars.
604
00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:27,234
It was gonna be as good
a match as we ever had.
605
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:28,986
[crowd cheering]
606
00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:31,822
‐ We're in the process
of having that match,
607
00:25:31,905 --> 00:25:35,617
and all of a sudden,
the rope breaks.
608
00:25:35,701 --> 00:25:37,494
Bret, the consummate pro,
609
00:25:37,578 --> 00:25:40,039
he understands it's not live,
it's taped.
610
00:25:40,122 --> 00:25:41,540
We can fix all this.
611
00:25:41,623 --> 00:25:42,916
‐ It's taped.
All you've got to do
612
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:45,002
is grab a hold
and then they'll fix it
613
00:25:45,127 --> 00:25:46,670
and then you're still
in that hold,
614
00:25:46,754 --> 00:25:48,047
then the match can carry on.
615
00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:50,841
And I told them,
I said, "Just fix the rope."
616
00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:52,926
"Fix the rope, fix the rope.
We'll take care of this."
617
00:25:53,010 --> 00:25:56,764
And then we get word,
just to continue without it,
618
00:25:56,847 --> 00:25:59,141
so that's what we do.
619
00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:03,729
‐ It was a disaster,
and I was so sick about it.
620
00:26:03,812 --> 00:26:05,439
‐ We get our
championship victory.
621
00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:08,192
We are doing our best
to look excited
622
00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:14,656
in what is this huge steaming
pile of crap in the ring.
623
00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,241
‐ It just looked horrible.
624
00:26:16,366 --> 00:26:18,285
So the match never aired.
625
00:26:18,368 --> 00:26:19,828
‐ Vince calls me and said,
626
00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:22,539
"We're not going to
acknowledge that you've won.
627
00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:24,333
You're going to give
the belts back.
628
00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:25,542
[scoffs]
629
00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:26,960
‐ Like, okay.
630
00:26:27,044 --> 00:26:28,754
Are we gonna have
another opportunity?
631
00:26:28,837 --> 00:26:33,342
No, probably just gonna
go in other directions.
632
00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:34,760
Unbelievably disappointed,
633
00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:38,138
because that's not what you
imagine that moment being.
634
00:26:38,222 --> 00:26:40,099
Done, it's over.
635
00:26:44,353 --> 00:26:47,397
[crowd cheering]
636
00:26:47,523 --> 00:26:52,778
‐ We were on the road
300 days a year for years.
637
00:26:52,861 --> 00:26:55,823
The same hotels,
same rental car,
638
00:26:55,906 --> 00:26:58,617
some of the same girls.
639
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,828
[crowd cheering]
640
00:27:00,911 --> 00:27:02,663
‐ He kicked his own partner
641
00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:04,498
right in the face.
642
00:27:04,581 --> 00:27:06,834
‐ I remember we were
in Denver.
643
00:27:06,917 --> 00:27:10,629
Roddy Piper came in our room
and we had a few girls there,
644
00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:13,715
and Roddy kept
bragging on Shawn.
645
00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:16,927
‐ He was stirring up the pot
as far as saying,
646
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:18,554
you know, I could be a singles
and, you know,
647
00:27:18,679 --> 00:27:21,306
have great success
and things like that.
648
00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:23,642
And he'd look at me and go
"We've got to work on you.
649
00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:25,894
You're still rough
around the edges."
650
00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:27,855
I was like,
"Roddy, shouldn't we talk
651
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,773
about that some other time?"
652
00:27:29,857 --> 00:27:32,776
And Shawn shoved me
at that point.
653
00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:34,820
[overlapping chatter]
654
00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:36,488
‐ Everybody got in a fight
655
00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:40,325
because everybody was not
in their best frame of mind,
656
00:27:40,409 --> 00:27:41,702
like all the time.
657
00:27:41,785 --> 00:27:43,203
‐ And he attacked me
in the hallway
658
00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:45,914
and then I didn't want to hit
him once, let alone,
659
00:27:46,039 --> 00:27:47,833
you know, over and over.
Had blood.
660
00:27:47,916 --> 00:27:50,085
Like, it looked like you'd,
you know, gutted a deer
661
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:51,295
or something.
662
00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:53,172
‐ There was speculation
that Marty Jannetty
663
00:27:53,297 --> 00:27:55,090
and Shawn Michaels
are not getting along.
664
00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:56,967
There was speculation
that Shawn Michaels
665
00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,553
is kinda wanting to go
on his own.
666
00:27:59,636 --> 00:28:01,180
‐ All of my success
at that point
667
00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:05,017
was Tag Team, but there
was never a time in my career
668
00:28:05,142 --> 00:28:07,019
where someone didn't
say to me,
669
00:28:07,144 --> 00:28:09,521
like, "I think
you've got some talent."
670
00:28:09,646 --> 00:28:12,858
It was eventually
gonna come down to me.
671
00:28:12,941 --> 00:28:15,152
I remember
the first time he told me,
672
00:28:15,235 --> 00:28:17,029
"I want to be
the World Champion one day.
673
00:28:17,154 --> 00:28:19,823
I don't want to tag
the rest of our career."
674
00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:22,534
"I just need you to let me know
when you're ready for that.
675
00:28:22,659 --> 00:28:23,994
Don't spring it on me."
676
00:28:24,077 --> 00:28:27,247
And then he sprung it
on me anyway.
677
00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:31,168
Welcome to the Barbershop,
ladies and gentlemen.
678
00:28:31,293 --> 00:28:36,298
Let's welcome them right now.
They're the Rockers.
679
00:28:36,423 --> 00:28:37,633
[audience cheering]
680
00:28:37,674 --> 00:28:40,302
Recently there's been
a lot of controversy,
681
00:28:40,427 --> 00:28:41,803
a lot of rumors flying guys.
682
00:28:41,929 --> 00:28:43,805
Maybe you guys are
gonna break up.
683
00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:45,807
You've been having
some problems.
684
00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:47,601
‐ I didn't become familiar
with Shawn
685
00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:52,940
until he showed up in WWE with
Marty Jannetty as the Rockers.
686
00:28:53,023 --> 00:28:55,651
That's my first introduction
to Shawn Michaels.
687
00:28:55,692 --> 00:28:59,071
‐ See, one without
the other isn't any good.
688
00:28:59,154 --> 00:29:01,156
Oh! Oh, I knew
he was gonna do that.
689
00:29:01,281 --> 00:29:03,617
I just knew
he was gonna do that.
690
00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:06,078
[overlapping chatter]
691
00:29:06,203 --> 00:29:08,622
Oh, my God!
692
00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:10,832
‐ I would argue
the Barbershop window
693
00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:13,418
was the greatest tag team
breakup of all time.
694
00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:17,589
It is the standard bearer
for turning on a friend.
695
00:29:17,673 --> 00:29:19,633
‐ The super kick?
Oh, he laid it in.
696
00:29:19,716 --> 00:29:23,053
[laughs]
Oh, he got me back for Denver.
697
00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:24,513
[laughs]
698
00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:27,849
Is there a problem
with the Rockers?
699
00:29:27,975 --> 00:29:30,269
‐ It was so effective
700
00:29:30,352 --> 00:29:35,816
that it makes Shawn one of the
most hated men in wrestling.
701
00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:39,403
Shawn Michaels
changed forever that day.
702
00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:47,744
‐ I had this
strange thing with Marty,
703
00:29:47,869 --> 00:29:50,664
because without him,
704
00:29:50,747 --> 00:29:55,168
so much of the good
doesn't happen for me.
705
00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:58,088
But there's a ceiling
on being a tag team, period,
706
00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:02,634
when it's called a leading man
as opposed to a leading duo.
707
00:30:02,718 --> 00:30:04,678
It's just a natural evolution.
708
00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:06,596
Now everybody is gonna find out
709
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,641
what Shawn Michaels
has known all along,
710
00:30:09,766 --> 00:30:11,101
that he is, without a doubt,
711
00:30:11,184 --> 00:30:13,478
the hottest thing in the WWE
712
00:30:13,562 --> 00:30:15,981
has ever, ever laid eyes on.
713
00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:19,192
[rock music playing]
714
00:30:19,276 --> 00:30:21,987
♪
715
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:24,865
‐ The Heartbreak Kid,
Shawn Michaels, was something
716
00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:27,659
that Shawn just pretty much
came up with.
717
00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:30,996
I don't think that anybody
really mapped out
718
00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,123
The Heartbreak Kid.
719
00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:37,961
‐ It's sort of an Elvis
meets Freddie Mercury.
720
00:30:38,045 --> 00:30:42,132
‐ Shawn Michaels
is leavin' the building!
721
00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:47,637
‐ It was allowing me a vehicle
to let this other person out.
722
00:30:47,763 --> 00:30:49,473
To get out there in front
of a bunch of people
723
00:30:49,556 --> 00:30:53,643
and you can‐‐wow, you can just
be somebody you've never been.
724
00:30:53,769 --> 00:30:55,312
‐ Has this guy got it all
or what?
725
00:30:55,437 --> 00:30:57,564
No, I don't know where
all that came from,
726
00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,066
I really don't.
727
00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:01,443
He figured Shawn Michaels
could do whatever he wanted to.
728
00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:03,862
What, an alter ego maybe.
729
00:31:03,987 --> 00:31:06,656
The Kentucky waterfall
mullet alone,
730
00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:10,577
probably one of the greatest
mullets of all time.
731
00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:14,498
The dangling earrings,
the Village People outfit.
732
00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:15,832
Your girlfriend wants him,
733
00:31:15,957 --> 00:31:17,501
you're gonna go over
and kick his ass,
734
00:31:17,626 --> 00:31:20,837
but maybe he's gonna kick
yours and take her anyway.
735
00:31:20,962 --> 00:31:23,423
And that's where his heat was.
736
00:31:23,507 --> 00:31:24,674
‐ I was a pretty kid.
737
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,427
I was a pretty man, I don't
mind telling you, at one time.
738
00:31:27,511 --> 00:31:30,013
I could play
the part of Mr. Confident
739
00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:31,264
and everything else,
740
00:31:31,348 --> 00:31:32,516
and could do everything
under the sun.
741
00:31:32,641 --> 00:31:33,809
Couldn't do a lick.
742
00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:36,520
Elvis and Freddie Mercury
were onstage,
743
00:31:36,645 --> 00:31:39,773
they were so frickin' positive,
744
00:31:39,856 --> 00:31:42,359
but in their lives
they struggled.
745
00:31:42,484 --> 00:31:44,986
There was something
there between me
746
00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:47,656
and those individuals
that I could relate to.
747
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,157
You are not comfortable
with who you are,
748
00:31:49,241 --> 00:31:50,867
you're not comfortable
with yourself.
749
00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,412
Not knowing
who I was as a human being,
750
00:31:53,495 --> 00:31:56,123
out there
you're playing this role,
751
00:31:56,206 --> 00:32:00,794
but you can do it
with just unbridled confidence
752
00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:03,046
and you absolutely cannot do it
753
00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:05,715
by yourself
in your own hotel room.
754
00:32:05,841 --> 00:32:06,925
I am a high‐performance,
755
00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:08,635
state‐of‐the‐art
wrestling machine.
756
00:32:08,677 --> 00:32:12,305
‐ I think any great character
will be confused
757
00:32:12,389 --> 00:32:14,516
between the human being
and the character,
758
00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:19,062
and Shawn Hickenbottom kinda
morphed into the Heartbreak Kid
759
00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:20,397
at all times.
760
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,983
Shawn was becoming
a little bit more difficult.
761
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:24,234
And the Intercontinental title
762
00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:27,237
is coming
to the sexiest man, hey.
763
00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:29,990
‐ The WWE was still
the land of the giants,
764
00:32:30,073 --> 00:32:31,992
and there were still
a lot of big guys,
765
00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:33,994
and Shawn wanted
to break through
766
00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:36,079
what he considered
a glass ceiling of,
767
00:32:36,204 --> 00:32:40,000
"I'm not six‐foot‐eight,
I'm not 300 pounds.
768
00:32:40,125 --> 00:32:44,963
I wanna be what I am,
and I wanna be the guy."
769
00:32:45,046 --> 00:32:46,965
‐ When you are that talented
770
00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:50,010
and that hell‐bent
on succeeding,
771
00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:52,512
but you have the chip
on your shoulder
772
00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:53,722
of being the little guy
773
00:32:53,847 --> 00:32:54,764
to get to where
he needed to be,
774
00:32:54,848 --> 00:32:55,891
he had to stand his ground,
775
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:57,392
he had to fight
for what he wanted.
776
00:32:57,517 --> 00:32:59,436
‐ I was
at the very least as good
777
00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:01,897
or better than, you know,
anybody else
778
00:33:02,022 --> 00:33:03,857
that I was sharing
a locker room with.
779
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:05,150
I was getting an opportunity
780
00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:07,194
that not many guys like me
were gonna get.
781
00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:09,988
‐ We got a new
Intercontinental Champion!
782
00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:12,199
‐ Shawn may
have been six‐one,
783
00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:14,618
but his ego and the chip
on his shoulder
784
00:33:14,701 --> 00:33:16,077
made him nine‐foot‐five.
785
00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:17,454
‐ Shawn Michaels,
786
00:33:17,537 --> 00:33:19,539
he's our
Intercontinental Champion!
787
00:33:19,623 --> 00:33:21,291
‐ '92‐'93,
788
00:33:21,374 --> 00:33:23,710
Intercontinental Champion
at the time,
789
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,712
looking for Shawn
to really step up
790
00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:28,089
and become a huge star for us.
791
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:29,257
‐ One thing I did have
792
00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:31,468
is I wasn't scared
of anything.
793
00:33:31,551 --> 00:33:33,887
I was the most dangerous
person in the world
794
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,514
'cause I had nothing to lose.
795
00:33:35,639 --> 00:33:39,142
And when you are like that
in a creative line of work,
796
00:33:39,267 --> 00:33:43,188
you are frickin' unbeatable.
797
00:33:43,313 --> 00:33:47,025
‐ Welcome to WrestleMania 10!
798
00:33:47,150 --> 00:33:49,194
[cheers and applause]
799
00:33:49,319 --> 00:33:52,405
‐ In the process of studying
Shawn Michael's matches,
800
00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,908
the one that many people
go back to
801
00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,409
is the infamous ladder match.
802
00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:59,913
The match that Shawn Michaels
and Razor Ramone made famous
803
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,373
at WrestleMania 10.
804
00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:03,124
‐ We are making history here.
805
00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:06,002
‐ So right before
WrestleMania 10, leading up,
806
00:34:06,127 --> 00:34:07,587
there was a suspension
with Shawn,
807
00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:10,215
where Shawn had been out
of the company for a while.
808
00:34:10,340 --> 00:34:13,343
Shawn left as
the Intercontinental Champion.
809
00:34:13,468 --> 00:34:16,179
‐ Yeah, he failed
a drug test for 'roids.
810
00:34:16,304 --> 00:34:17,973
At that time, brother,
811
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:19,933
pills were bein' passed around
in bars.
812
00:34:20,016 --> 00:34:20,934
Like, guys go, "Here, man.
813
00:34:21,017 --> 00:34:22,811
Canadian Valium,
here take this."
814
00:34:22,852 --> 00:34:24,729
‐ Shawn did not feel
815
00:34:24,854 --> 00:34:28,149
that he should have been
suspended, was pissed off.
816
00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:30,235
Vince didn't wanna put up
with him,
817
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,654
thought he was an out
of control egomaniac.
818
00:34:32,779 --> 00:34:35,156
‐ And they'd tell
Shawn to send the belt back
819
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:38,118
and he says,
"No, I'm not sending it back."
820
00:34:38,201 --> 00:34:40,537
‐ Shawn decides
he wants to come back.
821
00:34:40,662 --> 00:34:42,539
Well, Razor's the
Intercontinental Champion.
822
00:34:42,622 --> 00:34:44,874
‐ So take both
championship belts,
823
00:34:44,958 --> 00:34:46,084
hang 'em above the ring,
824
00:34:46,167 --> 00:34:48,253
you fight to climb the ladder,
825
00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:50,338
whoever gets the championships
above the ring,
826
00:34:50,463 --> 00:34:52,090
that's your true champion.
827
00:34:52,173 --> 00:34:53,717
‐ The two
Intercontinental Championship
828
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,219
belts hanging from above.
829
00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:58,680
‐ For the following contest,
830
00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:01,391
there are no rules!
831
00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:03,643
‐ With the ladder up. Oh!
832
00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:06,313
[cheers and applause]
833
00:35:06,396 --> 00:35:07,981
‐ From high above!
834
00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:09,149
Oh!
‐ Oh!
835
00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:12,277
It's the most barbaric,
insane,
836
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,988
car crash excitement
you've ever seen.
837
00:35:15,071 --> 00:35:16,990
‐ It's starting to shake!
Oh, no!
838
00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:18,366
‐ Oh!
839
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:20,994
‐ I was able
to have a presence
840
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,747
that I don't
think they knew that I had.
841
00:35:23,872 --> 00:35:26,625
It isn't about size,
it is about presence.
842
00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:28,877
[cheers and applause]
843
00:35:29,002 --> 00:35:30,462
‐ Oh! Oh!
844
00:35:30,587 --> 00:35:33,048
‐ Shawn actually
lost the match,
845
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:35,634
but it put Shawn
at a different level
846
00:35:35,717 --> 00:35:38,011
that people believed
847
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,263
this little bastard
could do anything.
848
00:35:40,347 --> 00:35:43,600
[cheers and applause]
849
00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:49,022
If you didn't before,
or you didn't want to believe,
850
00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:56,696
Shawn made you believe.
851
00:35:56,780 --> 00:35:59,074
[thuds]
852
00:35:59,199 --> 00:36:00,700
‐ Should close it
and just drop it to the side.
853
00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:03,161
Boom and then you say,
"Okay, mister, here we go."
854
00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:04,412
You know, whatever.
855
00:36:04,537 --> 00:36:06,164
I don't know,
just throwing it out there.
856
00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:09,334
This weekend, we have
one of our bigger events.
857
00:36:09,459 --> 00:36:10,835
Five‐man ladder match.
858
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,045
Is that gonna...
859
00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:13,463
Someone will be holding
that right there.
860
00:36:13,546 --> 00:36:16,800
Many, many years ago,
it was just two of us
861
00:36:16,883 --> 00:36:18,301
and one ladder.
862
00:36:18,426 --> 00:36:19,678
And now,
these young men and women
863
00:36:19,803 --> 00:36:21,638
have taken it to a whole
nother level.
864
00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:23,348
Got a lot of moving parts
around here.
865
00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:26,393
‐ I always dreamed
of being in a ladder match
866
00:36:26,476 --> 00:36:28,144
obviously because
of Shawn and Razor.
867
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:30,146
[thuds]
868
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:34,901
Ladder matches are about
crazy stunts, big falls,
869
00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,111
it's a car crash come to life.
870
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:38,154
He is the face
of the ladder match
871
00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:39,572
and to have him kind of
help us out,
872
00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:42,158
have him kinda watch over us,
you can't dream it up.
873
00:36:42,242 --> 00:36:43,827
It's perfect.
874
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:46,579
There you go.
875
00:36:48,832 --> 00:36:51,376
[cheers and applause]
876
00:36:51,501 --> 00:36:54,713
‐I met him
in the locker room, 1993,
877
00:36:54,838 --> 00:36:56,131
and wanted to know
878
00:36:56,256 --> 00:36:59,134
if I'd be interested
in becoming his bodyguard.
879
00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,678
And the first thing out
of Shawn's mouth is,
880
00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:05,432
"Just so you know,
everybody hates us."
881
00:37:05,515 --> 00:37:08,268
The bodyguard position
was 24/7.
882
00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:11,438
It wasn't just
on television persona,
883
00:37:11,521 --> 00:37:13,648
a lot of people
didn't like him.
884
00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:16,484
‐ Shawn Michaels
was misunderstood
885
00:37:16,526 --> 00:37:17,986
all throughout his career.
886
00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:19,571
There was a certain perception
887
00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:21,448
that he was
an ass[bleep], frankly.
888
00:37:21,531 --> 00:37:23,241
Shawn was selfish.
889
00:37:23,366 --> 00:37:25,452
Shawn did have
an out of control ego,
890
00:37:25,535 --> 00:37:26,995
and Shawn did
feel that he
891
00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,413
was better
than everybody else.
892
00:37:28,538 --> 00:37:32,751
To be successful and to take
it to the next level,
893
00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:35,253
you have to start looking out
for yourself.
894
00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:37,464
It's not a team sport.
895
00:37:37,547 --> 00:37:39,549
‐ The one thing that was
the saving grace for Shawn
896
00:37:39,674 --> 00:37:44,137
was he was so good
in the ring.
897
00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:45,680
As a performer,
if you work with a guy
898
00:37:45,764 --> 00:37:47,599
that makes you look
that good,
899
00:37:47,682 --> 00:37:49,142
I don't care
what you think of him,
900
00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:50,852
you want to work with him.
901
00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:54,481
‐ Shawn Michaels,
Kevin Nash, Scott Hall,
902
00:37:54,564 --> 00:37:57,650
1‐2‐3 Kid, and then
Paul LeVesque, Triple H.
903
00:37:57,734 --> 00:38:00,153
these were guys that loved
hanging out together
904
00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:05,867
and hence the Kliq
began to form.
905
00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:08,411
‐ We all just hit it off,
and then it was‐‐you know, we‐‐
906
00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:10,288
All we did was talk non‐stop
about the business and,
907
00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:13,750
you know, we were all just
so passionate about it.
908
00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:15,043
‐ The perception was
that the Kliq
909
00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:17,086
was all‐knowing
and all‐powerful,
910
00:38:17,170 --> 00:38:19,339
and that if you crossed
the Kliq,
911
00:38:19,422 --> 00:38:20,924
they'll just go Vince
and you'll be blackballed.
912
00:38:21,007 --> 00:38:22,884
‐ They couldn't call
any of the shots,
913
00:38:23,009 --> 00:38:26,429
but I listened, and they had
some really good ideas.
914
00:38:26,513 --> 00:38:28,348
Really smart, individually.
915
00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:31,309
And Shawn's very smart
when he's sober.
916
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:34,354
Shawn had an attitude,
917
00:38:34,437 --> 00:38:37,398
when he drank even more so
on top of pills
918
00:38:37,524 --> 00:38:38,775
and Shawn would say,
919
00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:41,820
you know, the wrong thing
at the wrong time.
920
00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:44,656
And he was protected
in a WB environment.
921
00:38:44,781 --> 00:38:49,369
You know,
but outside that environment‐‐
922
00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:50,995
‐ Shawn Michaels,
British Bulldog,
923
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,831
1‐2‐3 Kid walk into a bar.
924
00:38:52,914 --> 00:38:56,042
Me, Scott, and Kev
were in Europe.
925
00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:58,419
It was where we find out
that this all happened.
926
00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:00,463
Bunch of Marines
in a tough bar.
927
00:39:00,547 --> 00:39:04,008
Every eye in that place turns
to the three wrestlers
928
00:39:04,092 --> 00:39:05,385
that just walked
in the door,
929
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:07,762
of which Shawn
is the megastar.
930
00:39:07,846 --> 00:39:10,473
Every girl in that place
starts to look at Shawn,
931
00:39:10,598 --> 00:39:12,517
Shawn is very enamored
with that,
932
00:39:12,642 --> 00:39:14,060
and Shawn is at
this point in his life,
933
00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:18,273
like, "[bleep] you lookin' at?
Is there a problem, jarhead?"
934
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,275
They go to walk out,
six Marines walk out,
935
00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:21,526
beat the [bleep] out of Shawn
936
00:39:21,651 --> 00:39:24,654
and leave him in the side
of the car.
937
00:39:24,737 --> 00:39:26,489
‐ And the last
thing I can remember is,
938
00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:28,241
you know,
there being the coat check.
939
00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:31,578
The next thing is waking up
in the hospital.
940
00:39:31,661 --> 00:39:36,040
And everything
else is a complete blank.
941
00:39:36,165 --> 00:39:37,709
That was four days
942
00:39:37,834 --> 00:39:41,337
out of a seven day week,
situations like that.
943
00:39:41,462 --> 00:39:43,715
Getting beat up by nine guys
in Syracuse,
944
00:39:43,798 --> 00:39:45,133
to me, there's not
a whole lot of shame in.
945
00:39:45,258 --> 00:39:48,428
You know, that kind of stuff
just sort of happens to me.
946
00:39:48,511 --> 00:39:49,721
I've got two choices‐‐
947
00:39:49,804 --> 00:39:52,432
sit home and cry,
or to come out and be a pain.
948
00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:55,643
And I got news for you,
folks, I'm all cried out.
949
00:39:55,768 --> 00:39:56,853
‐ This moment of existence
950
00:39:56,978 --> 00:39:59,272
was the 20 minutes
in the ring every night.
951
00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:01,024
He wouldn't be messed up.
952
00:40:01,107 --> 00:40:02,692
He'd go in there
and he'd kill it every night,
953
00:40:02,775 --> 00:40:05,069
and then the second
he was done‐‐
954
00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:06,863
[clicks tongue]
955
00:40:06,946 --> 00:40:09,490
"I'm in pain,
and I took some stuff,
956
00:40:09,574 --> 00:40:11,451
"so I wouldn't be
in pain this morning,
957
00:40:11,534 --> 00:40:12,744
but I'm messed up."
958
00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:14,662
Why would you hang out
with this misery 24/7?
959
00:40:14,704 --> 00:40:16,748
No, it's not.
It's again like your brother.
960
00:40:16,873 --> 00:40:18,750
It's like a family member.
961
00:40:18,875 --> 00:40:20,793
Shawn owes his life
to Triple H,
962
00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:24,047
Paul Leveque,
owes his life to him.
963
00:40:24,172 --> 00:40:25,465
‐ Shawn Michaels knows
964
00:40:25,590 --> 00:40:28,426
that the greatest match
of his life
965
00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:31,304
must come this Sunday night.
966
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,806
By the time
you get to the mid‐90s,
967
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:36,184
Bret Hart
has become a crowd favorite.
968
00:40:36,309 --> 00:40:40,813
Bret is a very soft‐spoken,
quiet, Canadian gentleman.
969
00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:44,776
Shawn is an outspoken,
loud, brash American.
970
00:40:44,859 --> 00:40:48,947
Only one person can
be the absolute alpha dog.
971
00:40:49,030 --> 00:40:52,617
The Iron Man match,
the boyhood dream realized,
972
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:57,372
it added another layer to the
Shawn Michaels character.
973
00:40:57,497 --> 00:40:58,498
‐ The Iron Man match,
974
00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:00,333
it's the opportunity
where I get to,
975
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,919
you know, get
my first world championship.
976
00:41:03,002 --> 00:41:05,797
‐ There's only one
Heartbreak Kid!
977
00:41:05,838 --> 00:41:10,218
Unbelievable, what a ride!
978
00:41:10,343 --> 00:41:12,011
‐ An hour‐long match,
979
00:41:12,095 --> 00:41:14,806
it's gonna be a long night at
the office, in wrestling terms.
980
00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:19,394
‐ For the WWE Championship!
981
00:41:19,519 --> 00:41:21,479
‐ We start to have our issues.
982
00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:24,649
You know, I was never
big on the Kliq idea.
983
00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:27,110
It was a testy match
in a lot of ways.
984
00:41:27,193 --> 00:41:29,278
‐ Hart's in big trouble.
985
00:41:29,362 --> 00:41:31,406
[cheers and applause]
986
00:41:31,531 --> 00:41:33,199
‐ There was a famous part
987
00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:34,659
where I jump off
the second rope.
988
00:41:34,784 --> 00:41:36,285
[groans]
989
00:41:36,369 --> 00:41:38,663
He comes up and kicks me
in the face
990
00:41:38,705 --> 00:41:39,872
as hard as he could.
991
00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:41,165
I mean, he almost
knocked me out.
992
00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:42,500
‐ Oh, my goodness!
993
00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:44,293
We stiff each other a lot
of times in that match.
994
00:41:44,419 --> 00:41:47,213
[cheering and chatter]
995
00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:50,299
‐ One, two, out!
996
00:41:50,425 --> 00:41:52,969
[bell dings]
997
00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:57,432
‐ The boyhood dream
has come true!
998
00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,058
‐ The boyhood dream has
come true,
999
00:41:59,183 --> 00:42:02,645
because that was Shawn's
boyhood dream, it was.
1000
00:42:02,770 --> 00:42:04,856
And that's exactly
what happened.
1001
00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:07,608
‐ It was a very
big moment for my career.
1002
00:42:07,692 --> 00:42:09,736
It's like, oh, it's the first
World Championship
1003
00:42:09,819 --> 00:42:11,988
and you go like, "Hmm,
I pictured it being different."
1004
00:42:12,071 --> 00:42:14,824
I wasn't at a good place
and all that kinda stuff.
1005
00:42:14,949 --> 00:42:18,077
Just a lot of responsibility
that goes with that.
1006
00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:20,246
Now every guy in that locker
room, their well‐being,
1007
00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:24,333
their life, you know,
their livelihood and all that
1008
00:42:24,417 --> 00:42:26,502
depends on the job
that you do.
1009
00:42:26,627 --> 00:42:29,672
You know, it all
falls on your shoulders.
1010
00:42:29,756 --> 00:42:31,299
The whole thing
was uncomfortable.
1011
00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:37,889
‐ As we got into 1996,
Ted Turner, who owned WCW,
1012
00:42:37,972 --> 00:42:41,642
our competitors,
was being very aggressive
1013
00:42:41,684 --> 00:42:45,480
in his quest for new talent.
1014
00:42:45,605 --> 00:42:47,732
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash,
1015
00:42:47,857 --> 00:42:52,612
they were going to leave
and go to Ted Turner's WCW.
1016
00:42:52,695 --> 00:42:54,822
The last matches being
1017
00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:58,618
in New York
in Madison Square Garden.
1018
00:42:58,701 --> 00:43:01,370
‐ On my 19th, 1996,
1019
00:43:01,454 --> 00:43:04,123
one of the greatest days
of wrestling,
1020
00:43:04,207 --> 00:43:05,833
and my life as well.
1021
00:43:05,958 --> 00:43:08,544
Me and my friend went
to a house show
1022
00:43:08,669 --> 00:43:09,962
which was not televised,
1023
00:43:10,088 --> 00:43:11,881
we would sneak in
a camera past security
1024
00:43:11,964 --> 00:43:14,509
and we would film the shows.
1025
00:43:14,592 --> 00:43:18,387
Shawn was my hero
and was my idol growing up.
1026
00:43:18,471 --> 00:43:19,931
[audience cheering]
1027
00:43:20,014 --> 00:43:21,557
The ending shows
Shawn Michaels
1028
00:43:21,682 --> 00:43:23,267
giving Diesel a super kick.
1029
00:43:23,351 --> 00:43:25,645
Match is over.
1030
00:43:25,770 --> 00:43:28,231
And then all of a sudden
Razor Ramon comes out.
1031
00:43:28,356 --> 00:43:29,816
I'm like, "Oh, cool."
1032
00:43:29,899 --> 00:43:32,485
They start hugging and I'm
screaming like a little girl.
1033
00:43:32,568 --> 00:43:34,070
Oh, my God!
1034
00:43:34,195 --> 00:43:35,363
Who's this?
1035
00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:37,073
And it turns out to be
Hunter Hurst Helmsley.
1036
00:43:37,156 --> 00:43:40,243
They all start hugging and, you
know, obviously saying goodbye.
1037
00:43:40,368 --> 00:43:43,329
It was insane.
That night was magical.
1038
00:43:43,371 --> 00:43:45,665
Yeah!
1039
00:43:45,748 --> 00:43:47,166
The business was
well protected
1040
00:43:47,291 --> 00:43:50,670
up until then, and our cameras
still kept going.
1041
00:43:50,753 --> 00:43:52,672
The only camera
that was there.
1042
00:43:52,755 --> 00:43:55,633
If we were not involved
in taping the curtain call,
1043
00:43:55,716 --> 00:43:59,387
it would not be talked
about as much today.
1044
00:43:59,512 --> 00:44:01,139
‐ Place is going insane.
1045
00:44:01,222 --> 00:44:03,558
Everybody knows everything
on the inside of the business.
1046
00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:05,017
There's no secrets.
1047
00:44:05,143 --> 00:44:06,644
‐ People in the business
didn't like it.
1048
00:44:06,727 --> 00:44:09,230
They thought it was
the worst thing that happened.
1049
00:44:09,355 --> 00:44:11,566
Here's this bad guy,
who we have no idea
1050
00:44:11,691 --> 00:44:13,985
is friends with all
these other guys.
1051
00:44:14,026 --> 00:44:16,362
‐ It's breaking
the fourth wall
1052
00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:17,864
and just telling people,
1053
00:44:17,947 --> 00:44:19,323
"Everything we just did
is bull [bleep]. "
1054
00:44:19,407 --> 00:44:22,827
Shawn Michaels is now hugging
and kissing the guy
1055
00:44:22,910 --> 00:44:25,997
that he's just spent 20 minutes
beating the hell out of.
1056
00:44:26,038 --> 00:44:27,540
We entertained you,
but now it's all over,
1057
00:44:27,623 --> 00:44:31,210
we're really good buddies.
Taboo in the wrestling business.
1058
00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:34,714
‐ The tape
was leaked out to a writer.
1059
00:44:34,839 --> 00:44:36,924
The tape blows up on its own.
1060
00:44:37,008 --> 00:44:38,843
‐ I had no idea
that was gonna happen.
1061
00:44:38,926 --> 00:44:41,846
It was something
that's never been done before.
1062
00:44:41,929 --> 00:44:46,601
I'm watching this and going,
"What the hell is going on?"
1063
00:44:46,684 --> 00:44:49,103
The Kliq was an insult
to our business.
1064
00:44:49,187 --> 00:44:51,272
If they had done that
in the '70s, early '80s,
1065
00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:53,608
they'd all four of them get
the [bleep] beat out of 'em.
1066
00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:57,862
They wrestle each other and
they all kiss and say goodbye.
1067
00:44:57,945 --> 00:44:59,780
‐ Somebody's gotta
go down for it.
1068
00:44:59,864 --> 00:45:02,992
Kev's gone, Scott's gone,
Shawn's the champ.
1069
00:45:03,075 --> 00:45:08,497
Stuff rolls downhill and,
yeah, it all rolled on me.
1070
00:45:08,581 --> 00:45:10,166
‐ Triple H is the one
1071
00:45:10,249 --> 00:45:13,336
that probably paid
the heaviest price
1072
00:45:13,461 --> 00:45:15,296
as far as his career
1073
00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:18,424
kind of hitting
a roadblock at that point.
1074
00:45:18,507 --> 00:45:20,134
Shawn didn't really
pay a price.
1075
00:45:20,218 --> 00:45:22,637
‐ I was inherently
selfish regardless,
1076
00:45:22,762 --> 00:45:27,475
so I'm sure I didn't feel
the compassion for him,
1077
00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:32,188
as maybe I should have.
1078
00:45:32,313 --> 00:45:34,690
‐ There was a bit
of a shutdown on Shawn.
1079
00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:37,652
Business is‐‐it's okay,
but it's not great.
1080
00:45:37,735 --> 00:45:38,945
You know,
there's a lot of banter
1081
00:45:39,028 --> 00:45:41,447
about Shawn's not
working as champion.
1082
00:45:41,530 --> 00:45:43,324
He's not drawing.
1083
00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:45,534
He's collapsing
under the pressure.
1084
00:45:45,618 --> 00:45:47,495
I can see him
falling apart.
1085
00:45:47,620 --> 00:45:51,165
Kevin and Scott are gone,
and I'm all he's got now.
1086
00:45:51,249 --> 00:45:52,416
He's a mess.
1087
00:45:52,541 --> 00:45:55,753
‐ I felt a lot of pressure
and I didn't handle it well.
1088
00:45:55,836 --> 00:45:57,672
For me, it was all about
1089
00:45:57,755 --> 00:45:59,590
running and escaping,
and honestly,
1090
00:45:59,674 --> 00:46:01,092
you know, there was running
1091
00:46:01,175 --> 00:46:03,135
and escaping from the dude
I'd become.
1092
00:46:03,261 --> 00:46:05,054
Better than having
to face that,
1093
00:46:05,137 --> 00:46:08,349
I might just take a few
of these and knock myself out.
1094
00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:10,810
Won't have to pay attention
to it till tomorrow.
1095
00:46:10,893 --> 00:46:12,520
‐ He'd be pilled up,
passed out,
1096
00:46:12,645 --> 00:46:16,232
put Shawn on a luggage cart
and roll him up to his room,
1097
00:46:16,315 --> 00:46:18,859
and get him undressed,
take the dip out of his mouth,
1098
00:46:18,985 --> 00:46:20,361
and put him on his side,
put a pillow behind him
1099
00:46:20,486 --> 00:46:22,446
so he wouldn't roll over and
choke to death in his sleep.
1100
00:46:22,530 --> 00:46:25,324
And set an alarm and get up
every two, three hours
1101
00:46:25,408 --> 00:46:26,575
to go check on him.
1102
00:46:26,659 --> 00:46:28,202
And that was every night.
1103
00:46:28,286 --> 00:46:32,206
Well, you know, every night?
Sad existence.
1104
00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:38,671
[cheers and applause]
1105
00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:40,965
‐ What everybody
has to understand
1106
00:46:41,007 --> 00:46:43,301
about Shawn Michaels
is this‐‐
1107
00:46:43,342 --> 00:46:44,635
If I wanna come out here
1108
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:48,639
and look like a blithering
idiot on live TV,
1109
00:46:48,681 --> 00:46:50,850
believe me, I'm gonna do it.
1110
00:46:50,933 --> 00:46:54,228
Why?
Because I can.
1111
00:46:54,353 --> 00:46:56,772
‐ He had a drug problem
for a while,
1112
00:46:56,856 --> 00:46:58,316
a serious one,
1113
00:46:58,357 --> 00:47:02,611
and he kind of fell
in the hole even deeper.
1114
00:47:02,695 --> 00:47:06,157
But it wasn't until
he became champion
1115
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:08,659
that I felt that Shawn, uh,
1116
00:47:08,784 --> 00:47:12,747
started to question himself.
1117
00:47:12,872 --> 00:47:14,999
‐ I called his dad,
the colonel,
1118
00:47:15,082 --> 00:47:16,917
and said,
"I'd like to visit."
1119
00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:18,794
So I flew down to meet him
1120
00:47:18,919 --> 00:47:21,297
and I'm saying, "You're probably
not aware of this,
1121
00:47:21,339 --> 00:47:24,592
Shawn really
has a drug problem."
1122
00:47:24,675 --> 00:47:26,052
The colonel got angry.
1123
00:47:26,177 --> 00:47:29,472
He just didn't want to hear it.
1124
00:47:29,597 --> 00:47:31,932
‐ I don't know that anybody
knew how to address it.
1125
00:47:32,016 --> 00:47:34,101
Even things like rehab,
my parents,
1126
00:47:34,185 --> 00:47:35,311
you know, God love 'em,
1127
00:47:35,394 --> 00:47:37,897
I don't that they knew
what it was that you did,
1128
00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:39,231
except just to be worried.
1129
00:47:39,357 --> 00:47:42,443
Not long after that
I tweaked my knee.
1130
00:47:42,526 --> 00:47:44,653
[cheers and applause]
1131
00:47:44,779 --> 00:47:46,322
I went to this dude
in San Antonio
1132
00:47:46,405 --> 00:47:48,824
who doesn't know anything
about wrestling,
1133
00:47:48,866 --> 00:47:50,326
and obviously sees
I've torn my ACL
1134
00:47:50,368 --> 00:47:52,244
and he's like,
"Dude, you're done."
1135
00:47:52,370 --> 00:47:56,499
You know, he said, "You're not
wrestling with a torn ACL."
1136
00:47:56,582 --> 00:48:00,044
I know that over
the last several months,
1137
00:48:00,169 --> 00:48:01,962
I've lost a lot of things,
1138
00:48:02,046 --> 00:48:03,464
and one of them
has been my smile.
1139
00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:06,634
‐ He went in the ring
to announce he was retiring
1140
00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:08,469
'cause he had a bad knee.
1141
00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:10,679
I didn't believe his knee
was the issue.
1142
00:48:10,805 --> 00:48:12,598
I always thought
the issue was
1143
00:48:12,681 --> 00:48:15,851
he didn't want to wrestle me
at WrestleMania 13
1144
00:48:15,976 --> 00:48:17,436
and drop the belt to me.
1145
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,524
I doubted Shawn's integrity
as far as his injury went.
1146
00:48:21,649 --> 00:48:22,650
You phony little faker,
1147
00:48:22,775 --> 00:48:24,318
why don't you take your little
pussyfoot injury‐‐
1148
00:48:24,402 --> 00:48:25,528
‐ All right,
all right, knock it off.
1149
00:48:25,611 --> 00:48:28,072
No, no, no.
‐ It's all right.
1150
00:48:28,197 --> 00:48:29,323
I'm not going anywhere.
1151
00:48:29,407 --> 00:48:30,991
‐ And go back
and find your smile.
1152
00:48:31,033 --> 00:48:32,410
‐ I got accused
of faking it.
1153
00:48:32,535 --> 00:48:33,953
Bret told everybody
I was faking it.
1154
00:48:34,036 --> 00:48:37,832
My excuse is drug addicts
lie all the time.
1155
00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:39,166
Well, there's no doubt
1156
00:48:39,208 --> 00:48:41,043
that you found your smile
again as you stated...
1157
00:48:41,168 --> 00:48:42,795
‐ A year off
of the wrestling business
1158
00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:43,963
was a year of no pay.
1159
00:48:44,088 --> 00:48:47,133
That's just not‐‐
That isn't feasible.
1160
00:48:47,174 --> 00:48:49,343
And they said, "Well, look,
you can put a brace on it
1161
00:48:49,468 --> 00:48:51,011
and wrap it up."
1162
00:48:51,137 --> 00:48:52,805
They went and they got me
a brace and everything else.
1163
00:48:52,888 --> 00:48:55,015
I was like, "Okay,
I can do this."
1164
00:48:55,099 --> 00:48:58,144
And it is time
for the Heartbreak Kid,
1165
00:48:58,185 --> 00:49:00,980
Shawn Michaels
to return to action!
1166
00:49:01,021 --> 00:49:02,398
[suspenseful music]
1167
00:49:02,523 --> 00:49:05,860
‐This was a moment where
things needed to change.
1168
00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:07,820
Business was bad.
1169
00:49:07,903 --> 00:49:09,321
WCW was starting to kill us.
1170
00:49:09,405 --> 00:49:11,115
Put Shawn and I
together on TV.
1171
00:49:11,198 --> 00:49:14,743
We will multiply each other's
personalities on screen.
1172
00:49:14,827 --> 00:49:17,496
Put us together.
DX is born.
1173
00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:19,123
[hard rock music]
1174
00:49:19,206 --> 00:49:21,375
‐ ♪ Degenerate
into something fool ♪
1175
00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:24,295
♪ We just got tired of doing
what you told us to do ♪
1176
00:49:24,378 --> 00:49:27,006
‐ Degeneration X
consisted of Shawn,
1177
00:49:27,089 --> 00:49:28,466
Triple H, and Chyna.
1178
00:49:28,591 --> 00:49:32,761
Two goofs in Shawn and Hunter
that were immature,
1179
00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:36,140
and did everything that
you weren't supposed to do.
1180
00:49:36,223 --> 00:49:38,267
‐ Shawn Michaels,
1181
00:49:38,350 --> 00:49:40,895
you're a disgrace
to professional wrestling.
1182
00:49:41,020 --> 00:49:44,440
I saw it as inmates
had taken over the asylum.
1183
00:49:44,523 --> 00:49:46,066
I'm gonna
start with the degenerate
1184
00:49:46,192 --> 00:49:47,902
right beside
you in the green shirt.
1185
00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:50,029
‐ ♪ Degeneration X
1186
00:49:50,112 --> 00:49:52,990
‐ Suck it!
[laughs]
1187
00:49:53,073 --> 00:49:54,992
‐ Yeah, I can't say
I liked it.
1188
00:49:55,075 --> 00:49:57,328
That smut and
the crotch shots.
1189
00:49:57,411 --> 00:49:59,497
It did get pretty raunchy.
1190
00:49:59,538 --> 00:50:01,457
‐ I don't think
it was over the line.
1191
00:50:01,540 --> 00:50:04,710
You know, we were getting our
tails kicked in the ratings.
1192
00:50:04,793 --> 00:50:08,797
DX took it to the very,
very tipping point
1193
00:50:08,923 --> 00:50:10,758
of going too far.
1194
00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:12,468
But that's what we needed.
1195
00:50:12,593 --> 00:50:16,430
It was kind of a whole facelift
for the company.
1196
00:50:16,514 --> 00:50:17,473
They loved it.
1197
00:50:17,556 --> 00:50:19,141
Ratings are going up,
your segments are hot.
1198
00:50:19,225 --> 00:50:20,309
We are the Degeneration X,
1199
00:50:20,392 --> 00:50:24,688
you make the rules,
and we will break 'em!
1200
00:50:24,772 --> 00:50:26,023
‐ They were the anti‐authority.
1201
00:50:26,148 --> 00:50:27,650
They could do anything
they wanted.
1202
00:50:27,775 --> 00:50:29,652
‐ We were just trying
to make each other laugh,
1203
00:50:29,735 --> 00:50:31,403
say something so stupid
that people would go,
1204
00:50:31,529 --> 00:50:33,489
"Oh, my God,
I can't believe he said that."
1205
00:50:33,572 --> 00:50:37,326
Your old lady is not too
thrilled with your privates.
1206
00:50:37,409 --> 00:50:39,328
‐ You would think, like, okay,
so now everything's great
1207
00:50:39,411 --> 00:50:40,829
backstage with Shawn.
No.
1208
00:50:40,955 --> 00:50:42,540
We're still approaching this
from a place of anger.
1209
00:50:42,665 --> 00:50:44,291
We know we're
pissing people off
1210
00:50:44,375 --> 00:50:46,460
and we're trying
to be dicks.
1211
00:50:46,585 --> 00:50:48,671
‐ I got in trouble
for a lot of stuff
1212
00:50:48,754 --> 00:50:50,464
that we all thought was funny,
1213
00:50:50,548 --> 00:50:52,800
and clearly we might have been
the only ones.
1214
00:50:52,883 --> 00:50:56,929
I'm goin' out
in a blaze of glory!
1215
00:50:57,012 --> 00:50:58,597
[cheers and applause]
1216
00:50:58,681 --> 00:51:02,226
‐ At that point,
Shawn's DX personality
1217
00:51:02,351 --> 00:51:05,062
and his real personality
have kind of morphed,
1218
00:51:05,187 --> 00:51:07,982
so Shawn really
never turned it off.
1219
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:10,317
‐ This is what
it's come down to,
1220
00:51:10,359 --> 00:51:11,485
they're looking at somebody
1221
00:51:11,610 --> 00:51:13,988
that's got no respect
for anything.
1222
00:51:14,071 --> 00:51:16,907
‐ There was a true animosity
1223
00:51:17,032 --> 00:51:18,409
between Bret and Shawn,
1224
00:51:18,534 --> 00:51:20,744
just spiraled
completely out of control.
1225
00:51:20,869 --> 00:51:24,873
‐ In the beginning,
Shawn and Bret were friends
1226
00:51:24,957 --> 00:51:29,128
and the antagonistic
relationship
1227
00:51:29,211 --> 00:51:33,591
that they had on camera,
that was all orchestrated.
1228
00:51:33,674 --> 00:51:35,217
But it became personal.
1229
00:51:35,342 --> 00:51:37,761
It became personal
between Bret and Shawn,
1230
00:51:37,845 --> 00:51:39,555
because one guy
would go too far.
1231
00:51:39,638 --> 00:51:43,809
‐ I never knew enough
to avoid the confrontation.
1232
00:51:43,934 --> 00:51:46,186
If something bothered Bret,
I made sure that I did it.
1233
00:51:46,312 --> 00:51:49,148
He stabbed the WWE in the back.
1234
00:51:49,231 --> 00:51:52,484
Why? For his financial gain.
1235
00:51:52,568 --> 00:51:54,528
‐ Instead of facing me
like a man,
1236
00:51:54,653 --> 00:51:58,198
but you were too busy posing
for girlie magazines.
1237
00:51:58,324 --> 00:51:59,867
You know, you don't
like me talking about you
1238
00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:03,162
posing for "Playgirl," but
you did pose for "Playgirl."
1239
00:52:03,245 --> 00:52:07,333
And we finally had a fisticuff
in the dressing room.
1240
00:52:07,416 --> 00:52:09,251
‐ Oh, my God, Bret and Shawn
just got into a fight
1241
00:52:09,335 --> 00:52:11,545
and pulled each other hair
in the locker room. What?
1242
00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:13,130
I run over there
and find Shawn,
1243
00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:14,673
he's got a big chunk
of hair missing
1244
00:52:14,798 --> 00:52:16,008
out of the side of his head.
"What are you doing?"
1245
00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:17,718
‐ I realize that
I hate your guts.
1246
00:52:17,801 --> 00:52:20,638
‐ We had a lot
of these resets and talks,
1247
00:52:20,679 --> 00:52:23,432
and we would always end up
offending each other quickly
1248
00:52:23,515 --> 00:52:25,392
right after that.
[laughs]
1249
00:52:28,562 --> 00:52:29,730
‐ We are live
1250
00:52:29,813 --> 00:52:33,734
in the sold‐out Molson Centre
in Montréal, Quebec,
1251
00:52:33,859 --> 00:52:38,113
where tonight,
it will finally be settled.
1252
00:52:38,197 --> 00:52:40,866
Who is the man?
1253
00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:42,534
‐ Bret is the champion,
1254
00:52:42,660 --> 00:52:45,287
but Bret's on his way to WCW,
1255
00:52:45,371 --> 00:52:49,458
and he doesn't wanna drop
the title to Shawn.
1256
00:52:49,541 --> 00:52:52,628
But they couldn't let Bret
leave with the title,
1257
00:52:52,753 --> 00:52:56,131
and then show up
on WCW TV the next night.
1258
00:52:56,173 --> 00:52:58,926
‐ Who's gonna win?
1259
00:52:59,009 --> 00:53:00,511
‐ I don't know.
1260
00:53:00,594 --> 00:53:02,805
‐ Bret thought the match
was going to go one way,
1261
00:53:02,930 --> 00:53:07,184
Shawn and Vince McMahon come
up with a different plan.
1262
00:53:07,309 --> 00:53:09,520
Bret doesn't know
about the plan.
1263
00:53:09,645 --> 00:53:12,106
‐ We're being told by Vince,
1264
00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:14,316
like, this goes to your grave.
1265
00:53:14,441 --> 00:53:17,903
This is high‐level
espionage, man.
1266
00:53:18,028 --> 00:53:19,822
Nobody ever knows this.
1267
00:53:19,863 --> 00:53:22,533
‐ It's kind of
what's best for business.
1268
00:53:22,658 --> 00:53:23,826
‐ Look out!
1269
00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:25,703
Shawn Michaels is not
gonna waste any time.
1270
00:53:25,786 --> 00:53:28,288
‐ The whole thing
was uncomfortable.
1271
00:53:28,372 --> 00:53:31,792
I was out there,
you know, being Judas.
1272
00:53:31,875 --> 00:53:35,087
[dramatic music]
1273
00:53:35,170 --> 00:53:37,131
[groans]
1274
00:53:37,256 --> 00:53:38,507
‐ They had created a spot
1275
00:53:38,632 --> 00:53:41,969
where Shawn was gonna put
Bret's move,
1276
00:53:42,094 --> 00:53:46,098
which is a submission hold,
the Sharpshooter, on Bret.
1277
00:53:46,181 --> 00:53:47,808
‐ Look at this!
1278
00:53:47,891 --> 00:53:49,643
‐ Oh, you're kidding me.
1279
00:53:49,727 --> 00:53:52,646
‐ It's definitely one
of the most fabled stories
1280
00:53:52,688 --> 00:53:53,981
in our industry.
1281
00:53:54,064 --> 00:53:55,607
The Montreal Screw Job.
1282
00:53:55,691 --> 00:53:58,485
‐ It's just minutes
into that match,
1283
00:53:58,569 --> 00:54:01,280
not one person on Planet Earth
1284
00:54:01,363 --> 00:54:04,283
thinks the match
is going to end.
1285
00:54:04,366 --> 00:54:06,660
‐ Are you kidding me?
1286
00:54:06,785 --> 00:54:09,496
[bell rings]
1287
00:54:09,580 --> 00:54:13,333
[rock music playing]
1288
00:54:13,417 --> 00:54:15,669
‐ So when, all of a sudden,
the bell rings,
1289
00:54:15,794 --> 00:54:19,882
there's complete confusion
as to why the match has ended.
1290
00:54:20,007 --> 00:54:21,300
‐ What happened?
1291
00:54:21,383 --> 00:54:23,218
Bret Hart gave up
in a Sharpshooter.
1292
00:54:23,343 --> 00:54:26,305
‐ He said, "Bret submitted,"
which didn't happen.
1293
00:54:26,346 --> 00:54:29,433
‐ Wow,
you talk about controversy.
1294
00:54:29,516 --> 00:54:30,851
‐ It was basically a hit
1295
00:54:30,934 --> 00:54:33,479
to make sure that they got
the title off of Bret.
1296
00:54:33,562 --> 00:54:36,815
‐ Ring the bell!
Ring the bell!
1297
00:54:36,899 --> 00:54:39,276
‐ I could see Vince
yell at him to ring the bell.
1298
00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:41,570
‐ Ring the bell!
[bell rings]
1299
00:54:41,695 --> 00:54:43,322
‐ Like, "They're trying
to screw me now."
1300
00:54:43,405 --> 00:54:44,907
‐ Michaels
with a Sharpshooter
1301
00:54:44,990 --> 00:54:47,743
has become the WWE Champion!
1302
00:54:47,826 --> 00:54:52,331
And Bret Hart is standing
in disbelief.
1303
00:54:52,414 --> 00:54:53,916
‐ He didn't know
Vince was coming out.
1304
00:54:53,999 --> 00:54:56,376
I think he just felt like
maybe if he was out there,
1305
00:54:56,502 --> 00:54:57,795
he might get some heat off me,
1306
00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:01,548
you know, thus making
my denial plausible.
1307
00:55:09,932 --> 00:55:12,726
Vince says, "I wanna
take the heat for this.
1308
00:55:12,851 --> 00:55:13,644
"I don't want
anyone to think
1309
00:55:13,727 --> 00:55:14,937
you had anything
to do with it."
1310
00:55:15,020 --> 00:55:16,230
‐ Maybe you could go?
1311
00:55:16,313 --> 00:55:17,689
‐ Okay, let's get outta here.
1312
00:55:17,815 --> 00:55:19,274
‐ I took the heat,
and should have.
1313
00:55:19,358 --> 00:55:22,653
I didn't want anyone
to know Shawn was involved.
1314
00:55:22,736 --> 00:55:26,740
And Bret comes over and knocks
the [bleep] outta me.
1315
00:55:26,824 --> 00:55:30,494
One punch,
and knocked him out cold.
1316
00:55:30,577 --> 00:55:32,579
He went straight
down on his back.
1317
00:55:32,663 --> 00:55:33,705
Out cold.
1318
00:55:33,831 --> 00:55:38,043
And after I knocked Vince out,
1319
00:55:38,168 --> 00:55:39,711
Shawn was crying.
1320
00:55:39,837 --> 00:55:42,464
Shawn was sat on the bench
and was crying.
1321
00:55:42,589 --> 00:55:43,799
‐ And even though
I didn't feel
1322
00:55:43,882 --> 00:55:45,634
like I did anything wrong
that night,
1323
00:55:45,717 --> 00:55:49,888
you're still carrying a burden
by not coming clean with that.
1324
00:55:50,013 --> 00:55:52,182
To say, "Yes, I knew."
1325
00:55:52,307 --> 00:55:54,434
‐ Vince asked Shawn
to do something
1326
00:55:54,518 --> 00:55:56,353
for everyone in this company.
1327
00:55:56,478 --> 00:55:58,397
Who else would have had
the balls,
1328
00:55:58,522 --> 00:56:01,650
the guts, right or wrong,
1329
00:56:01,733 --> 00:56:04,027
how many other people would
have done it?
1330
00:56:08,866 --> 00:56:11,743
‐ I remember going
to his house in San Antonio,
1331
00:56:11,869 --> 00:56:13,203
and I'm driving
my minivan down there.
1332
00:56:13,328 --> 00:56:14,329
I've got my wife
and three kids at home,
1333
00:56:14,371 --> 00:56:17,332
and I pull into his
gorgeous home.
1334
00:56:17,416 --> 00:56:19,293
I don't have 20 bucks
in my pocket.
1335
00:56:19,418 --> 00:56:20,627
And I'll never forget,
1336
00:56:20,752 --> 00:56:23,589
he put his arms out like this,
and he just looked up
1337
00:56:23,672 --> 00:56:26,967
and he goes,
"You could have had all this."
1338
00:56:27,092 --> 00:56:29,678
But I realize, you know,
somewhere along the way,
1339
00:56:29,761 --> 00:56:31,889
that I saw him lose so much.
1340
00:56:32,014 --> 00:56:33,181
He got into drugs
1341
00:56:33,307 --> 00:56:35,893
and there were some really bad
side effects to his fame.
1342
00:56:36,018 --> 00:56:38,437
‐ I looked at Kenny
a lot of times,
1343
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:40,480
and having a wife
and a family,
1344
00:56:40,564 --> 00:56:43,567
and just being as happy
as can be.
1345
00:56:43,692 --> 00:56:45,360
And I've always looked
at and admired,
1346
00:56:45,485 --> 00:56:49,615
and thought it was pretty
enviable to have.
1347
00:56:49,698 --> 00:56:52,451
But in my line of work,
it was always wondering
1348
00:56:52,534 --> 00:56:56,997
can you have both,
or is that not possible?
1349
00:56:57,122 --> 00:56:59,291
They don't mix.
1350
00:56:59,374 --> 00:57:02,711
[cheers and applause]
1351
00:57:02,794 --> 00:57:07,007
‐ The following
contest is a casket match
1352
00:57:07,132 --> 00:57:11,553
for the WWE Championship!
1353
00:57:11,678 --> 00:57:13,639
[cheers and applause]
1354
00:57:13,764 --> 00:57:15,182
‐ This casket match
1355
00:57:15,307 --> 00:57:19,227
is the Undertaker's specialty.
1356
00:57:19,311 --> 00:57:21,063
‐ The object of a casket match
1357
00:57:21,146 --> 00:57:22,898
is to beat your opponent down
far enough
1358
00:57:22,981 --> 00:57:25,901
that you can throw them
into the casket or coffin
1359
00:57:26,026 --> 00:57:26,860
and shut the lid.
1360
00:57:26,985 --> 00:57:30,656
And if you do that,
you win the match.
1361
00:57:30,781 --> 00:57:33,659
Somewhere through the course
of that match,
1362
00:57:33,742 --> 00:57:37,996
I threw him over
this giant coffin...
1363
00:57:38,121 --> 00:57:40,123
[grunts]
1364
00:57:40,207 --> 00:57:41,500
‐ Michaels' back dropped
1365
00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:43,460
on that big old wooden casket.
1366
00:57:43,543 --> 00:57:46,380
I wanted to clear it
and go to the floor,
1367
00:57:46,505 --> 00:57:48,799
and I just didn't quite
get far enough,
1368
00:57:48,924 --> 00:57:50,550
and bam,
I just hit the corner.
1369
00:57:50,676 --> 00:57:52,636
But I didn't really
think much about it.
1370
00:57:52,719 --> 00:57:53,971
You know,
you still finish the match.
1371
00:57:54,054 --> 00:57:56,264
‐ Look at the look
on his face!
1372
00:57:56,348 --> 00:57:57,975
The Undertaker
dragging Michaels
1373
00:57:58,058 --> 00:58:00,602
right down into
the depths of Hell!
1374
00:58:00,686 --> 00:58:03,063
The next day, I just
remember getting up like,
1375
00:58:03,188 --> 00:58:07,818
ah, you know, waking up
and not being able to move.
1376
00:58:07,901 --> 00:58:10,654
First time I recall
being in that much pain.
1377
00:58:10,696 --> 00:58:13,156
We do all the X‐rays.
1378
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:14,282
Apparently, I blew a disc,
1379
00:58:14,366 --> 00:58:17,869
and that's the kind of stuff
that needs to be fused.
1380
00:58:17,995 --> 00:58:20,831
Doctor says, "Oh,
you can't wrestle after that."
1381
00:58:20,956 --> 00:58:23,834
[explosion]
[cheers and applause]
1382
00:58:23,917 --> 00:58:27,045
He said I'm never gonna wrestle
again, yadda, yadda, yadda.
1383
00:58:27,170 --> 00:58:28,714
And I said,
"Nobody tells me what to do,
1384
00:58:28,839 --> 00:58:31,717
so we're going
to WrestleMania with Steve."
1385
00:58:31,842 --> 00:58:34,761
You have never,
ever had one of these!
1386
00:58:34,845 --> 00:58:36,430
So you give me enough drugs,
all right,
1387
00:58:36,513 --> 00:58:41,143
so let's do whatever we can
to get me to WrestleMania.
1388
00:58:41,184 --> 00:58:45,439
‐ Getting Shawn
to WrestleMania was a battle.
1389
00:58:45,522 --> 00:58:50,360
He had a bad back,
he was heavily medicated.
1390
00:58:50,485 --> 00:58:52,487
He is the WWE Champion
1391
00:58:52,612 --> 00:58:53,822
and the man who will
defend his title
1392
00:58:53,905 --> 00:58:54,823
against Stone Cold,
1393
00:58:54,906 --> 00:58:56,950
with Mike Tyson
as the Enforcer.
1394
00:58:57,034 --> 00:58:59,411
Here, ladies and gentlemen,
Shawn Michaels.
1395
00:58:59,536 --> 00:59:01,204
‐ I choose to make an ass
1396
00:59:01,329 --> 00:59:04,207
out of a toughest SOB.
1397
00:59:04,332 --> 00:59:06,084
I can do that anytime I want.
1398
00:59:07,878 --> 00:59:11,923
[overlapping chatter]
1399
00:59:12,007 --> 00:59:13,925
‐ I was gonna
have to dope myself up
1400
00:59:14,009 --> 00:59:15,761
and drop the belt to Steve,
1401
00:59:15,844 --> 00:59:18,764
and then I guess
I'll let my career be over.
1402
00:59:18,847 --> 00:59:20,599
[dramatic music]
1403
00:59:20,682 --> 00:59:22,100
‐ He was bitter.
1404
00:59:22,184 --> 00:59:24,436
It had nothing to do
with him losing,
1405
00:59:24,519 --> 00:59:25,979
it had to do with being
replaced.
1406
00:59:26,104 --> 00:59:29,107
He never had his moment.
He never had his run.
1407
00:59:29,191 --> 00:59:30,650
I'm still the greatest.
And then this‐‐
1408
00:59:30,776 --> 00:59:31,985
Now it's his run.
1409
00:59:32,110 --> 00:59:35,405
What do I do?
Now I'm the backup guy?
1410
00:59:35,530 --> 00:59:36,531
One of the most
messed‐up things
1411
00:59:36,656 --> 00:59:37,991
I ever heard Shawn say
in his life is,
1412
00:59:38,075 --> 00:59:39,409
"I should've taken
so many pills,
1413
00:59:39,493 --> 00:59:40,869
"I died after WrestleMania 10.
1414
00:59:40,994 --> 00:59:42,704
"I'd have been
the biggest star of all time.
1415
00:59:42,829 --> 00:59:45,665
I'd have been Elvis."
1416
00:59:45,791 --> 00:59:47,084
‐ It's hopelessness,
1417
00:59:47,167 --> 00:59:49,044
and certainly,
that's where I was.
1418
00:59:49,169 --> 00:59:52,798
I am not just, uh, you know,
a drug addict.
1419
00:59:52,881 --> 00:59:53,799
I'm an angry one,
1420
00:59:53,924 --> 00:59:56,259
and I mean angrier than ever.
1421
00:59:56,343 --> 00:59:59,096
At that time in my life,
that's all I had.
1422
00:59:59,179 --> 01:00:02,974
I identified who I was with
what I was doing in that ring.
1423
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:06,728
And without it, I wouldn't have
known what to do with my life.
1424
01:00:06,853 --> 01:00:08,563
[cheers and applause]
1425
01:00:08,688 --> 01:00:10,732
‐ On the day
of WrestleMania 14,
1426
01:00:10,816 --> 01:00:12,651
we barely talked.
1427
01:00:12,734 --> 01:00:14,945
He didn't feel like doing
business with me.
1428
01:00:15,028 --> 01:00:18,824
Triple H was a conduit
between most of it.
1429
01:00:18,907 --> 01:00:20,450
‐ He was pissed.
1430
01:00:20,534 --> 01:00:22,410
He wasn't about to talk
to Steve about this match.
1431
01:00:22,494 --> 01:00:25,330
I helped him put it together
by going from room to room,
1432
01:00:25,372 --> 01:00:27,874
and it was just‐‐it was
so difficult to do.
1433
01:00:27,999 --> 01:00:30,794
‐ It was difficult.
I remember that day.
1434
01:00:30,877 --> 01:00:34,798
I'm thinking, I don't know
what Shawn's going to do.
1435
01:00:34,881 --> 01:00:36,133
‐ He's retiring,
1436
01:00:36,216 --> 01:00:39,177
you know, this could be
his final screw you.
1437
01:00:39,302 --> 01:00:42,639
‐ Nobody has ever,
ever outperformed
1438
01:00:42,722 --> 01:00:46,268
Shawn Michaels
in a big match situation.
1439
01:00:46,351 --> 01:00:47,769
‐ I'm not in great shape.
1440
01:00:47,853 --> 01:00:51,815
My back, pretty bad
being in that much pain.
1441
01:00:51,857 --> 01:00:54,151
Get the cortisone shots
and stuff like that.
1442
01:00:54,276 --> 01:00:56,319
‐ Oh, my God!
1443
01:00:56,444 --> 01:00:59,614
I feel like I'm putting him
over, that's good enough.
1444
01:00:59,698 --> 01:01:03,326
‐ Awesome, he got it!
The Stunner!
1445
01:01:03,451 --> 01:01:05,871
Mike Tyson in!
1446
01:01:05,996 --> 01:01:08,081
[cheers and applause]
1447
01:01:08,165 --> 01:01:09,541
‐ Shawn's always
been a troublemaker,
1448
01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:12,002
he always wants to get in your
face, talk [bleep].
1449
01:01:12,127 --> 01:01:13,962
Even when he's
on your team, he was talking.
1450
01:01:14,045 --> 01:01:16,923
He's an irritant,
that's what he is.
1451
01:01:17,007 --> 01:01:22,804
Shawn, um, has sour grapes.
1452
01:01:22,929 --> 01:01:24,472
[cheers and applause]
1453
01:01:24,598 --> 01:01:26,474
‐ Tyson! Tyson!
1454
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:27,893
‐ It was kind of a close blow,
1455
01:01:28,018 --> 01:01:33,690
'cause Shawn was pretty much
out for a little while.
1456
01:01:33,815 --> 01:01:35,692
‐ Tyson takes
the Austin 3:16 shirt
1457
01:01:35,775 --> 01:01:37,777
and lays it
across Shawn's chest.
1458
01:01:37,861 --> 01:01:39,654
This was adding
insult to injury,
1459
01:01:39,779 --> 01:01:41,823
and this was rubbing salt
in the wound.
1460
01:01:41,907 --> 01:01:43,909
I would have been pissed too.
1461
01:01:44,034 --> 01:01:45,994
‐ Not exactly the screw job,
1462
01:01:46,077 --> 01:01:48,747
but it was them
getting the last laugh
1463
01:01:48,872 --> 01:01:51,666
as far as, you know,
"Good, little prick,
1464
01:01:51,791 --> 01:01:53,210
"you put us through hell
this week,
1465
01:01:53,335 --> 01:01:55,420
but we're at least gonna
get you going out the door."
1466
01:01:55,503 --> 01:01:57,797
‐ The new WWE Champion,
1467
01:01:57,839 --> 01:02:00,133
Stone Cold Steve Austin.
1468
01:02:00,258 --> 01:02:01,509
[applause]
1469
01:02:01,593 --> 01:02:03,803
He was going
to that press conference
1470
01:02:03,929 --> 01:02:06,389
to just let everybody
know I'm pissed off.
1471
01:02:06,514 --> 01:02:10,435
He walked in the door
and he yelled some stuff.
1472
01:02:10,518 --> 01:02:11,811
‐ Oh, yeah. It's [bleep] up.
1473
01:02:11,937 --> 01:02:13,855
It was just‐‐it's selfish
and it's stupid,
1474
01:02:13,980 --> 01:02:17,859
but, you know, that's
where he was at that time.
1475
01:02:17,984 --> 01:02:20,820
‐ Shawn is suffering
from ruptured disc
1476
01:02:20,904 --> 01:02:23,573
as we speak,
and will not participate
1477
01:02:23,698 --> 01:02:25,158
at this press conference.
1478
01:02:25,242 --> 01:02:28,536
Nonetheless, he participated,
uh, in the arena
1479
01:02:28,662 --> 01:02:30,163
in an extraordinary way,
1480
01:02:30,247 --> 01:02:31,581
and there is
no athlete in the world
1481
01:02:31,665 --> 01:02:35,418
that can say they can do
what Shawn Michaels does.
1482
01:02:35,502 --> 01:02:36,211
[dramatic music]
1483
01:02:40,507 --> 01:02:43,301
[soft music]
1484
01:02:43,385 --> 01:02:45,637
‐ I got on the plane
the next morning
1485
01:02:45,762 --> 01:02:49,808
and went home and began to,
I don't know,
1486
01:02:49,849 --> 01:02:52,018
let it all sort of sink in.
1487
01:02:52,143 --> 01:02:53,520
It takes some time
1488
01:02:53,645 --> 01:02:57,357
before it goes from being
time off to the reality
1489
01:02:57,482 --> 01:03:00,944
of how exactly is the rest
of your life gonna go
1490
01:03:01,027 --> 01:03:04,364
when you're done at 33?
1491
01:03:04,489 --> 01:03:07,450
Okay, see if I can
get one done here.
1492
01:03:07,534 --> 01:03:09,202
All they knew at the time
1493
01:03:09,286 --> 01:03:12,330
was stuff like that,
you don't recover from,
1494
01:03:12,455 --> 01:03:14,624
people don't get back
in the ring and wrestle again.
1495
01:03:14,708 --> 01:03:15,959
The thing is,
1496
01:03:16,084 --> 01:03:19,796
I can't keep coming out here
week after week after week
1497
01:03:19,879 --> 01:03:21,298
going back and forth
with all this.
1498
01:03:21,381 --> 01:03:23,967
I get to get busy with my
rehab‐‐
1499
01:03:24,050 --> 01:03:25,635
My physical therapy.
1500
01:03:25,719 --> 01:03:28,513
My physical therapy
for my back.
1501
01:03:28,596 --> 01:03:29,597
[sighs]
1502
01:03:29,681 --> 01:03:33,059
Now I've got a legitimate
reason to have pain pills
1503
01:03:33,184 --> 01:03:37,731
and I've got a prescription
and everything else.
1504
01:03:37,856 --> 01:03:39,190
I just wanna be a pro wrestler.
1505
01:03:39,316 --> 01:03:41,484
That's what I was trying
to go back to.
1506
01:03:41,568 --> 01:03:45,530
So I began to start the Shawn
Michaels Wrestling Academy.
1507
01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:47,824
We had a couple of rings,
I had a little workout room.
1508
01:03:47,907 --> 01:03:50,952
There were a couple of guys
that came through my school
1509
01:03:51,036 --> 01:03:53,830
that went on to have
WWE success.
1510
01:03:53,913 --> 01:03:55,582
It was a great experience,
it really was.
1511
01:03:55,707 --> 01:03:59,336
I did it for about
two and a half, three years.
1512
01:03:59,461 --> 01:04:03,506
So I'm at home,
and I'm watching TV,
1513
01:04:03,631 --> 01:04:04,799
and then all of a sudden
1514
01:04:04,883 --> 01:04:06,343
the introduction
of this new Nitro Girl.
1515
01:04:06,468 --> 01:04:10,055
‐ Tampa Bay
girl herself, Whisper.
1516
01:04:10,180 --> 01:04:15,018
And she's out there
with this chair,
1517
01:04:15,143 --> 01:04:20,106
just doing this dance,
and it's captivating.
1518
01:04:20,190 --> 01:04:23,526
And she's absolutely the most
beautiful thing I've ever seen.
1519
01:04:23,651 --> 01:04:25,779
[soft music]
1520
01:04:25,862 --> 01:04:27,405
‐ We were at a rehearsal
1521
01:04:27,489 --> 01:04:29,157
and one
of the Nitro Girls, Spice,
1522
01:04:29,240 --> 01:04:31,368
had mentioned to me that
a man named Shawn Michaels,
1523
01:04:31,451 --> 01:04:33,953
a former wrestler,
wanted to meet me
1524
01:04:34,037 --> 01:04:35,830
and that was the first time
I'd ever heard of him.
1525
01:04:35,914 --> 01:04:36,998
I called her up.
1526
01:04:37,082 --> 01:04:38,875
We probably
talked for three hours
1527
01:04:38,958 --> 01:04:40,668
on the phone each night
for two weeks.
1528
01:04:40,794 --> 01:04:42,670
‐ Two weeks of talking
and emailing,
1529
01:04:42,754 --> 01:04:46,716
and then I flew out
to San Antonio to see him,
1530
01:04:46,841 --> 01:04:49,010
and we dated
for about two weeks.
1531
01:04:49,094 --> 01:04:50,637
After that he told me
he loved me,
1532
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:51,888
and I told him I loved him.
1533
01:04:52,013 --> 01:04:53,973
Two weeks after that,
we got married.
1534
01:04:54,057 --> 01:04:57,769
‐ It was the Graceland
Wedding Chapel, yeah. Yeah.
1535
01:04:57,852 --> 01:04:59,729
You know,
an Elvis impersonator
1536
01:04:59,854 --> 01:05:00,772
walking down the aisle.
1537
01:05:00,855 --> 01:05:02,732
[humming]
1538
01:05:02,857 --> 01:05:04,234
It was fantastic.
1539
01:05:04,359 --> 01:05:08,154
It was just the greatest‐‐
the greatest thing ever.
1540
01:05:08,279 --> 01:05:12,492
There was one evening
where my pills have kicked in,
1541
01:05:12,617 --> 01:05:15,328
and I'm out of it.
1542
01:05:15,412 --> 01:05:17,455
‐ Shawn was in
tremendous pain.
1543
01:05:17,539 --> 01:05:19,958
When he would take
the muscle relaxers,
1544
01:05:20,041 --> 01:05:24,546
he would usually pass
out over his food.
1545
01:05:24,629 --> 01:05:27,006
The very first time
that Shawn ever did that
1546
01:05:27,132 --> 01:05:28,299
was when we were
first married,
1547
01:05:28,383 --> 01:05:30,009
so it was a bit of a shock
to me.
1548
01:05:30,093 --> 01:05:31,511
So I got him in the shower,
1549
01:05:31,636 --> 01:05:33,430
'cause he had spilled food
all over his chest,
1550
01:05:33,513 --> 01:05:38,017
and I would say it probably
happened a couple times a week.
1551
01:05:38,101 --> 01:05:40,937
‐ The worst time, again,
1552
01:05:41,020 --> 01:05:43,815
was when she was
eight months pregnant
1553
01:05:43,898 --> 01:05:45,233
and she's doing
everything she can,
1554
01:05:45,316 --> 01:05:46,860
at eight months pregnant
with her belly,
1555
01:05:46,985 --> 01:05:49,779
trying to hold me up.
1556
01:05:49,863 --> 01:05:51,239
‐ I took pity on him,
1557
01:05:51,364 --> 01:05:53,491
and I just prayed for him,
is all I could do.
1558
01:05:53,616 --> 01:05:55,326
But it didn't make me think,
you know,
1559
01:05:55,410 --> 01:05:57,203
"What in the world
have I gotten into?"
1560
01:05:57,287 --> 01:06:00,206
If I was fearful, I was fearful
for our unborn child.
1561
01:06:00,290 --> 01:06:03,835
And I hoped that it would end
whenever the baby was born,
1562
01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:06,254
and it didn't.
1563
01:06:06,337 --> 01:06:11,426
‐ Here in Cleveland,
Ohio, we will make history.
1564
01:06:11,509 --> 01:06:13,803
‐ I don't remember
why Shawn was there.
1565
01:06:13,928 --> 01:06:17,056
He must have been some doing
something in the show.
1566
01:06:17,182 --> 01:06:21,936
We all go, me, Taker,
Rock, Vince is in the ring.
1567
01:06:22,020 --> 01:06:23,688
"Now I own WCW."
1568
01:06:23,813 --> 01:06:28,318
Shawn is messed up, pilled up.
1569
01:06:28,401 --> 01:06:31,654
So this is
a celebratory moment.
1570
01:06:31,779 --> 01:06:36,367
He's belligerent, loud,
falling down, staggering,
1571
01:06:36,493 --> 01:06:42,040
Vince calls him in, tells him,
"Go home, I'm done with you."
1572
01:06:42,165 --> 01:06:44,501
Shawn goes ballistic.
1573
01:06:44,584 --> 01:06:47,962
Walks by me in the hallway,
just goes off.
1574
01:06:48,046 --> 01:06:51,007
‐ You know, I went
1575
01:06:51,132 --> 01:06:54,010
and browbeat Hunter
unfairly, obviously.
1576
01:06:54,135 --> 01:06:56,513
‐ And I just went off back,
1577
01:06:56,596 --> 01:06:59,849
you know, in his face,
screaming match back and forth,
1578
01:06:59,933 --> 01:07:01,267
and he storms out.
1579
01:07:01,351 --> 01:07:02,560
‐ Now that's another one
that makes me cry.
1580
01:07:02,685 --> 01:07:04,646
I went and said some
mean stuff to him
1581
01:07:04,771 --> 01:07:06,439
and walked out.
1582
01:07:06,523 --> 01:07:10,026
And, you know,
1583
01:07:10,151 --> 01:07:12,487
that sucks as well.
1584
01:07:13,988 --> 01:07:18,826
‐ And I don't talk to him
for a long time.
1585
01:07:18,910 --> 01:07:22,080
‐ We didn't speak,
I don't know,
1586
01:07:22,205 --> 01:07:25,166
I mean I would think at least
a year, two years.
1587
01:07:25,250 --> 01:07:28,586
It was, what do they call it,
the rock bottom.
1588
01:07:28,670 --> 01:07:31,881
[dramatic music]
1589
01:07:32,882 --> 01:07:36,302
[indistinct chatter]
1590
01:07:36,386 --> 01:07:39,055
‐ Our son was at the age
to where he was,
1591
01:07:39,180 --> 01:07:41,641
you know, walking around,
more aware of things,
1592
01:07:41,683 --> 01:07:43,184
and it was the night
1593
01:07:43,309 --> 01:07:45,019
when Shawn had fallen asleep
on the couch‐‐
1594
01:07:45,144 --> 01:07:46,145
a drug‐induced sleep‐‐
1595
01:07:46,229 --> 01:07:48,064
with our son
climbing all over him
1596
01:07:48,189 --> 01:07:49,566
and saying, "Daddy's asleep."
1597
01:07:49,691 --> 01:07:51,484
‐ To me,
the biggest thing again
1598
01:07:51,568 --> 01:07:54,153
was Cameron saying,
"Daddy's tired."
1599
01:07:54,237 --> 01:07:56,281
And it sort of dawning on me
1600
01:07:56,364 --> 01:07:59,075
that he was now being able
to recognize
1601
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:02,745
clearly my state of mind.
1602
01:08:02,829 --> 01:08:05,373
I went into the bathroom
and closed the door.
1603
01:08:05,456 --> 01:08:07,166
Looking at yourself
in the mirror
1604
01:08:07,250 --> 01:08:09,168
and, you know,
1605
01:08:09,252 --> 01:08:12,046
I sat there and cried
like a baby and wept,
1606
01:08:12,171 --> 01:08:15,008
you know,
realizing that you are failing,
1607
01:08:15,133 --> 01:08:17,260
you know,
a two‐year‐old little boy.
1608
01:08:17,343 --> 01:08:19,220
And all of those things
1609
01:08:19,345 --> 01:08:22,515
sort of came crashing down
that night,
1610
01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:26,060
and I just‐‐it's the first
time I ever feel
1611
01:08:26,144 --> 01:08:28,479
like such a frickin' failure.
1612
01:08:28,605 --> 01:08:30,106
And I think that that was
the last straw for him,
1613
01:08:30,189 --> 01:08:32,817
and when he woke up
the next morning,
1614
01:08:32,900 --> 01:08:35,945
he told me he was never
taking pills or drinking again,
1615
01:08:36,029 --> 01:08:37,989
and from that point,
he didn't.
1616
01:08:38,072 --> 01:08:39,991
It was an instantaneous
letting go
1617
01:08:40,074 --> 01:08:41,534
of the drugs and alcohol.
1618
01:08:41,659 --> 01:08:43,369
‐ I just called him
up out of the clear blue,
1619
01:08:43,494 --> 01:08:46,539
I just asked him when the last
time he talked to Paul,
1620
01:08:46,664 --> 01:08:51,711
and, um, he just avoided
that situation.
1621
01:08:51,836 --> 01:08:56,924
I just said, "Man, you're wrong,
you got to call him."
1622
01:08:57,008 --> 01:08:58,593
I called Hunter
and let him know,
1623
01:08:58,676 --> 01:09:02,680
you know, how sorry I was
and how out of line I was.
1624
01:09:02,805 --> 01:09:04,807
And I said,
"I hope you can forgive me."
1625
01:09:04,932 --> 01:09:07,143
I needed that from Hunter.
1626
01:09:07,226 --> 01:09:09,479
For me, it was easy,
like, I didn't‐‐
1627
01:09:09,562 --> 01:09:11,981
as long as it
wasn't drugs talking to me.
1628
01:09:12,065 --> 01:09:13,650
‐ It's good to see you.
1629
01:09:13,691 --> 01:09:14,651
[patting]
1630
01:09:14,776 --> 01:09:15,652
‐ Group hug.
1631
01:09:15,777 --> 01:09:18,279
‐ Of course,
I do regret the pain
1632
01:09:18,363 --> 01:09:20,281
that it caused people
in my life,
1633
01:09:20,365 --> 01:09:23,076
but there is a part of that
that I don't think
1634
01:09:23,201 --> 01:09:27,288
that Michael Shawn Hickenbottom
can get
1635
01:09:27,372 --> 01:09:29,582
to where he got creatively
1636
01:09:29,707 --> 01:09:34,671
without a little bit of that
reckless, risky mindset.
1637
01:09:34,796 --> 01:09:38,758
I wouldn't have
had the guts to do it.
1638
01:09:38,841 --> 01:09:41,219
‐ It was our
first Christmas together,
1639
01:09:41,344 --> 01:09:43,429
and I gave Shawn a Bible
and some other books,
1640
01:09:43,513 --> 01:09:45,348
and he began reading them.
1641
01:09:45,473 --> 01:09:48,976
‐ I had never had anything
that I could grasp
1642
01:09:49,060 --> 01:09:51,312
that was bigger
than the wrestling business.
1643
01:09:51,396 --> 01:09:55,566
That's just not enough to base,
I don't know, a life on.
1644
01:09:56,651 --> 01:09:59,153
‐ I worked at Cornerstone
Church in San Antonio, Texas.
1645
01:09:59,237 --> 01:10:02,031
All of a sudden
I heard a deep voice said,
1646
01:10:02,115 --> 01:10:04,450
"I want to come
to a Bible study."
1647
01:10:04,534 --> 01:10:06,577
And then I got up from my desk
1648
01:10:06,703 --> 01:10:08,830
and stuck my head out the door,
1649
01:10:08,913 --> 01:10:10,748
and I said,
"Well, you can come to mine."
1650
01:10:10,873 --> 01:10:12,917
When he left,
everybody came out and said,
1651
01:10:12,959 --> 01:10:14,585
"Do you know who that was?"
1652
01:10:14,669 --> 01:10:16,212
I said, "No, I don't know
who that was, who was it?"
1653
01:10:16,337 --> 01:10:17,630
And they said,
"Shawn Michaels,"
1654
01:10:17,714 --> 01:10:19,674
and I said,
"Well, who's Shawn Michaels?"
1655
01:10:22,093 --> 01:10:23,553
He said, "Well, first, Keith,
1656
01:10:23,678 --> 01:10:26,305
I want you to pray
for my back."
1657
01:10:26,389 --> 01:10:28,057
He says,
"I've been out of wrestling
1658
01:10:28,182 --> 01:10:29,308
and I want to go back."
1659
01:10:29,392 --> 01:10:31,060
I said, "Well,
there's a simple prayer
1660
01:10:31,144 --> 01:10:32,478
that we can pray together."
1661
01:10:32,603 --> 01:10:34,981
And while he was saying
that prayer,
1662
01:10:35,064 --> 01:10:38,359
tears just come
out of his eyes.
1663
01:10:38,484 --> 01:10:40,486
‐ I got nobody
to blame but me,
1664
01:10:40,570 --> 01:10:43,489
and I don't have anything
in common with the other dude,
1665
01:10:43,573 --> 01:10:45,408
and I don't know
how I got that way.
1666
01:10:45,533 --> 01:10:48,244
It wasn't from family.
It wasn't from upbringing.
1667
01:10:48,327 --> 01:10:50,079
‐ He was so desperate
1668
01:10:50,163 --> 01:10:54,208
to get back in that close
relationship with Rebecca
1669
01:10:54,333 --> 01:10:55,918
and his son.
1670
01:10:56,002 --> 01:10:57,795
‐ I was now a dad,
I was a husband,
1671
01:10:57,837 --> 01:11:03,134
and I was really devoted
and thrilled about that.
1672
01:11:03,259 --> 01:11:04,469
‐ You're like a child,
1673
01:11:04,594 --> 01:11:07,346
you just want to tell
everybody, "I've been saved."
1674
01:11:14,312 --> 01:11:15,980
‐ Once Shawn got
his life together
1675
01:11:16,022 --> 01:11:18,232
and found Christ,
it was night and day.
1676
01:11:18,316 --> 01:11:19,692
When he looks back
at his life,
1677
01:11:19,776 --> 01:11:22,153
that's the biggest thing
that he ever did.
1678
01:11:22,236 --> 01:11:23,529
‐ You were
dealing with the grownup
1679
01:11:23,654 --> 01:11:24,906
when Shawn came back,
1680
01:11:25,031 --> 01:11:27,825
someone who was there
to do business.
1681
01:11:27,909 --> 01:11:31,162
Shawn was a lot calmer
and much easier to deal with.
1682
01:11:31,245 --> 01:11:32,830
‐ Shawn Michaels of old
1683
01:11:32,955 --> 01:11:34,582
is very different from Shawn
Hickenbottom,
1684
01:11:34,707 --> 01:11:35,917
the man I married.
1685
01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:37,960
The sexy boy
and all that kinda stuff,
1686
01:11:38,002 --> 01:11:39,253
and his cocky attitude
1687
01:11:39,337 --> 01:11:41,130
and the cocky little smile
that he does.
1688
01:11:41,214 --> 01:11:45,301
That's so far
from who he really is.
1689
01:11:45,426 --> 01:11:47,011
‐ I remember
somebody asking me,
1690
01:11:47,136 --> 01:11:50,556
they said, you know, "Hey,
I heard Shawn found religion."
1691
01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:52,058
Yeah. They laughed,
1692
01:11:52,141 --> 01:11:56,979
and I said, "I don't anybody
that died OD'ing on religion."
1693
01:11:57,104 --> 01:11:58,648
‐ He had called Triple H.
1694
01:11:58,731 --> 01:12:01,818
He thanked Hunter
for the time on the road
1695
01:12:01,901 --> 01:12:04,695
because before his marriage
to me,
1696
01:12:04,821 --> 01:12:08,449
the one who took
care of him was Hunter.
1697
01:12:08,533 --> 01:12:10,993
That night, after Shawn
had gone to bed,
1698
01:12:11,077 --> 01:12:14,747
he woke up in the morning and
the pain was gone in his back.
1699
01:12:14,872 --> 01:12:16,749
It was definitely a miracle.
1700
01:12:16,833 --> 01:12:19,710
So, he was physically ready
to go back in the ring,
1701
01:12:19,836 --> 01:12:24,048
and I knew that the Lord
would take care of him.
1702
01:12:24,173 --> 01:12:25,716
‐ We were kind of
having conversations
1703
01:12:25,800 --> 01:12:27,718
at the time, and then he said,
1704
01:12:27,844 --> 01:12:29,262
"I want my son to see me
do this one time,"
1705
01:12:29,345 --> 01:12:30,805
he said, "But I don't know
that I can do it,
1706
01:12:30,888 --> 01:12:32,723
I don't know physically
if I can or not,"
1707
01:12:32,807 --> 01:12:34,308
and he said, "If I'm going to,
1708
01:12:34,392 --> 01:12:37,436
I only trust one person,
that's you.
1709
01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:40,481
If you consider it,
I would love to do it.
1710
01:12:40,565 --> 01:12:44,402
What do you think?"
1711
01:12:44,527 --> 01:12:48,030
‐ Moments away
from the non‐sanctioned fight
1712
01:12:48,155 --> 01:12:51,659
between two men who were,
at one time, best friends,
1713
01:12:51,701 --> 01:12:53,786
Shawn Michaels and Triple H.
1714
01:12:53,870 --> 01:12:59,375
Shawn Michaels last wrestled
1,609 days ago,
1715
01:12:59,500 --> 01:13:02,044
if you can believe that.
1716
01:13:02,169 --> 01:13:03,337
‐ His whole family was there.
1717
01:13:03,421 --> 01:13:06,048
You know,
they were all scared to death.
1718
01:13:06,173 --> 01:13:07,842
Got in the ring,
did a couple of things.
1719
01:13:07,967 --> 01:13:09,635
[bell rings]
1720
01:13:09,719 --> 01:13:12,722
Never missed a beat,
not a moment, not an anything.
1721
01:13:12,847 --> 01:13:14,724
‐ I was on my chair
like a redneck,
1722
01:13:14,807 --> 01:13:16,517
just screaming
and yelling for him.
1723
01:13:16,601 --> 01:13:17,894
Of course, I cried at the end.
1724
01:13:17,977 --> 01:13:19,478
‐ Like,
how is this possible,
1725
01:13:19,604 --> 01:13:24,525
that he is this good still,
after all that time
1726
01:13:24,609 --> 01:13:28,821
and injury and everything else?
Unbelievable.
1727
01:13:28,905 --> 01:13:32,783
‐ It was just as easy
as the day is long,
1728
01:13:32,867 --> 01:13:34,660
it was poetic,
it was phenomenal,
1729
01:13:34,744 --> 01:13:38,205
it was everything that is right
and good about the world
1730
01:13:38,289 --> 01:13:41,334
in this line of work, and,
you know, my family there,
1731
01:13:41,417 --> 01:13:42,960
out there
with my best friend.
1732
01:13:43,085 --> 01:13:50,134
‐ The Heartbreak Kid,
Shawn Michaels!
1733
01:13:50,217 --> 01:13:51,802
‐ After the Summerslam,
1734
01:13:51,886 --> 01:13:54,221
that's when there was
a sense of peace and joy
1735
01:13:54,347 --> 01:13:56,807
in the midst of doing
your job and your family,
1736
01:13:56,933 --> 01:14:01,270
combining these two worlds
that I've never had together,
1737
01:14:01,354 --> 01:14:02,939
and I'm not even
the same person.
1738
01:14:03,022 --> 01:14:06,525
And now,
and it all feels so right.
1739
01:14:06,609 --> 01:14:07,735
That's as good as it gets,
you know,
1740
01:14:07,818 --> 01:14:10,488
it's heaven on Earth here
in this room.
1741
01:14:10,571 --> 01:14:12,990
‐ Shawn Michaels
changed completely
1742
01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:14,367
as a human being.
1743
01:14:14,492 --> 01:14:16,243
And somehow, as a character,
1744
01:14:16,369 --> 01:14:21,874
he managed to keep a lot
of the aura that he always had.
1745
01:14:21,999 --> 01:14:26,587
I could argue that Shawn was
at his best after he came back.
1746
01:14:26,671 --> 01:14:29,757
[cheers and applause]
1747
01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:31,634
‐ To me,
1748
01:14:31,717 --> 01:14:36,222
the greatest in‐ring performer
1749
01:14:36,347 --> 01:14:38,307
of all time.
1750
01:14:39,642 --> 01:14:41,560
[soft music]
1751
01:14:41,644 --> 01:14:43,729
‐ It gets more difficult
1752
01:14:43,854 --> 01:14:46,023
to find a new mountain,
a new challenge.
1753
01:14:46,148 --> 01:14:48,651
Sometimes that mountain
or that new challenge
1754
01:14:48,693 --> 01:14:49,860
just isn't there.
1755
01:14:49,944 --> 01:14:51,404
And so later on in my career,
I learned that
1756
01:14:51,529 --> 01:14:54,281
when I disconnect from it,
something will usually happen,
1757
01:14:54,365 --> 01:14:56,158
and, you know,
the one with Flair
1758
01:14:56,200 --> 01:14:59,328
is the one I honestly
always speak of.
1759
01:14:59,453 --> 01:15:01,914
Remember the story
of Old Yeller?
1760
01:15:01,998 --> 01:15:05,126
The Showstopper's gonna
take you, Old Yeller,
1761
01:15:05,209 --> 01:15:10,339
behind the woodshed
and put you out of your misery.
1762
01:15:10,464 --> 01:15:14,510
I lost myself in that drama.
[laughs]
1763
01:15:14,635 --> 01:15:16,012
I get a call from my buddy,
Kenny,
1764
01:15:16,137 --> 01:15:17,888
who's now been
made aware of the match.
1765
01:15:18,014 --> 01:15:19,890
It's like, oh my goodness,
he said, "Can you believe it?"
1766
01:15:20,016 --> 01:15:23,811
‐ It was overwhelming to think
that the guy that we idolized
1767
01:15:23,853 --> 01:15:27,606
that we would watch a little TV
box in San Antonio, Texas,
1768
01:15:27,690 --> 01:15:30,276
somehow their lives were going
to interconnect.
1769
01:15:30,359 --> 01:15:33,195
Ric was his guy.
He absolutely loved Ric Flair.
1770
01:15:33,279 --> 01:15:36,365
‐ Kenny took me back
to that time.
1771
01:15:39,744 --> 01:15:43,247
‐ This was why I went
from New York to Orlando,
1772
01:15:43,372 --> 01:15:46,167
was to see this moment.
1773
01:15:46,208 --> 01:15:47,209
[bell rings]
1774
01:15:47,293 --> 01:15:48,753
‐ Now in this match,
1775
01:15:48,836 --> 01:15:53,382
should Ric Flair lose,
he must retire.
1776
01:15:53,466 --> 01:15:54,759
‐ I remember feeling
1777
01:15:54,842 --> 01:15:56,802
like the way Ric Flair
started this match,
1778
01:15:56,927 --> 01:15:59,805
that he had a chance.
1779
01:15:59,930 --> 01:16:02,224
[grunts]
1780
01:16:02,308 --> 01:16:04,977
‐ There's no other way
to put it‐‐he carried me.
1781
01:16:05,061 --> 01:16:08,564
He gave everything
that anybody could ever give
1782
01:16:08,689 --> 01:16:10,232
to a match that night.
1783
01:16:10,316 --> 01:16:13,194
‐ Oh, wait a minute,
wait a minute, look out.
1784
01:16:13,319 --> 01:16:15,613
Good grief!
1785
01:16:15,696 --> 01:16:17,573
Oh, not again!
1786
01:16:17,656 --> 01:16:18,866
‐ It becomes clear
1787
01:16:18,991 --> 01:16:22,244
that Ric Flair
just doesn't have enough.
1788
01:16:22,328 --> 01:16:25,247
I love this part, I could
tear up talking about it.
1789
01:16:25,372 --> 01:16:28,292
Flair, like an old dog,
still fighting,
1790
01:16:28,375 --> 01:16:30,127
he thinks he still has it.
1791
01:16:30,211 --> 01:16:34,131
And that's when Shawn sort
of has to have that moment
1792
01:16:34,256 --> 01:16:36,634
where he says,
"I'm sorry, I love you."
1793
01:16:36,759 --> 01:16:38,761
‐ Flair wants to fight.
1794
01:16:38,844 --> 01:16:40,971
‐ And just turns
the lights out.
1795
01:16:41,055 --> 01:16:46,477
It was as beautiful and perfect
an ending to a wrestling match
1796
01:16:46,602 --> 01:16:48,479
as you will ever have.
1797
01:16:48,521 --> 01:16:50,898
‐ He knew I didn't
want to go,
1798
01:16:51,023 --> 01:16:53,734
and he said,
"I love you."
1799
01:16:53,818 --> 01:16:54,902
It's a great moment
in wrestling.
1800
01:16:54,985 --> 01:16:56,737
I don't care what anyone says,
1801
01:16:56,821 --> 01:16:59,782
you can't replace something
like that.
1802
01:16:59,865 --> 01:17:01,158
‐ Unashamed
1803
01:17:01,242 --> 01:17:03,619
that it was my love letter to,
you know,
1804
01:17:03,702 --> 01:17:07,706
the wrestling business
and to Ric Flair.
1805
01:17:12,336 --> 01:17:16,173
‐ It is show day,
and we're off to the shi‐zow.
1806
01:17:16,257 --> 01:17:19,760
I've been doing this
for 35 years,
1807
01:17:19,844 --> 01:17:20,970
and days like today,
1808
01:17:21,053 --> 01:17:22,930
it's a different kind
of anxiety that I have now.
1809
01:17:23,013 --> 01:17:24,765
I have anxiety
for the performers
1810
01:17:24,849 --> 01:17:26,892
for the entire show as a whole.
1811
01:17:27,017 --> 01:17:29,186
For me it's just
all fantastic,
1812
01:17:29,311 --> 01:17:31,522
especially when it goes well
for them,
1813
01:17:31,647 --> 01:17:33,023
and they come back
and they're jacked.
1814
01:17:33,107 --> 01:17:34,900
It's ten times better than‐‐
1815
01:17:35,025 --> 01:17:36,652
than when I had
that opportunity.
1816
01:17:36,777 --> 01:17:38,696
This is where
I'm supposed to be.
1817
01:17:38,821 --> 01:17:41,740
I absolutely love it.
1818
01:17:43,367 --> 01:17:45,536
[soft music]
1819
01:17:45,619 --> 01:17:46,871
‐ What moment would you say
1820
01:17:46,996 --> 01:17:49,081
you're most proud of,
and then by the same token,
1821
01:17:49,165 --> 01:17:51,041
what moment would you say
you are least proud of?
1822
01:17:51,167 --> 01:17:52,585
‐ Most proud I guess would be
1823
01:17:52,668 --> 01:17:54,128
winning the world title.
1824
01:17:54,211 --> 01:17:57,715
And least proud would probably
be the Montreal incident.
1825
01:17:57,840 --> 01:18:00,676
One is everything
you aspire to do,
1826
01:18:00,801 --> 01:18:02,219
and the other
is the complete opposite.
1827
01:18:02,344 --> 01:18:05,139
Something you really
don't want to be a part of.
1828
01:18:05,264 --> 01:18:08,809
It's the long‐term guilt,
it's the shame,
1829
01:18:08,893 --> 01:18:11,687
it's the loathing that you know
this person has for you.
1830
01:18:11,812 --> 01:18:13,522
‐ There was so much
bad blood between us,
1831
01:18:13,647 --> 01:18:18,110
and I was always like,
if I see him, I'll kill him.
1832
01:18:18,194 --> 01:18:20,654
I've always believed
that I had so much anger,
1833
01:18:20,779 --> 01:18:22,281
that I think it
led to my stroke
1834
01:18:22,364 --> 01:18:23,991
and lot of things
that I went through.
1835
01:18:24,116 --> 01:18:25,451
And I remember
thinking about Shawn
1836
01:18:25,534 --> 01:18:27,703
and how we were good friends
once upon a time,
1837
01:18:27,786 --> 01:18:29,997
and, you know,
that it wasn't just Shawn.
1838
01:18:30,122 --> 01:18:31,373
I was guilty too.
1839
01:18:31,457 --> 01:18:33,959
And I remember thinking
it'd be good to put it to bed.
1840
01:18:34,084 --> 01:18:36,503
‐ And I've certainly
talked about my regret
1841
01:18:36,629 --> 01:18:39,173
and the hope
for reconciliation.
1842
01:18:39,298 --> 01:18:41,217
It took him some time
to get there.
1843
01:18:41,342 --> 01:18:42,927
Vince had suggested
there's gotta be a way
1844
01:18:43,010 --> 01:18:46,472
we can do this live,
in front of the world.
1845
01:18:46,513 --> 01:18:48,098
‐ I've got 12 years
of things
1846
01:18:48,182 --> 01:18:49,391
that I've wanted
to get off my chest.
1847
01:18:49,516 --> 01:18:50,768
I want to call back there
1848
01:18:50,851 --> 01:18:53,479
and ask Shawn Michaels
to come out here.
1849
01:18:53,562 --> 01:18:55,147
I call for a truce,
1850
01:18:55,231 --> 01:18:57,233
and I call for you
to shake my hand.
1851
01:18:57,358 --> 01:18:59,401
The fact that we did that
in the ring
1852
01:18:59,485 --> 01:19:01,737
and we shook hands
and all that was very honest
1853
01:19:01,862 --> 01:19:03,656
and very sincere.
1854
01:19:03,739 --> 01:19:05,407
‐ You know
that everybody's watching
1855
01:19:05,491 --> 01:19:06,742
when you are trying to have
this very real moment
1856
01:19:06,867 --> 01:19:07,993
with one another.
1857
01:19:08,035 --> 01:19:09,745
Art does imitate life.
1858
01:19:09,870 --> 01:19:12,081
‐ He's matured,
and he's a different guy,
1859
01:19:12,206 --> 01:19:13,916
[cheers and applause]
1860
01:19:14,041 --> 01:19:15,167
and I thought he finally,
you know,
1861
01:19:15,292 --> 01:19:16,919
he's got his priorities
all in order.
1862
01:19:17,002 --> 01:19:19,213
[cheers and applause]
1863
01:19:19,296 --> 01:19:20,589
‐ Welcome
1864
01:19:20,673 --> 01:19:23,467
to the 25th anniversary
1865
01:19:23,550 --> 01:19:27,805
of WrestleMania!
1866
01:19:27,888 --> 01:19:31,308
70,000 WWE fans.
1867
01:19:31,433 --> 01:19:34,311
‐ By the time Shawn
Michaels and Undertaker
1868
01:19:34,436 --> 01:19:36,814
meet at WrestleMania 25,
they're veterans,
1869
01:19:36,897 --> 01:19:38,274
they've been around forever.
1870
01:19:38,357 --> 01:19:39,358
And somehow,
1871
01:19:39,483 --> 01:19:43,696
they're actually
both in their absolute prime.
1872
01:19:43,821 --> 01:19:48,659
[ethereal music playing]
1873
01:19:48,742 --> 01:19:50,369
‐ One of my
favorite entrances,
1874
01:19:50,494 --> 01:19:51,870
Shawn as The Undertaker,
1875
01:19:51,954 --> 01:19:56,083
but in all white,
ascending from the clouds.
1876
01:19:56,208 --> 01:20:01,964
Such a stark contrast
to what I'm about to do.
1877
01:20:02,006 --> 01:20:05,426
It was the battle between
heaven and hell.
1878
01:20:05,509 --> 01:20:06,760
‐ Prior to 2002,
1879
01:20:06,844 --> 01:20:09,013
we did not have a great
relationship.
1880
01:20:09,096 --> 01:20:11,181
We did not like each other
outside the ring.
1881
01:20:11,307 --> 01:20:14,018
‐ This guy,
I genuinely liked now.
1882
01:20:14,101 --> 01:20:16,645
And it had been years
and years and years
1883
01:20:16,770 --> 01:20:19,356
since we had worked together,
1884
01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:21,400
since the time
that he had injured himself
1885
01:20:21,483 --> 01:20:22,985
in the casket match.
1886
01:20:23,068 --> 01:20:24,403
‐ Unknown to us
at the time,
1887
01:20:24,528 --> 01:20:27,656
we're about to create one of
the most epic things ever done
1888
01:20:27,781 --> 01:20:29,325
in the wrestling business.
1889
01:20:29,408 --> 01:20:31,327
‐ There's that
brash arrogance.
1890
01:20:31,452 --> 01:20:36,582
70,000 chanting HBK
the other half, Undertaker.
1891
01:20:36,665 --> 01:20:38,167
[audience screaming]
1892
01:20:38,208 --> 01:20:40,586
‐ Ooh!
‐ Whoa!
1893
01:20:40,669 --> 01:20:43,672
[cheers and applause]
1894
01:20:43,756 --> 01:20:46,800
[triumphant music]
1895
01:20:46,884 --> 01:20:48,385
‐ You know
when you're in the middle
1896
01:20:48,510 --> 01:20:50,721
of something really special,
and we did.
1897
01:20:50,846 --> 01:20:52,931
‐ Incoming!
1898
01:20:53,015 --> 01:20:56,810
Tombstone piledriver.
1899
01:20:56,894 --> 01:21:00,481
♪
1900
01:21:00,606 --> 01:21:04,318
[bell rings]
1901
01:21:04,443 --> 01:21:06,862
‐ I just remember
getting to Shawn,
1902
01:21:06,987 --> 01:21:09,114
and we just embraced,
and hugged,
1903
01:21:09,198 --> 01:21:10,699
and thanked each other.
1904
01:21:10,824 --> 01:21:12,493
It was an awesome moment.
1905
01:21:12,576 --> 01:21:14,411
‐ It was on the ride home
the next day,
1906
01:21:14,495 --> 01:21:16,705
just settling into me
that I just don't know
1907
01:21:16,789 --> 01:21:19,875
that I'm ever going
to encounter,
1908
01:21:19,958 --> 01:21:21,960
from a performance standpoint,
1909
01:21:22,044 --> 01:21:24,129
anything greater
than that thing
1910
01:21:24,254 --> 01:21:26,715
that I experienced last night.
1911
01:21:26,840 --> 01:21:28,509
‐ There's only one match
1912
01:21:28,634 --> 01:21:31,220
that can be considered
Match of the Year,
1913
01:21:31,303 --> 01:21:33,889
Shawn Michaels
and the Undertaker.
1914
01:21:33,972 --> 01:21:37,893
[rock music playing]
1915
01:21:38,018 --> 01:21:42,314
‐ Undertaker, I can beat you.
1916
01:21:42,356 --> 01:21:49,029
You and me, WrestleMania,
one more time.
1917
01:21:49,154 --> 01:21:52,449
[cheers and applause]
1918
01:21:52,533 --> 01:21:55,911
‐ So, I remember
tuning into WrestleMania 26.
1919
01:21:55,994 --> 01:21:57,746
I had a knot in my stomach
1920
01:21:57,871 --> 01:22:01,625
knowing that if Shawn Michaels
wasn't able to win this one
1921
01:22:01,708 --> 01:22:03,043
that he would retire.
1922
01:22:03,168 --> 01:22:05,003
But it was a beautiful,
artistic way
1923
01:22:05,129 --> 01:22:07,548
to end the career
of Shawn Michaels.
1924
01:22:07,673 --> 01:22:13,178
[cheers and applause]
1925
01:22:13,303 --> 01:22:17,891
‐ One, two, three!
[bell dings]
1926
01:22:17,975 --> 01:22:22,980
‐ Shawn Michaels'
career is over.
1927
01:22:23,063 --> 01:22:24,648
‐ My heart was broken.
My heart was broken.
1928
01:22:24,731 --> 01:22:27,484
but I'm glad also that he got
to leave on his own terms.
1929
01:22:27,568 --> 01:22:30,195
‐ It was important
that I get out of there
1930
01:22:30,320 --> 01:22:33,574
to let the fans show him
the appreciation he deserved.
1931
01:22:33,699 --> 01:22:38,120
[cheers and applause]
1932
01:22:38,203 --> 01:22:40,205
‐ I have to imagine
that Tom Brady
1933
01:22:40,330 --> 01:22:43,625
and Michael Jordan, as much
as they appreciate the fans,
1934
01:22:43,709 --> 01:22:46,336
I think more than anything
it's about their teammates
1935
01:22:46,420 --> 01:22:49,673
and the people that they played
that means the most to them.
1936
01:22:49,798 --> 01:22:52,593
[clapping]
1937
01:22:52,676 --> 01:22:54,595
[dramatic music]
1938
01:22:54,678 --> 01:22:57,139
A lot of time,
there's still a chasing
1939
01:22:57,222 --> 01:22:58,515
of that last perfect one,
1940
01:22:58,640 --> 01:23:01,059
and that's why
I'm so appreciative
1941
01:23:01,185 --> 01:23:03,312
that I can define
some form of finish line.
1942
01:23:04,605 --> 01:23:06,607
There's two things
that I thrive on,
1943
01:23:06,690 --> 01:23:07,941
it's two things
that I'm in love with,
1944
01:23:08,025 --> 01:23:10,152
which is, you know,
Rebecca and the kids,
1945
01:23:10,194 --> 01:23:11,570
and the wrestling business.
1946
01:23:11,653 --> 01:23:14,156
Oh, yeah, my team.
1947
01:23:14,281 --> 01:23:16,241
They're the two greatest
loves of my life.
1948
01:23:16,366 --> 01:23:18,494
That's never changed.
1949
01:23:18,577 --> 01:23:21,205
[applause]
1950
01:23:22,748 --> 01:23:24,416
You've probably been
to more ladder matches
1951
01:23:24,541 --> 01:23:27,336
than half the people
in the ring, I would imagine.
1952
01:23:27,461 --> 01:23:29,087
[soft music]
1953
01:23:29,171 --> 01:23:31,715
And then stops,
loads up the‐‐
1954
01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:33,133
Whoa, he goes down.
1955
01:23:33,217 --> 01:23:35,969
‐ It's awesome for me
to have Shawn there.
1956
01:23:36,053 --> 01:23:37,513
I can tell you
what he's thinking,
1957
01:23:37,638 --> 01:23:40,015
he can tell you
what I'm thinking,
1958
01:23:40,098 --> 01:23:41,433
and there's a chemistry there.
1959
01:23:41,517 --> 01:23:42,476
We have this uncanny
with each other.
1960
01:23:42,559 --> 01:23:44,311
‐ There's just a little
something in there
1961
01:23:44,353 --> 01:23:46,230
to do, just a small little‐‐
1962
01:23:46,313 --> 01:23:48,023
‐ Shawn's, you know, a legend
1963
01:23:48,148 --> 01:23:51,902
and for a legend to walk
into an environment
1964
01:23:52,027 --> 01:23:52,903
full of performers.
1965
01:23:53,028 --> 01:23:54,446
‐ Go get them, boys.
[laughs]
1966
01:23:54,530 --> 01:23:56,907
‐ They revere him so much.
1967
01:23:56,990 --> 01:23:59,326
‐ Welcome to NXT Takeover.
1968
01:23:59,409 --> 01:24:02,329
There is the North American
Championship.
1969
01:24:02,412 --> 01:24:04,206
Who will climb the ladder?
1970
01:24:04,289 --> 01:24:05,874
‐ Shawn has been a role model
1971
01:24:05,958 --> 01:24:07,751
both in and out of the ring.
1972
01:24:07,834 --> 01:24:09,253
‐ Ding, ding, ding.
1973
01:24:09,336 --> 01:24:10,963
‐ I have so much
respect for that man,
1974
01:24:11,088 --> 01:24:13,799
for not just what he's done
for professional wrestling,
1975
01:24:13,882 --> 01:24:15,008
but for the type
of person he is.
1976
01:24:15,133 --> 01:24:16,301
‐ [laughs]
1977
01:24:16,426 --> 01:24:19,972
‐ To me and so many others,
he's the greatest.
1978
01:24:20,055 --> 01:24:22,015
[all exclaiming]
1979
01:24:22,140 --> 01:24:25,686
And it's insane
how kind, generous,
1980
01:24:25,811 --> 01:24:26,770
and humble the guy is.
1981
01:24:26,853 --> 01:24:28,272
‐ That is good stuff.
1982
01:24:28,355 --> 01:24:31,024
‐ Sometimes
I think he doesn't realize
1983
01:24:31,149 --> 01:24:32,067
that he's Shawn Michaels.
1984
01:24:32,192 --> 01:24:36,280
Step carefully.
Whoa! Gee.
1985
01:24:38,031 --> 01:24:41,201
Oh, my God!
1986
01:24:41,285 --> 01:24:42,619
That was frickin' great!
1987
01:24:42,703 --> 01:24:45,414
When you said
a tale of two lives,
1988
01:24:45,539 --> 01:24:49,960
that's what it's been.
1989
01:24:50,085 --> 01:24:52,129
Believe it or not,
the same business
1990
01:24:52,212 --> 01:24:54,339
that might have
almost killed me,
1991
01:24:54,423 --> 01:24:56,550
I think, is the same business
that saved me.
1992
01:24:56,633 --> 01:24:58,343
No, you did a great job,
phenomenal.
1993
01:24:58,468 --> 01:24:59,636
Thank you very much.
1994
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:02,264
‐ These guys are easy
to work with, so‐‐
1995
01:25:02,347 --> 01:25:05,392
‐ I know I accomplished
more than what I wanted.
1996
01:25:05,517 --> 01:25:08,145
I never lost touch
with the 19‐year‐old dude
1997
01:25:08,270 --> 01:25:11,523
that was hoping to have
a car and an apartment,
1998
01:25:11,607 --> 01:25:14,109
and be the Southwest
Heavy weight champion.
1999
01:25:14,192 --> 01:25:16,486
A lot more has happened
since then.
2000
01:25:16,570 --> 01:25:20,407
[applause]
2001
01:25:20,532 --> 01:25:22,659
Whoa!
2002
01:25:22,784 --> 01:25:24,703
Jiminy Cricket.
2003
01:25:24,828 --> 01:25:29,666
Holy Toledo.
[laughs]
2004
01:25:29,708 --> 01:25:33,754
‐ That's like the Shawn thing.
That's like the Shawn dance.
2005
01:25:33,837 --> 01:25:36,965
‐ Golly!
2006
01:25:37,049 --> 01:25:39,092
Frickin' awesome.
2007
01:25:39,176 --> 01:25:40,844
‐ ♪ I'm just a sexy boy
2008
01:25:40,969 --> 01:25:43,347
♪ Sexy boy
2009
01:25:43,430 --> 01:25:48,477
Oh, goodness gracious!
That is good stuff.