Shawn Michaels: The Showstopper, the Main Event, the Icon is back
This past Monday four months of non-interest in wrestling finally came to an end. Shawn Michaels who has not been on TV since Wrestlemania 25 had a unique but funny way of returning. Triple H found Shawn working as a chef at some restaurant at San Antonio. So you can only imagine how that turned out. The return of Shawn Michaels is going to be awesome. It’s ironic he’s making his return at Summerslam because that’s where he returned seven years ago to resurrect his career after being gone for four years. In my humble opinion he has been better the last seven years then he was his first time around. Shawn Michaels has done it all in this business.
He is a 2 AWA World Tag Team Champion
3 time WWE Champion
WWE European Champion
4 time WWE World Tag Team Champion
World Heavyweight Championship
Royal Rumble Winner in 1995 and 1996
PWI Match of the Year (1993) vs. Marty Jannetty on Monday Night Raw on May 17
PWI Match of the Year (1994) vs. Razor Ramon in a Ladder match at WrestleMania X
PWI Match of the Year (1995) vs. Diesel at WrestleMania XI
PWI Match of the Year (1996) vs. Bret Hart in an Iron Man match at WrestleMania XII
PWI Match of the Year (2004) vs. Chris Benoit and Triple H at WrestleMania XX
PWI Match of the Year (2005) vs. Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 21
PWI Match of the Year (2006) vs. Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 22
PWI Match of the Year (2007) vs. John Cena on Raw on April 23
PWI Match of the Year (2008) vs. Ric Flair at WrestleMania XXIV
The list could go on and on of what Shawn Michaels has accomplished. There is no doubt in my mind that his match with The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 25 will be match of the year for 2009. The one thing I like about Shawn is he always makes everyone look better even a guy like Hogan. I never saw a better Hogan match then the one he had with Shawn at Summerslam in 2005. I just don’t respect what Shawn does in the ring. I also respect him outside of the ring as well. He is a born-again Christian who brings his faith with him wherever he goes. At Summerslam he and Triple reunite to face Legacy the team of Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase. In my opinion this match will put Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes on the map. Ten years from now wrestling fans people aren’t going to remember how they won the Tag Titles, or the fact they were associated with Randy Orton. People will remember the night that DX fought Legacy for the first time because matches that Shawn Michaels is involved with. Just look at all of the matches of his that have been named Match of the Year. Shawn Michaels has been in the ring with the best and has made even the best look better. Even Ric Flair has said it, the best matches he ever saw were the ones with Shawn vs. Triple H. There is a reason Shawn has been in the first Hell in the Cell, Elimination Chamber and the first Ladder match at Wrestlemania. It’s because he sets the standard and he is the standard of what wrestling should be all about. I personally cannot wait to see him wrestle again. He’s had more memorable matches then anyone I can remember. So at Summerslam the man known as the Heartbreak Kid returns and if you’re not down with that I got two words for you…Watch it!
