Tag Archives: Shawn Michaels

WWE’s Shawn Michaels announced that Pro Wrestling NOAH star Yoshiki Inamura (aka YOICHI) will begin appearing for WWE NXT going forward. The appearances of 31-year-old Inamura, who is a former PROGRESS Atlas Champion, are part of WWE’s partnership moving forward with the Pro Wrestling NOAH promotion. WWE superstar Shinsuke Nakamura is scheduled to face off  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Busted Open Radio, WWE NXT’s Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, including why the brand are taking it slow with the recent signings of Stephanie Vaquer and Giulia on television. “The most challenging thing right now with those particular talents is the communication aspect and making sure that they’re understanding what  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, WWE superstar Natalya discussed how pivotal Tyson Kidd (TJ Wilson) was to Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels reconciling several years ago. “TJ had said something to Bret like, I had a really great talk with Shawn and he awesome, and he was so nice to me, and he  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated’s Rick Ucchino, WWE’s Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, including the rise of current WWE NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez on the brand. “You wanna give people the opportunity to really let themselves go, and a lot of times, for that to  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated’s Rick Ucchino, WWE’s Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, including why the rise of WWE NXT’s women’s roster helps to make for an exciting future in the WWE. “Right now, where it be RAW or SmackDown, there are some of the most  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated’s Rick Ucchino, WWE’s Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, including Roxanne Perez vs. Giulia for the WWE NXT Women’s Championship kicking off the premiere episode on The CW, and teased that additional surprises are in store for the WWE NXT brand. “The  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with The Chicago Tribune, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, and revealed that there will be changes coming to the WWE NXT brand from a look and physical standpoint. “Certainly, we want to make a big splash on the CW Network, we’ll have some big changes, but I  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with WGN Radio, WWE Hall of Famer and Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, including WWE being open to working with TNA Wrestling, potential future collaborations and more. “That’s obviously incredibly intriguing and interesting. Right now, I think we are still in the very beginning  Continue Reading »

WWE’s Shawn Michaels took part in a pre-WWE NXT Heatwave media call on Wednesday and discussed several topics, including WWE NXT potentially going on the road, Je’Von Evans’ success on the brand, Lola Vice and more. Michaels said that he does not feel like it is realistic for WWE NXT to go out on the  Continue Reading »

WWE’s Shawn Michaels took part in a pre-WWE NXT Heatwave media call on Wednesday and discussed several topics, including whether there will be invovlement from TNA Wrestling stars at this Sunday’s WWE NXT Heatwave event. Michaels said that he could not give any specifics, but mentioned the interactions that they have had with superstars appearing  Continue Reading »

WWE’s Shawn Michaels took part in a pre-WWE NXT Heatwave media call on Wednesday and discussed several topics, including the recent releases of Drew Gulak and Gable Steveson from their WWE contracts. Michaels said that from his understanding, Drew Gulak’s contract with the company was up, and that there were no plans in place for  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Sportsnet, WWE NXT’s Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, including college athletes adapting to pro wrestling, the decision to add the WWE NXT Women’s North American Championship and much more. “From the very beginning, from the recruiting process, I don’t know any other way to say it, but just so many  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with KTNV Channel 13 in Las Vegas to promote the WWE NXT Battleground event on June 9th, WWE Hall of Famer and NXT Head Of Creative Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, and teased very exciting announcements are coming for the WWE NXT brand. “Well look, obviously a lot of those decisions  Continue Reading »

In an interview with Adrian Hernandez, WWE NXT’s Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, including the surprise appearance from TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace who will challenge Roxanne Perez for the WWE NXT Women’s Championship at the WWE NXT Battleground event on June 9th at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. “I’ve been very public  Continue Reading »

In a post on his official X/Twitter account, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels commented on the news that Carmelo Hayes had been called-up to WWE SmackDown as part of the 2024 WWE Draft. Michaels’ post reads, “.@Carmelo_WWE is a champion in every sense of the word who helped lay the foundation of everything this  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Shawn Michaels revealed that the grudge match between Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams will main event the April 6th WWE NXT Stand & Deliver event. The event will take place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and air at Noon Eastern/9am PT/5pm UK time, just hours  Continue Reading »

WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels confirmed during the media call to promote this Saturday’s WWE NXT No Mercy event that a pre-show match will take place prior to the main card at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California. Michaels confirmed that Kelani Jordan will face off against Blair Davenport as part of the  Continue Reading »

WWE’s Shawn Michaels took part in a pre-NXT The Great American Bash media call today and discussed several topics, including WWE NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio making appearances on the brand, Tony D’Angelo, Carmelo Hayes, Gable Steveson, Dragon Lee and more. Michaels said that when it comes to Dominik Mysterio, he is a mature  Continue Reading »

WWE’s Shawn Michaels took part in a pre-NXT The Great American Bash media call today and discussed several topics, including the possibility of WWE NXT adding another women’s title, the Weapons Wild Match between Blair Davenport and Roxanne Perez at WWE NXT The Great American Bash this Sunday and much more. Michaels said that in  Continue Reading »

In a recent interview with the Sports Guys Talking Wrestling podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels discussed several topics, including the potential of additional names from WWE’s main roster making appearances on WWE NXT. “We would love to be able to have it more often, obviously we have it here and there and they’re  Continue Reading »