{"id":149341,"date":"2022-11-15T12:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=149341"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:34:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:34:33","slug":"shawn-michaels-talks-comfortability-with-his-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/11\/15\/shawn-michaels-talks-comfortability-with-his-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Michaels talks comfortability with his character"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1020926750\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Shawn Michaels says that he never imagined his character as what it ended up being for the hottest run of his career.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metropublicrelations-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com\/2-k22PV_schOFU2WtKOVMDbvW05aamOP-qpDlvKn94w39-oN8hAGC0NoZstU0MTXLfaeAXQFYemdLxykBqkUukRBwhiYt6H-pQ2uJfXzPLF_JHqNWM0wyVOn_5WRY_I4JgC4KYRWkBptgOuUEjb15qPj4mCdsY0-5NdOXnf8mlqPT67eE6vSbFljw06fMFlYamsBckHWcJI2Hk-A9gw4TGfdSY8BfJQ3NWT7AWC68kup5_Dt6He1_h5JCXF2HSYOTwoDyNuILhcEwuJcECt9jhUOWKA4vums00QbyIN4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Games with Names<\/a> podcast hosted by Julian Edelman and Sam Morril, Michaels talked about becoming comfortable with the character he was developing even if that character wasn&#8217;t what he was expecting it to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was going through this process of the song \u201cSexy Boy\u201d and my character, and everything else \u2013 in the theater in your mind, you&#8217;re picturing yourself a bit more manly,&#8221; Michaels said of his gimmick. &#8220;I figured it would be more of kind of a rougher tougher ass-kicking-type guy. Then all of a sudden, I turned into this dude wearing assless chaps and shaking my ass and dancing and half-stripteasing and stuff like that. The more I did it, the more natural and the better it felt. I could unleash and be whatever I wanted, but I never imagined it would be that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michaels turned the gimmick into a multiple time Hall Of Famer and world champion in WWE. Currently, Michaels is a VP in WWE and in-charge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/tvshowsandevents\/tv_wwetvreports\/tv_nxtreportsandspecials\/\">NXT<\/a> developmental brand in Orlando.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/11\/15\/lana-says-a-reunion-with-miro-on-television-is-possible\/\">Lana says a reunion with Miro on television is possible<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3553987710\"><div id=\"pwtor-4067930778\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Shawn Michaels says that he never imagined his character as what it ended up being for the hottest run of his career. 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