{"id":214204,"date":"2026-04-01T15:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=214204"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:46:57","slug":"details-on-new-wwe-shawn-michaels-documentary-on-peacock-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/04\/01\/details-on-new-wwe-shawn-michaels-documentary-on-peacock-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"New Shawn Michaels documentary on Peacock chronicles his personal struggles, Undertaker provides crude blunt comment on disliking Michaels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2970060885\" 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>A new documentary on Shawn Michaels, focusing on his personal struggles, premieres on Peacock on demand on Apr. 13<\/p>\n<p>Peacock and WWE tout that the documentary will give viewers an insider look at his role as head of NXT while addressing his personal struggles during his in-ring career.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary includes comments from those who knew him well during his prime, including Bret Hart, Paul Levesque, Undertaker, and Kevin Nash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t have pissed on Shawn Michaels if he was on fire,&#8221; Undertaker says in the documentary, a reference to how little regard he had for him during his earlier WWF days.<\/p>\n<p>The press release follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>\u201cThe Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels,\u201d\u00a0<\/b>which premieres on Monday, April 13, is Peacock\u2019s latest original documentary in partnership with WWE and features exclusive behind-the-scenes access with one of the greatest performers of all time and chronicles the career of the WWE Hall of Famer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div>This intimate look at Michaels spotlights his incredible ability and the personal struggles that led to one of the most improbable redemption stories in WWE history. Viewers will be taken on a journey through his life while also getting an inside look at Michaels\u2019 role as the head of WWE\u2019s developmental brand, NXT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The\u00a0documentary\u00a0features\u00a0<wbr \/>commentary from several WWE Hall of Famers, including\u00a0WWE Chief Content Officer\u00a0<b>Paul \u201cTriple H\u201d Levesque<\/b>,\u00a0<b>The Undertaker,\u00a0Kevin\u00a0Nash<\/b>\u00a0and<b><wbr \/> Bret Hart<\/b>,\u00a0as well as WWE Superstars\u00a0<b>Trick Williams\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>Je\u2019Von\u00a0Evans.<\/b>\u00a0Additional\u00a0<wbr \/>interviews include NXT Superstars\u00a0<b>Joe Hendry,\u00a0Ethan Page,\u00a0Jacy Jayne, Sol\u00a0Ruca\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>Shawn\u00a0Spears.\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<p><b>\u201cThe Heartbreak Kid:\u00a0Becoming\u00a0Shawn Michaels,\u201d\u00a0<\/b>is executive produced by Paul Levesque, Lee Fitting, and Ben Houser, produced by WWE and directed by Matt Braine.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about WWE on Peacock, visit\u00a0peacocktv.com\/sports\/WWE.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Below is the trailer for the documentary:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels | Official Trailer | Peacock Original\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9BQxYYStLPc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-730325600\"><div id=\"pwtor-2158495011\"><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>A new documentary on Shawn Michaels, focusing on his personal struggles, premieres on Peacock on demand on Apr. 13 Peacock and WWE tout that the documentary will give viewers an insider look at his role <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/04\/01\/details-on-new-wwe-shawn-michaels-documentary-on-peacock-announced\/\" title=\"New Shawn Michaels documentary on Peacock chronicles his personal struggles, Undertaker provides crude blunt comment on disliking Michaels\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":214207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/04\/IMG_5432.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214204"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214217,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214204\/revisions\/214217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}