{"id":55834,"date":"2018-02-25T00:30:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T06:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=55834"},"modified":"2018-02-25T00:30:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T06:30:08","slug":"interview-highlights-shawn-michaels-wants-young-bucks-wwe-superkick-mma-fight-shying-away-pro-wrestling-retirement-heel-vs-face-pros-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/25\/interview-highlights-shawn-michaels-wants-young-bucks-wwe-superkick-mma-fight-shying-away-pro-wrestling-retirement-heel-vs-face-pros-cons\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Highlights: Shawn Michaels wants Young Bucks in WWE, Superkick in MMA fight, shying away from pro wrestling after retirement, heel vs. face pros and cons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-350088141\" 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 was a guest on Sean &#8220;X-Pac&#8221; Waltman&#8217;s podcast this past week. The following are key highlights, supplied to PWTorch via T.K. Trinidad, paging editor for X-Pac 360.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH ON YOUTUBE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YAfysbG2QbM\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/x-pac-1-2-360-afterbuzz-tv\/id1150124693?mt=2&amp;i=374822005\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022On the Young Bucks:<\/strong> I have met them {Young Bucks} but it was a pretty brief encounter but you know I hear great things about them, you know phenomenal workers and that Kenny Omega kid. I get it that people don\u2019t wanna be part of the WWE for one reason or another&#8230; and I totally 100 percent understand that\u2026 I just want the most talented guys that are doing this line of work to be able to do it in a place where they can reap the most rewards. There are people that think they are making a phenomenal living away from the WWE and I have no doubt that they are but I still hope there comes a day where all these guys will come to the WWE and have the opportunity to do it on a bigger stage. I enjoy the world being able to appreciate what is we do. And if you can do it at a phenomenal level, I\u2019d like everybody to see that and WWE is the place where you can show that and that\u2019s not to take anything away from everybody else\u2026 if a dude like me can make a living surely those guys can.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022On James Vick using a Superkick in an MMA fight:<\/b>\u00a0Yeah it was James Vick\u2026 I wanna say he\u2019s like 6-7\u2019 or something like that, he\u2019s a big kid, a big tall kid and he tweeted me a picture of it. One could argue that there are a lot of the guys that do that during a fight but to watch a dude that is 6-7&#8230; you know just the fact that they watch our stuff, cause I certainly watch theirs. I am appreciative. The Young Buck guys, they do the superkick, I think that\u2019s cool. I guess people feel like it\u2019s done too much and look, you can make that argument all day long&#8230; I feel like most of them were watching me when they were younger, that&#8217;s nice. (laughs). They can beat it into the ground; it\u2019s certainly never gonna affect me. The fact that they thought it was neat enough to do, that\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022On being paired with Sensational Sherri and what she added to his character:<\/strong> I received a phone call about how they were putting me with Sherri and I got the music and stuff like that. I remember them playing it for me (Sexy Boy Song), Sherri had gone out on TV and done the promo talking about me and putting herself with me I wasn&#8217;t sure&#8230; I was trying to figure out who I was and what I was going to be. I&#8217;m in my whole trying to find myself leaving The Rockers and taking time to do that. And again Pat Patterson said, &#8220;Look, Sherri has been with two guys, okay (Ted) DiBiase and (Randy) Savagen both top guys&#8230; We put you with her because she&#8217;s going to raise your stock. You get put next to her and that is going to put you on another level.&#8221; And I was like, ohh! And then, of course, Sherri and I were friends from the old AWA days&#8230; It started out with the Boy Toy thing, but then them putting her with me sort of gave me a direction. Again, back then I don&#8217;t think they were called Cougars back then. But clearly, that was the vibe we were sort of given with she and I go out there with one another&#8230; It gave me a sexual component that I wasn&#8217;t aware I was going to have, but because I was with her it gave me that area.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022On Triple H asking him to be a coach at the Performance Center:<\/strong> Hunter mentioned to me that we (NXT) have a whole lot of people who haven&#8217;t been where you&#8217;ve been and what you have done. &#8220;I just feel like you&#8217;ll bring in a different perspective. You&#8217;ve done a lot of WrestleMania; You&#8217;ve been through a lot of experiences good, bad, and otherwise. There is a value in that, a lot of do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts good and bads. You certainly can help guys face every possible situation that they&#8217;re going to come up against.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022On being a bad guy in the ring being better than being a babyface:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t know anybody that doesn&#8217;t like being a bad guy better than being a good guy. I don&#8217;t want to say it&#8217;s easier. Certainly, at one time there was a lot of responsibility being a bad guy, such as controlling the match, setting the tempo, having the feel of the people, things in that nature. Creatively, I think people feel more at ease of being a bad guy because almost feel like whether it&#8217;s true or not you feel like you can do anything.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-661617933\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u2022On staying away from wrestling when he retired:<\/strong> I retired because I wanted to stay home with my wife and children. For me, when I retired I felt that I needed to be adamant about the fact that I wanted to be away-away and if I skip in and out people will get the impression you want to still be around it. The schedule whether you try and start once a month, two, then four, six, and before you know it you&#8217;re back full time, so I knew I needed to stay away.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RECENT ARTICLE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/08\/interview-highlights-gargano-talks-andrade-cien-almas-great-chemistry-wife-wwe-top-prospects-wwe-hire\/\">Interview Highlights: Gargano talks about why he and Andrade Cien Almas had great chemistry, his wife in WWE, top prospects WWE should hire<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1683501603\"><div id=\"pwtor-1390800758\"><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 was a guest on Sean &#8220;X-Pac&#8221; Waltman&#8217;s podcast this past week. 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