Shawn Michaels: I Would’ve Never Imagined That Somebody Like Sexxy Red Would Make Me Relevant This Late In Life

Shawn Michaels is proud of his work.

Serving at the head honcho of WWE’s NXT brand, Michaels is just as popular as he was in his prime. The legend keeps in touch with today’s wrestling audience by partaking in viral videos and pulling from his endless amount of charm and charisma.

Speaking with the Club 520 Podcast for a new interview, Shawn Michaels credited Sexyy Red for giving him some of the relevancy that he currently holds.

“I would have never imagined at 60, going on 61, that somebody like a Sexyy Red would make me relevant this late in my life. Again, I’m an old man and I had some swagger and some aura back in the 90s, but I was an absolute train wreck and i was a menace. That played well on television thankfully, but I came back in 2002 and I’m a nerd, I’m a dad, I’m boring, I’m all of those things. The idea that he’s still cool, that character is still cool all of these years later and sometimes arguably, maybe even cooler. It’s amazing to me — I have to be honest, I didn’t realize that HBK and that swagger and that cockiness and that confidence resonated so well to so many people. I guess when you’re in it, you’re sort of in this bubble and you don’t have the opportunity to see beyond that. Now, I’m at least able to take the time to see that and notice that. You think to yourself, damn, that’s pretty cool.”

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