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dx will kill rated rko any day

Shawm Micheals is no Hall-of-Famer. DX needs to make room for Rated RKO becuase DX is a wanna be N.W.O. . I would rather see Rated RKO win than DX

First of all, Shawn Michaels is argueably the greatest worker ever in history, but at the same time he's also the most controversial ever. The people who say that he's not a good wrestler are surely Bret Hart fans, because he screwed Bret Hart. To know about Michaels's ability one must hear from his critics. Bret Hart hates him like anything, but even he too admits that Michaels is an extraordinary in-ring performer who is unmatched. This guy is the epitome in every department .... mesmerizing performer, mesmerizing promo cutter, mesmerizing charasmatic, etc. He is the olny person who have been able to carry poor workers like Nash, Sid, Hogan, Vince, Masters, etc to good matches. He came back in 2002, 4 years after his retirement. Since then he have been producind 'Match of the year' every year - 1) HBK vs HHH - 2002; 2) HBK vs J2J - 2003; 3) HBK vs HHH vs Benoit - 2004; 4) HBK vs Kurt Angle - 2005 .... WRESTLER OF THE YEAR - 2003,WRESTLER OF THE YEAR - 2005. Even his hated critics consider him as one of the very best ever. And the only people who don't consider him great are the pissy Bret Hart fans. I too am a Bret Hart fan, but not a pissy one of course.

I never liked him. He always was overrated.

A great performer!

Shawn is an awesome wrestler. He carried the WWE for a long time. When WCW was taking talent who was there to save Vince...Shawn. He was the one who started the "Ladder Matches" and he was the first to be in the "Hell in the Cell" with the Undertaker. Yeah, Hogan was the one whop started Wrestlemania but HBK took Wrestlemania to the next level. He will go into the hall of fame as the greatest in-ring performer EVER.

i ReaLLy lOvE thiS guY sO muCh..damN sexiEst maN aLivE toDay..i LovE hbK simPlY thE bEst wrEstLer!!i lovE hbk!!

Most of the ones are from pissy Hart fans who can't let a screwjob die. The showstopper has the name for a reason. Amazing matches that people talk about long after they are over.

Simply put, HBK is the greatest sports entertainer of all time.

i dont care who comes&goes there will never be another hbk,headliner,icon,and a show stopper like shawn

Horrible arrogant wrestler, who is so in love with himself it's pathetic. A has-been that is actually a never-was-been. No talent whatsoever and should have retired more than a decade ago.

he is a great wresler/performer, but HBK screwed bret. this is all he deserves for what he done

It seems to me that even if he wins he gets his ass kicked.

HBK is the best wrestler evey if you think Hogan is better you don't know wrestling Shawn Michaels can actually wrestle ,he can do more than any wrestler could ever do. Wrestling is not as good as it used to be the titles change hands to fast. But I'll always love wrestling. Anyone who does not like Michaels can eat a stinky bananna in a toilet bowl. Look at everything he's gone through most people would bee sitting at home with there thumbs up there ass. nuff said

Sorry but go some of you idiots need to grow up, cmon 'sucks dick for title runs', were talking about one of the greatest wwe superstars here, just think of his Career Highlights: WWE Champion (3); Intercontinental Champion (3); European Champion; Tag Team Champion (3); 1995 and 1996 Royal Rumble winner. I think that proves my point ^-^. Im a newbie to wrestling but i think i can recognise a great when i see one, hes a kick ass wrestler and his all things are possible attitude makes him a great idol! Love M.

True, his his backstage personailty sucked and he spent most of the latter part of his carrer looking out for himself, but as an in ring performer there was no better. In my opinion HBK is one of the greatest workers ever who could have good to great matches with nearly everyone. He carried Sid(one of the worst workers ever) and Kevin Nash (equally as bad) to ****+ matches. He also allowed Razor Ramon to participate in two of the greatest matches ever(WM 10 and Summerslam 95 ladder matches). And gave Mick Foley and The Undertaker there best matches ever. He also participated in some of the most memorable incidents and was an incredible talker and as charasmatic as they come. I beleive that it was HBK who kept the WWF alive during it's 1996 period. While Vince McMahon as having his ass handed to him in the ratings by Eric Bischoff and WCW, aside from the Undertaker, HBK was the company's only star. Deisel and Razor had left for WCW, Bret Hart was on vacation, the Warrior short stint ended on bad terms, Steve Austin had hust turned Stone Cold, Vader Flopped and Mankind hd yet to become a bona fide star. I truly beleive, had it not been for Michaels' great matches as champion, the WWF would have not survived this period. When you think of the saviour of WWF and the star of the Attitude era, Stone Cold immediately comes to mind, and while I'm not disputing this, i truly beleive that had itt not been for Michaels, the Attitude ere would have not exploded as it did. Stone Cold had become a headliner since early 1997 and this did not have an impact in the ratings. In fact, it wasn't until after the post Survivor Series 97, Raw the ratings exploded. Due to the incident the previous night involving Michaels, the rating for the post Survivor Series Raw jumped a full point. This was probably out of curiousty as people were intrigued by the Montreal screw job. By this time,D-generation X had become the most heavily featured act on Raw. By the next weeks Raw, the WWF managed to maintain that full point they gained. Simpy put, the fan that tuned in out of curiousity, wereaptivated by the WWF product and decided to continue watchins. I beleive that this was he turning point in the ratings battle between WWF and WCW. Baisically, what i'm trying to get at, is that Michaels played a great but underated role in the WWF surval and eventual prosperity. He changed the business and performed some of the greatest matches ever. I think it's safe to say, there ill never be another Shawn Michaels.

I fear to think about a man that walks around with hearts on his pants.

he has ben wresleing since 1988 i think and still the man on top 2 back Razor Ramone(scott hall)1-2-3 kid (x -pac)Diseal (keven Nash) And HHH all had 2 leave him but he still is the greatest ever

Michaels is the man. He kicks people in the face, nuff said...

he is the best wrestler ever.

"HBK"HAS BEEN KID (WHO NEVER WAS ANYTHING ANYWAY}

Even at an old age Shawn still has it and hes still going strong!

Over The Hill, Should Retire

Michaels became one of the greats after a pudgy start as one half of the Rockers. As a solo star he lost his baby fat, became even more dazzlingly daring in the ring and played both the heel and the good guy with equal style. His ladder match with Razor Ramon at Wrestlemania X was a classic.

Go back to church boy toy

shawn michaels totally rocks he is sooo hot and caring and he has it all hes sensitive , a christian, sweet, hot , good wrestler, passionate n etc.

the hbk show stopper beats hhh chris jerhico and shawn is the best wrestler ever! i want to be awresler and tag team with him when i'm older!!

I sometimes wonder what may have happened had Shawn Michaels not left the WWE due to back injuries after losing the WWE title to Stone Cold Steve Austin in March of 1998. I still remember watching Austin talking the night after Wrestlemania 14, and expecting that ever famous "Sexy Boy" theme to start out and Shawn Michaels to come strolling on out there with his DX cronies and demanding a rematch. Unfortuantely it did not turn out that way. However, I think that it would've been an extra kick in the new period of "Attitude" had Michaels stayed in the picture. His renegade group which he himself co-founded, Degeneration-X, was in fact a major part of the "Attitude" era, and it seems that the group just was not the same when he left. Let us remember that it was Michaels who carried the WWE through the hard times in 1996 and 1997 when Turner's WCW was clobbering World Wrestling Entertainment in the ratings. Michaels proved many times even in his last match that he was willing to put his body on the line in order to give the fans a good show. I'll never forget his ladder match at Wrestlemania X, or his performance in the first "Hell in a Cell Match" in 1997 against the Undertaker. Even his last match at Wrestlemania in 1998 was a great match. I, like so many others, wanted Shawn to come back so badly for one final match. Between 1998 and 2002, he returned in several non-wrestling roles, but he never laced up his boots. Finally, in the summer of 2002, after reinventing himself personally, now a family man who had found faith in Christ, Shawn returned to the spotlight. It all went down in both his matches against Triple H and his victory in The Elimination Chamber in November 2002, when Shawn proved that he could still put on a good show. He will go down in history as one of the best ever. God bless you Shawn!

needs to find his ass stay away from the young guys he is gay

Shawns theme just suits him down to the ground he truly is a SEXY BOY

HE'S THE GREATEST!!!!!1

HBK THE BEST wrestler of the era.Wether he's in the ring or in the mic, he will always be #1 on what he does.And besides Shawn still has his dead sexy dance and non stop charm with girls.

HBK was pretty much unrecognized when he was in wrestling. It wasn't until after he left that people began to realize just how awesome he was. He had the speed of a light heavy weight, and the power of a larger wrestler. He obviously isn't as pumped as he use to be, or as mobile (I believe he had his C4 vertebrea fused). By far the most entertaining wrestler of the 90's, bar NONE!!!!

LISTEN, no one, in the history of pro wrestling in general since it first got started, CAN WRESTLE BETTER THAN H.B.K, NO ONE!!!!! AND THEY'LL PROLLY NEVER HAVE A BETTER IN RING WRESTLER THAN HBK HE IS THE BEST, AND HE PLAYED, IN MY OPINION FAVORIT GIMMICK AND CHARACTER IN WRESTLING, AND ITS A FACT, McMahon said it himself, there would be no WWE with out HBK, when WCW was whoopin WWF's ass in 96' HBK was the champ and it was all they really had to get ppl to watch if he wasent there, there would be no WWE, then he passed the torch to Ausin, and right now since his come back, he wrestle prety much the same he did before he got hurt, and right now today hes still one of the best wresters, no one can put on a better match than Shawn Michels, and its very small chance any one ever will, RVD and Y2J come the closest when it comes to putting on a match as good as shawn can. THATS FACT

Better in his prime, before his knees went out. Since he lost his high flying abilities, performance wise he's no better than anyone else. Only high on the list now because he was at one time.

personally i love him, i've been following his career for a really long time. with shawn it's either you absolutely love him or hate him. either way no one can disagree that he has made an impact on the wrestling industry.

Nobody does it better.

This guy is the most arrogant clown I've ever seen. I'd love to see him in a "real" fight with Bret Hart. Hey! Wait a minute .... he chickened out of that once before! Mr. Hickenbottom is an overbearing, dumb looking dink who should be put out of his misery .... permanently!

HBK is a persona that Vinnie Mac couldn't even dream of being as big as it became.

I've always been an HBK fan. He is THE most entertaining wrestler they have. I love his new "I got nothin to prove so don't mess with me" attitude, he wears it well.*SIGH*

i gay over rated wrestler..is so boring on the mic he makes news casters exciting...very over rated skill wise and should retire now!!!!!!...he will never be at Hogan's , Flair's or any legends caliber...can't wrestle but he can strip..lol..i'd give him a 0 but this stupid thing won't let me

Whether you love him or hate him, he gets a response out of you. I personally love the guy. Its always a pleasure to see a legend who's built and earned his reputation, amidst a slew of 2 Move Wonder newbies who've just been GIVEN their reputation and really have no way to back it up. I've watched the guy since the Rocker days and he's never once disappointed, except in '96 when he was a sap and kissed the bandwagoner fans' butts. That was pretty annoying, but at least he looked darn good while he was doing it :)

garbage....thats all i gotta say i don't like these homo's on TV..lol..he can't wrestle or fly anymore....useless and he has bad mic skillz..that gay music..the way he walks and holds his hands out...they put him over triple garbage plz .....no wrestling skillz and sweet chin the only thing sweet is him..lol..the Hottest wrestler of all time...that is funny..gayest maybe...if i can give him a zero i would..disgrace to the sport..HBK "HAS BEEN KID"...quote Jericho..i call him the "NBK"..that fool is the "NEVER BEEN KID"...overrated

He is the GREATEST and the HOTTEST wresteler of all time.....DONT hate!!! :D

HBK will go down as one of the truly great wrestlers. He was able to have a great match with anyone and he was always a crowd pleaser but his (real-life) backstage antics and attitude really knock down his score. Also, why is he returning? There is no need for his character to be back. They have no use for him and he was just a ratings-spike attempt that failed. HBK has lost his personality and is now boring and repetitive on the mic. There is no denying his in-ring talent but his backstage attitude and the fact that he should've stayed retired hurts his score.

Nobody remembers him when he first got started. He and Marty Jannetty were a great tag team. And, what ever became of Marty Jannetty. But, back then, he used his moves (the guy is pretty athletic) and was popular for them. As the leader of D-X, he was arrogant, but that's what he was supposed to be. Now, he's coming back. He forgot when he was supposed to stay retired for good.

cocky arrogant jerk

HBK ALWAYS gets a crowd response and you can count on him to go over the top. He's the greatest!!

A good entertainer when he was wrestling...but now he's a has been.....either stay away or come back.....please

HBK IS A GREAT ENTERTAINER.INSTANT RESPONSE FROM THE CROWD.

give it up sister, no one is buying your old ass! this guy has some issues man! i am troubled at the fact that he is coming back to the ring!! just another has been trying to make a few more lousey bucks before his knees give out whatever man.

The Greatest Ever!

HBK is one of the greatest wrestlers ever. He is a great athelete and I can't wait until he comes back.

great entrance song but not to hot of a wrestler

Shawn Michales is the great one.

HBK is the best there was and the best there is and the best there ever will be!!!!!!!