I lived, ate, breathed, slept Shawn Michaels. I wouldn't call it pro wrestling back in the day when I was a kid. I just called it Shawn Michaels.
Going into work and seeing Shawn Michaels - someone I watched growing up - how many people can say that? That they get to see people like Shawn Michaels at work and that they get to learn off Shawn Michaels. To me that's insane.
When I was a kid, I got to meet Shawn Michaels at the Continental Airlines Arena, and I showed Shawn that picture.
I was getting loads of tweets from people saying that Shawn Michaels had talked about me on Chris Jericho's podcast and then I got to meet Shawn Michaels when I was over in Florida.
The Dream didn't need to struggle. He's homegrown talent, straight from the WWE Performance Center, trained by the best coaches in the world: Norman Smiley, who's known from coast-to-coast, Matt Bloom, head trainer, and I am protege of the one-and-only The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels.
I hear you guys all the time talking about Daniel Bryan, trained by Shawn Michaels. One curious thing to me is, how come you guys never mention William Regal? William Regal did the real work with this young man. Shawn Michaels took $3,000 from him, that's all he ever did.
My mom made me a Shawn Michaels costume when I was a kid. I wore it every day and ran around the house dancing like him.
I love 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero.
As a kid, growing up, my heroes all had the Intercontinental Championship. Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Mr. Perfect, Ric Rude, all of them. And they were the people I looked up to and wanted to be like.
When it comes to Shawn Michaels, there's always a way.
Shawn Michaels has left the building.
Shawn Michaels was the guy to study and watch.
Shawn Michaels is the reason I wanted to be a wrestler.
Shawn Michaels - the greatest WWE champion of all time!
The wrestling equivalent to Wayne Gretzky? That's Shawn Michaels.
Hell you're Shawn Michaels! The greatest wrestler of all time!