WWE Hall Of Famer Recalls Moment He Realized How Influential He Was

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A WWE Hall of Famer has recalled the moment he realized how influential his career was.

Shawn Michaels is considered by many to be one of the greatest in-ring performers in the history of professional wrestling.

The WWE Hall of Famer now heads up the NXT developmental brand, so he holds a great amount of influence on the future of the business.

However, it took Michaels a while to figure out how his career has had a genuine impact on the lives of fans around the world.

In an interview on the “Monsters of the Morning” radio show on 104.1 WTKS-FM radio in Orlando, Florida, HBK recalled the moment he realized how influential his WWE career really was. He said:

“After I retired, that’s maybe the first time you start going out on appearances, or [in my case] I was doing a hunting show, went over to somewhere in Africa, we come to this very small airport, and literally all of a sudden, every person in the airport is just coming [towards us] and we’re all like, ‘Oh my goodness, what’s going on?'” 

“Then they start coming towards me … The [equivalent of] TSA guys are coming over. And you just forget how big this brand is, where it goes.”

This was the moment when it clicked in Shawn’s head that he was part of something bigger than he realized. Michaels said:

“You run across people at appearances who can tell you where they were at a particular moment during this match that you did and how that changed [their life].”

“And again, you go, ‘Oh my goodness.’ It’s kind of weird [to me] because I’m just being a professional. We’re not curing cancer, here.”

Transcription via Wrestling Inc.

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