Heel Or Face: Shawn Michaels

This a new series I am starting that is called Heel or Face. I will pick a superstar everyday and go through their career as a Heel and a Face and you will decide if they were a better Heel or Face.

Today, I start with Shawn Michaels a man that has been on both sides of the spectrum and been Champion on both sides of the spectrum.

Shawn Michaels has been in the business for almost 25 years and has made a name for himself as that why he is dubbed "Mr. WrestleMania, "The Main Event," and "The Headliner".

HBK started his career as everyone does, a jobber, he was very good at what he did and got a lot of respect early in his career. Shawn has worked back and forth as being a Heel and a Face through out his old career.

After having a few years under his belt he got his name established and became a premier star in pro wrestling.

Shawn wrestled with Marty Jannetty as "The Midnight Rockers;" they wrestled in the AWA and WWE as they team grew as the fan base for the tag team.

In 1989 the "Midnight Rockers" became one of the top teams in the wrestling business and Shawn was shinning out of the two and showed it in the ring.

Michaels and Jannetty teamed for six years but in 1991, Shawn took the step from face to heel as he turned his back on Jannetty on a episode of the Barber Shop.

This was one of the most shocking turns in WWE and wrestling history and changed the persona of Shawn Michaels and became "The Boy Toy."

Michaels Turns on Jannetty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFy7Z75I-KQ

"The Boy Toy" Shawn Michaels was becoming one of the top heels in the business at the time with the cockiness and even from "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig adopted the name "Heart Break Kid" (HBK) and would become one of the most athletic superstars in the business at the time.

Shawn would got a shot at Bret Hart and the Intercontinental Championship but would lose in the first-ever Ladder Match.

Michaels would win the Intercontinental Championship from the British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith on a November edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.

Shawn would get a title shot for the WWE Championship at the 1992 Survivor Series but would lose to Hart.

Hart was a main event wrestler and it showed as he would get involved in high profile matches after his WWE Championship lose to Bret Hart.

Shawn would start a feud with Marty Jannetty as they would have that classic match on Raw in 1993, Shawn lose the title but would win it back thanks to Kevin Nash as he made his debut as Michaels' bodyguard.

Michaels would have to give up the Intercontinental Championship and let the title become vacant were Razor Ramon would in the title and would set up a rivalry between the two, as Shawn would face Razor Ramon from the match that stole the show and started the legacy of Mr. WrestleMania. Shawn would lose that match and then end the rivalry at SummerSlam in the rematch that Razor won also.

The match was Match of the Year and named a five-star match that year.

WrestleMania X Michaels v Ramon Ladder Match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA5k1QwwF7M

Shawn would win the Tag Team Championship with Diesel but would cost him the  Intercontinental Championship that would ignite a feud between the two.

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