10 Egocentric Wrestling Stars Who Believed Their Own Hype

Much like Lex Luger, Shawn Michaels is all too happy to discuss how much of a cocky person he was during his prime. Long before he was even WWF World Champion, Michaels was butting heads with many due to his attitude, one which was fairly self-destructive and not exactly conducive to forging relationships with those around him.

As one part of 'The Kliq', a group of wrestlers who dominated the WWF in the mid-1990's, HBK wasn't adverse to refusing jobs, notably turning down the idea that he drop the Intercontinental Title to Shane 'Dean' Douglas. Similarly, he was hard to work with, memorably stomping on Vader's face and verbally berating him during their SummerSlam 1996 main event.

Things only got worse once Bret Hart's name was brought into the equation, the men just plain didn't really like one another, and there was a real clash of personalities. According to Bret, the original plan called for Shawn to lose to him at WrestleMania 13, returning the favour from 'Mania XII, but Michaels didn't want to do it.

The guy may be a different animal in 2015, but he has changed for the better, mellowing out with age and not quite being the arrogant ball of fury that he was during the 90's.