10 Most Radical Wrestler Attitude Adjustments
1. Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels seemed content setting his own career ablaze as long as he could be there to watch the world burn at his 1997/98 worst. ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ was still ‘The Showstopper’ when he deigned an event worthy of his time, but his spiralling addiction problems as the industry’s trademark “Angry Young Man” had fuelled hostilities with countless other colleagues beyond hated peer Bret Hart.
The near-crippling back injury he suffered in January 1998 was for many karmic punishment for his role in the November 1997 knifing of ‘The Hitman’s WWE legacy, but his unexpected 2002 return required an even greater spiritual intervention.
Hitting rock bottom with his booze and pills dependancy in 2001, Michaels fought the Lord and the Lord won. Embracing Christianity, Shawn made a spectacular return to the ring that many favour over his original vintage. That he managed to do so much in Round Two without alienating virtually everybody encountered was for many the biggest surprise of all.