10 Wrestlers Who Made Other WWE Wrestlers Cry

8. Shawn Michaels Makes Big Van Vader Cry

‘The Heartbreak Kid’ Shawn Michaels, before finding God and beating his demons in the early ‘00s, was known to have been notoriously difficult to get along with backstage throughout the ‘90s in the WWF.

He had issues with everyone from Shane Douglas to Bret Hart to The Rock. But he was somewhat untouchable as it was clear to anyone with eyes he was one of the most talented and charismatic performers of all time who got over huge with crowds and delivered thrillers night after night.

Michaels was tasked with working with Vader in the big man’s debut year with the company when they clashed over the WWF Championship. Vader’s manager at the time, Jim Cornette, has since revealed that Vader, who had participated in some of the most barbaric and brutally stiff matches ever with Cactus Jack and Stan Hansen at that point, started crying after getting chastised and chewed out by Shawn in one of their matches for pulling his long hair too tightly in a match, remarking “Leon (Vader) rolls out, and he’s cryin’. Said, ‘Shawn Michaels told me if I yanked his hair that way, that that’d be my job, and he’s gonna get me fired.’”