18 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Shawn Michaels
7. He Posed For Playgirl
WWE went PG in 2008, but even before then, Shawn Michaels was a strictly PG guy. After his conversion in 2002, he veered away from the blue stuff that he'd done earlier in his career, famously keeping some distance from the sexually-explicit antics in which Triple H engaged during the DX reunion.
During the '90s, though, Michaels was as sleazy as they came. He would often expose his backside on TV, giving the female fans a bit of a show. That got worse once DX started, with Michaels constantly mooning fans and foes alike.
The apex of Michaels's smuttiness came when he - as WWE Champion - posed for Playgirl magazine. Though his layout was non-nude, it was decidedly lascivious to have the champion pose - with his belt - in such a magazine.
Though one can argue that Michaels was a trailblazer who paved the way for hosts of WWE divas to appear in Playboy, odds are that HBK isn't too happy these days when fans bring him copies of his Playgirl magazine to sign.