8 Wrestlers Who Put Insane Details Into Things You Didn't Notice
4. Shawn Gives Razor A Leg Up
Shawn Michaels might have quite earnestly earned himself a reputation for backstage politicking throughout his first run rivalled only by Hulk Hogan - a man he'd butt heads with on the same issue during his second - but when he pulled on the tights, a deep-seated respect for getting the business over more often than not trumped his otherwise insatiable ego and not entirely misplaced belief that he should be on top.
The Heartbreak Kid owed nothing to barely animated sequoia The Great Khali when the affable yet atrocious Indian failed to mug to the hard-cam after clearing ring at Royal Rumble 2007, yet he shouted in his cumbersome colleague's direction nevertheless. If that assist wasn't so surprising coming in the midst of a repentant Michaels' second spell, it was absolutely anathema to the sort of behaviour assumed of his 1993 vintage - yet this same selfless side nevertheless came to the fore every now and then.
Maybe it'd have been different had his opponent not been part of his inner circle - after all, HBK spared no obscenities in shepherding 'piece of sh*t' Bret Hart from the ring moments after beating him at WrestleMania XII. Two years earlier, Michaels was much more magnanimous, even in defeat. After Kliq buddy Razor Ramon ascended the ladder to win the pair's industry-defining eponymous match, he heard an instruction from his downed buddy: lift both belts!
The Bad Guy took the advice of the sometimes good guy, and it resulted in an iconic photograph he makes a living off signing to this day.