Rebooking The 2002 WWE Brand Extension Draft
17. Raw Pick 2: Shawn Michaels
Actual Pick: The nWo
Being tight with Triple H, Flair would have the inside track on knowing that Shawn Michaels is close to returning to the ring, and invests a heavy pick to take The Heartbreak Kid with the second pick, even though Shawn won't wrestle a single match until SummerSlam.
The risky pick will pay off handsomely for Flair. Michaels had a renaissance of a second career in the WWE, tacking on eight magnificent years to what at that point had already been a Hall of Fame career cut tragically short.
In addition to a World Heavyweight Championship reign, HBK would steal the show at WrestleMania year after year after year, main eventing three of them, on his way to being a first ballot Hall of Famer.