How Shawn Michaels feels about other wrestlers using the superkick after he retired
While speaking to 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony, Shawn Michaels commented on other wrestlers using the superkick after he retired…
“I can remember with Sweet Chin Music—the superkick—it was a couple years after I retired, getting a phone call. One guy wanted to use it, and you know, asked if it was okay. I said, ‘Yeah, it didn’t matter to me.’
I want to say it was Dolph Ziggler. And I just thought, like I said, ‘sure.’ I’m not there anymore. I’ve just never been someone who wanted to be an old-timer that stopped the progression and evolution of the business. I ran into that a lot—’kids are killing the business,’ ‘you’re going too fast.’ I didn’t want to be one of those guys.
So once I said yes to that one, it was like opening a floodgate. I guess I’ll say this: I’m always happy, because that question comes up in nearly every interview I do. I still feel like the move is always going to be synonymous with me, which I appreciate.
And I think to myself, if I’m lying there on my deathbed and my biggest problem is that too many people were using the damn move, then I did good. I mean, come on—there’s hardly anything to complain about.”