Posted By James Walsh on 04/06/26


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.”