WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels recently spoke with the folks at The Rack to promote his new autobiography, “Wrestling For My Life: The Legend, The Reality & The Faith Of A WWE Superstar.”<\/p>\n
Below are highlights from the interview:<\/p>\n
On what people will take away from his book: \u201cI have to tell you, and as I stated in the book, I\u2019m certainly no biblical scholar and I\u2019m no pastor, I\u2019m just a guy telling a story of what the Lord did in his life but I\u2019ve learned the power of testimony over the past several years. So, I\u2019m just hoping that if I\u2019m a guy who stands there amongst many people and raises their hands and goes\u2019 hey, just so you know I went through this, I had this problem. It\u2019s ok to say you struggled here and struggled there\u2019 and that it will help other people do the same and that they\u2019ll feel more comfortable knowing that it\u2019s ok.<\/p>\n
We live in, and especially in the WWE, in that world that obviously doesn\u2019t dead with a lot of truths and there\u2019s always wearing a mask, so to speak, and just for a bit being honest with oneself and saying you need help and admitting to that; that\u2019s not something that\u2019s looked upon as real strong these days but you\u2019d be surprised at what it does and the strength it takes to do it and the strength the Lord gives you to move forward past it.\u201d<\/p>\n
On reforming friendships when he returned to the WWE: \u201cNothing short of spectacular and that\u2019s again, probably one of the\u2026 it\u2019s always a toss-up about the single greatest thing about my salvation, but one of the things my faith has taught me is that everything in our lives is about relationships and to have the opportunity to be given a second change with these guys, especially again with like \u2018Stone Cold\u2019 Steve Austin and the Undertaker; guys that we weren\u2019t necessarily friends or hung out or anything like that, but we had a mutual respect for one another but obviously, because of the way I was before, it drove a wedge and didn\u2019t give us an opportunity to have more, more than just that professional respect that you almost have to have and having the opportunity to go back and form real friendships with those guys and more importantly to be at a point in our lives where I can say \u2018Hey, I\u2019m going to do this book, and it\u2019s in an area that you guys may or may not be real comfortable with; it\u2019s about my faith. But I want to be transparent, I want to be open and honest and only if you can be open and honest about me, would you write a dedication or would you write something and I want you to be painfully honest. It\u2019s ok\u2019.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t want people so to speak; I could have reached out to friends: Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, my wife and kids; people I know who will write things about me, but I wanted these guys who could truly give a real assessment of the before and after and honestly, the things they wrote almost brought a tear to my eye. The fact that they said, \u2018No, not only will I do it, but I\u2019d be honored to do it\u2019; that just meant the world to me because we have traveled some tough roads, these gentlemen and myself, to get where we\u2019re at and now to have a friendship and a real relationship that goes so far past and beyond the wrestling business and even sort of the silliness that that business brings to your life. It\u2019s nice to have something real and solid with those guys and again couldn\u2019t be more thrilled with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
On whether or not he has any particular fond memories about either Steve Austin or The Undertaker: \u201cThe irony, well I guess with both of them, is Steve and I had big differences: he was the guy I was dropping the championship to at WrestleMania 14, which was supposed to be the last match that I ever had because I\u2019d injured my back and had been told my career was over and again, to all these years later, to have him be one of the guys that wrote a foreword in this book and to be a guy who we talk on a fairly regular basis about hunting, our deer programs, our ranches and stuff like that. And then, of course, with the Undertaker, that\u2019s the guy who I ended up ending my career with, my actual wrestling career; I had my last two matches with him and they were just so off-the-charts spectacular and we brought in a lot of our real aspects into it, my faith into it and it was just a wonderful thing. It\u2019s an amazing moment to share those very real times with those guys and that\u2019s been, as I said, nothing short of spectacular and those are just two I guess fairly long winded but quick stories about those two guys in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n
Check out the complete interview at WildTalkRadio.com.<\/p>\n
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WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels recently spoke with the folks at The Rack to promote his new autobiography, “Wrestling For My Life: The Legend, The Reality & The Faith Of A WWE Superstar.” Below are highlights from the interview: On what people will take away from his book: \u201cI have to tell you, and … <\/p>\n