Shawn Michaels on the importance of action figures throughout his career

There are few wrestlers in the world who have more action figures than WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels.

WWE Vice President of Talent Development Shawn Michaels recently met with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated. When asked about his upcoming Ultimate Edition action figure based on his WrestleMania XII outfit that will be revealed at San Diego Comic Con, Michaels said that being at the show will give him some much-needed recognition from his son.

“To have this character debut at San Diego Comic Con is a big deal for me,” said Shawn Michaels. “It will give me street cred with my son. San Diego Comic Con is where all the Marvel people go and it will get me noticed in the Hickenbottom household, so I have to thank the team at Mattel. This is a huge achievement for Papa Hickenbottom back home.”

“About a year ago, the Mattel team came to my house to visit. That’s when I started thinking that my entire adult life, at various stages, was captured through these action figures. It’s just incredible how many things I had somehow forgotten until I saw the figures and then remembered. The team at Mattel is incredible. I’ll never forget the zipline before WrestleMania, but it’s so many different aspects of my life – where I was in life, how I was feeling – and all of that is captured there.”

Shawn Michaels has produced nearly 300 action figures throughout his career

Michaels admitted that he never imagined that his entire adult life would one day be immortalized in the form of an action figure.

“I remember being 19 and thinking about what this job of being a professional wrestler would be like,” said Shawn Michaels. “Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined it would be this huge, this big, or this fast. I can get introspective about this stuff.”

“My wife Rebecca came back to Texas and moved all of our stuff to Florida. We’ve been unpacking everything for weeks and there’s just so much stuff. A lot of it is from my wrestling career. It’s boxes and boxes. The kids saw the action figure from the AWA. It feels like it was forever ago. It’s absolutely overwhelming when you look back on all of that. That’s why I’m so grateful to be able to come to work. I never dreamed it would be this big.”

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