Shawn Michaels: Legendary Matches, Classic Feuds, NXT, Favorite Opponents, Mr. WrestleMania

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Chris Van Vliet

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4.9 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Grab a CVV Micro Brawler! - https://cvvmerch.comShawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels) is a retired professional wrestler, 2-time WWE Hall of Famer, and the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative at NXT. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Las Vegas, NV to discuss the transition from wrestler to running NXT, what looks for in a young Superstar, the 2 defining eras of his in-ring career, his epic matches with the likes of The Undertaker, Ric Flair and Kurt Angle, whether he views himself as the greatest wrestler of all time, his thoughts on his return match at Crown Jewel, his mindset to become Mr. WrestleMania and more!

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.
0:20.0	Ah, yes, welcome back to another one here on Inside.
0:24.4	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:27.1	Thank you for hitting play on this episode.
0:29.2	And thank you for helping to make Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet.
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0:44.6	interviews every Tuesday and Thursday and Ask CVV every Friday. What a big one we have today.
0:53.3	The Heartbreak kid himself, Sean Michaels, is on the show.
0:57.3	And when you talk about the all-time greats, HBK is absolutely on that list.
1:03.9	We covered a ton during this interview.
1:06.6	We talked a lot about his career and the mindset that he had to be one of the best ever. And we also
1:12.7	talk about what he's doing now in NXT. And he just has this amazing mind when it comes to
1:19.6	wrestling. And I feel so grateful that I was able to pick his brain a little bit, extract some of
1:25.5	that information. And here's some of these amazing stories.
1:29.3	So I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Please snap a screenshot and tag us. He's at
1:35.2	Sean Michaels. I'm at Chris Van Fleet. And ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the one,
1:42.2	the only, Sean Michaels.
1:49.1	You've had a lot of big wigs on, so.
1:51.2	Yeah.
1:51.6	I'm honored to be a part of it.
1:53.3	I'm honored to have you on.
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