Shawn Michaels is perhaps the greatest wrestler of all time and he had the best in ring Matches during his era and he was the best for over 2 decades. Shawn Michaels could have a 4 star match with a broomstick as he was so good. And one of the main things that helped him become so great was the set of incredible moves he had at his disposal. Shawn Michaels had so many moves that his opponent would be confused as to which one he would dish out at that time. And now he is the creative head for NXT which is incredible for all the wrestlers down there.
Shawn Michaels was known as Mr WrestleMania and that tag comes with reason as he bought his best form for the biggest show of them all and he used new moves in WrestleMania matches which otherwise he would not do in other matches.
So, let’s see the Top 5 Moves of Shawn Michaels:
1) Sweet Chin Music
The Sweet Chin Music was one of the most popular finishing moves at that time and it was because Shawn Michaels did it so well. It was a superkick but the build and anticipation before the move made it one for the ages. This move is a superkick that Shawn Michaels did to finish his matches but before he used to kick his opponent, he would tune up the band and get the fans involved and then Finally hit the Sweet Chin Music and the match was over.
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2) Diving Elbow Drop
This was a signature Shawn Michaels move and he was one of the first ones to do an elbow drop from the top rope and most other wrestlers would do it from the middle rope or inside the ring. In this move Shawn Michaels would go to the top rope and from there he would dive full throttle and land an elbow right to the heart of his opponent. It was a risky move but Shawn Michaels made it look easy.
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3) Moonsault
The Moonsault was a move that was very common in the Matches of Shawn Michaels as he loved going to the top rope and doing all sorts of moves and the Moonsault was one of his most favorite ones. In this move Shawn Michaels would go to the top rope and lay it all on the line to get a big impact on his opponent. He perfected the Moonsault.
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4) Flying Forearm and then a kip- up
This move is detailed because Shawn Michaels was the originator of this move and this was the move he did just before he was about to hit his finishing move. In this move Shawn Michaels would be in momentum of the match and then he would hit the flying Forearm to his opponents and then they both lay down only for Shawn Michaels to kip up and get the fans excited.
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5) Figure Four Leglock
This is the one move that is very similar to both the arsenal of Triple H and Shawn Michaels because both were mentored by Ric Flair and he gave them his move to do and Shawn Michaels did this move when he wanted to tap out his opponent and he would do this move in one motion which is the hardest thing to do and it means sudden impact.
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