Shawn Michaels says he takes a hands-off approach when it comes to documentaries about his career. The WWE Hall of Famer discussed his involvement in the new Peacock original documentary, The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels, set to release on April 13.
In an interview with Big Gold Media, Michaels explained his philosophy on letting filmmakers tell his story without interference. He questioned how this documentary would differ from previous ones about his career.
Focus on NXT Role
I will say one of the things when it comes to these documentaries, I’m very hands off. Especially, I guess, this one, I was just curious how it was going to be different than the other ones, and I never like to be dismissive of, I don’t know, of my story by any stretch, but it felt like, ‘oh, well, we’ve kind of told it (all) before.’ How will this one be different?” Michaels said.
The documentary distinguishes itself by focusing heavily on Michaels’ current work as WWE NXT’s Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative. He expressed satisfaction that the film highlights his role mentoring the next generation of WWE superstars.
Obviously that was the idea is that it’s so much more focused on what it is we do in NXT and just how important and what a big part of certainly my life and even to some extent the life of my family, how big it is,” Michaels explained.
So that was something that, again, that I was pleased to see that we would be focusing a lot on that because that is, again, the biggest part of my life right now, and having the opportunity to give back to an industry that’s been so good to me and to do it through the young men and women that come through our doors in NXT.
The Peacock original documentary premieres April 13 and will explore both Michaels’ legendary in-ring career and his current leadership position in NXT.
