Shawn Michaels spent his in-ring career known as the \’Sexy Boy\’ and the WWE Hall of Famer has a handsome man in mind to portray him in a movie. On Instagram, the WWE NXT roster was asked who they\’d want to play them in a movie about their lives. When Michaels, the Head of NXT, was asked, he didn\’t know who\’d portray him today but picked Brad Pitt as his younger doppelganger.
\”Young me? Brad Pitt. Old me? Uh, I don’t even want to think about it, he’s probably not with us anymore.\
WWE NXT: The Movie
Michaels wasn\’t the only name from WWE NXT to give his pick for the perfect movie casting. You can check out the dream casting for the WWE NXT roster below:
- Thea Hail: Madelyn Cline (Stranger Things, Glass Onion)
- NXT North American Women\’s Champion Kelani Jordan: Singer Mya or Halle Berry (X-Men, Gothika)
- Mark Coffey: John Goodman (The Blues Brothers, the Big Lebowski)
- Je\’Von Evans: Jaden Smith (The Pursuit of Happiness, After Earth
- NXT Women\’s Champion Roxanne Perez: Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream)
- Ethan Page: Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes)
- Karmen Petrovic: Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman, Death on the Nile)
- Ashante Adonis: Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Black Panther)
- Oba Femi: Winston Duke (Black Panther, Fall Guy)
- Jakara Jackson: Meagan Good (Stomp the Yard)
- NXT Heritage Cup Holder Charlie Dempsey: Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie, Joker 2)
- Lash Legend: Porsha Williams (The Real Housewives of Atlanta)
- WWE NXT Champion Trick Williams: Himself
With the success of The Iron Claw and a Hart family movie reportedly in the works, the world of wrestling is proving to be popular on the big screen. Stay tuned to SEScoops for all the latest from WWE NXT and its continued work on its new home on the USA Network.
