who is better? 1985-1998 hbk or 2002-present HBK

[lmoney215]

just curious on which hbk does everything think is better in terms of workrate, getting people over, wrestling skill, performance wise?

i've also put separate eras as well.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Hmmmm, that's a difficult question my friend as there are many factors I have to look at here. For his early singles run (91-95) I felt that he had potential, but still really seemed at times like
he scremed "mid-card" and I just have to watch Royal Rumble '92 to remind myself why. So that one's out.

From '95 to the end of his first run, his workrate was top notch, his psychology had improved greatly and he had toned down his tendencies to over do things in the ring. If it weren't for the fact that he was a massive d*** behind the scenes, as well as you having "getting people over" as criteria I probably woulda gone with this era.

But to wrap this up, I gotta give the vote to '02-present Shawn. He performs almost as good as he did in his prime without the B.S baggage he had goin on back then. Here's to another couple successful years for HBK

[ultimatekennedy]

Never saw much back in the day stuff but I love the guy and he is still cooking after all these years and without the backstage bullsh**. At least not as much, I haven't heard about much of that from him these days.

[A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto)]

leckmoney said:

just curious on which hbk does everything think is better in terms of workrate, getting people over, wrestling skill, performance wise?

i've also put separate eras as well.

Well, my favorite is the 1996 HBK.

[Massive G]

during the initial DX run, his promos drew so much heat that they practically caused riots. Not only that, but he basically carried the WWF (blasphemy!) on his back to 5 star matches at every PPV.

[Joekishi]

Most definitely my favorite ring worker ever.

I think right now he's at his peak wrestling wise. He's just a great wrestler. I was a huge HBK fan back in the day though.

But right now he's definitely surpassed Hart, Savage, Steamboat, and Flair, in the in-ring department in my echeleon

that's weird.

How I loved Bret on the mic more than i did his ring work, but love HBK's ring work more than his mic work.

[King Fox -1017 Bricksquad]

'96 Shawn will always be my favorite.

[Sumbody Gon' Get Dey Kneelift]

I loved his "Legend Killer" matches with Orton back in, what, 04?

[HRH The KING]

1992-1998 HBK is one of my all time favourite wrestlers.

[Loki]

I'm still partial to post-Rockers, pre-WWF title Shawn Michaels.

The one with Sherri, the big mirror and the cow/zebra pants is my favourite. When he switched full time to the HBK monicker, Diesel came around and Shawn began acting more and more like a male stripper (and later like a genuine asshole) and the megapush started officially, I lost interest.

[The Heff]

I only saw 2002 Shawn and 2nd run DX Shawn. So he's my favorite by default.

[Hiroshi Hase]

johnnyvulture said:

during the initial DX run, his promos drew so much heat that they practically caused riots. Not only that, but he basically carried the WWF (blasphemy!) on his back to 5 star matches at every PPV.

He only had a few matches on PPV while being a part of DX, Survivor Series 97 wasn't all that great, the DX PPV was alright, the Rumble PPV was a cluster in my view and Wrestlemania was decent,IMO.

I'm more towards 2002 Shawn as I couldn't stand to even watch most of his promos at the time in 96-97.

[lmoney215]

its a tie between the first dx run hbk and current hbk because of the heat that he was able to generate and the introduction of the "attitude era" along with steve austin and in today's era, he's been able to put on 4-5 star matches with most everyone he's been in the ring with. you could argue that his match with kurt angle in wrestlemania 21 could even be a 6 star match.

[wolfmoon103100]

Right Now he is great. Not worried about Titles,willing to work with the youngsters. He's happy with what he's done in his carrer. He is wrestling like he loves it.

[Cibernético II]

Rockers Shawn was the only one that wasn't overrated. The rest of the Shawns suck the baloney pony

[Cap'n Crud]

loki said:

I'm still partial to post-Rockers, pre-WWF title Shawn Michaels.

The one with Sherri, the big mirror and the cow/zebra pants is my favourite. When he switched full time to the HBK monicker, Diesel came around and Shawn began acting more and more like a male stripper (and later like a genuine asshole) and the megapush started officially, I lost interest.

Ditto

[saggyboyflair]

gonna have to go with shawn 96-97. I thought he was a top notch in ring performer. Before he started to oversell like crazy and became watered down due to his born again thing. I havent cared for shawn all that much since he came back. He still can go but I liked shawn in the late 90's by far the most. Shawn was the best as an obnoxious jerk and before his injuries.

[rubber johnny]

the mullet years were my favourite

[Desi]

Though I love 94-98 HBK, I have to give the nod to 02-present HBK, he's really outdone himself now with his wrestling.

[Garee]

For me it's between his current run and the original DX run