It wouldn’t be a Superstar sex talk without a comparison of wrestling on the mat to wrestling in the sack, and this interview was no exception, with Shawn boasting that “nobody can make people yell louder than me for more. Shawn said he liked smart women who are in shape, which should come as no surprise to anyone who knew his history with former Raw Girl Themis Klarides, who, as a current State Representative from Connecticut, puts the “congress” back in “sexual congress.” Shouldn’t that be “Miss Right”? Apparently there was more truth to that Diana Smith home-wrecker angle than we figured! It turned out, Michaels was a shy guy who liked being pursued rather than doing the pursuing himself and thought girls were “just the neatest thing in the world.” Shawn called himself, and I quote, a “kissy-kissy, touchy- touchy, feely-feely” kind of guy who, more than anything, was looking for “Mrs. The idea was that women the world over who wanted HBK to deliver his “sweet chin music” to them could now have their fill.Īnd so, Shawn’s female interviewer figuratively gushed over the Sexy Boy as they chatted about his turn-ons. And you thought it was unrealistic that Playboy and Playdude co-exist in the Simpsons universe) (Playgirl, by the way, is not affiliated with Playboy. And no, it wasn’t Highlights for Children it was Playgirl: Entertainment for Women. Now (ahem) firmly established as the champion of women (and also for kids - just ignore the innuendo for that part), Shawn decided to give a sizable portion of his fan base what they wanted, agreeing to a magazine spread in 1996. Apparently, the Boy Toy routine that enraged men during his heel run did not appeal to them in his babyface run, either. Not only did he prance around the ring, shimmying out of his studded leather chaps, but he ended up actually pulling down his trunks on a regular basis.Įveryone from Vince McMahon to Todd Pettengill delighted in telling the audience how sexy Shawn was, but a large segment of adult male fans had turned against HBK, despite his being a face.Īnd no amount of ab-displaying could sway them.
(And what it lacked in Brutus Beefcake, it made up for in actual bare male ass)Īnd so Shawn Michaels, WWF’s resident Sexy Boy, gradually evolved from a narcissistic pretty boy to a stripper.ĭon’t think I’m exaggerating here, either. Although the placement of that In Your House logo is suggestive as hell.īut what the Federation lacked in cheesecake, it made up for in beefcake.
And none of them were exactly sex symbols.
By early 1995, the WWF was the proverbial sausage fest, with a sparse women’s division and one female on-screen personality in the form of Stephanie Wiand. The New Generation era was an odd one in terms of the use of sex appeal in wrestling.
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