Shawn Michaels is the “G.O.A.T” Of WWE — Ric Flair Opens up

WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels has responded to remarks that he is the greatest wrestler of all time, as Mr WrestleMania told Inside.

The Ropes‘ Lead Writer Gary Cassidy that he appreciates the praise, but that it’s “here today, gone tomorrow” and he just feels fortunate to have had such a great career.

16-time World Champion Ric Flair recently opened up about how he believes Shawn Michaels is the greatest in-ring worker of all time – something the Heartbreak Kid says drove him when he was younger.

“It’s all subjective, right? Ours is not a line of work that deals with stats and things of that nature.

I will say this, over the years, when I was younger, it was the drive, it was a passion, it was the desire to be the best or to want to be called, or at least grouped in with, the greatest of all time.”

Michaels then went on to talk about how he appreciates the compliment from anyone, but that it means the most from his peers.

“As you get older, you begin to realize that, the guys that I was in there with, I can only assume that in our world here, the Tom Bradys, the Michael Jordans…

I never want to ever have it sound disrespectful. I greatly appreciate the people, the fans or even sportswriters or people thinking you’re the best of the greatest, which is very nice.

But for me, it means the most to hear from the guys that I was in the ring with – because those are the people you feel truly know the difference, and could feel the difference.”

Mr WrestleMania would then go on to say how his aim was to always be a memorable match and a natural, comfortable experience for his opponents.

“I think that’s one thing that… I don’t know. I always wanted at least to make guys’ experience with me inside that ring to be something they’d always remember.

That, for some reason, being in there with me was, I don’t know, easy or special and a bit more, I guess, natural and comfortable – and, of course, something that they could look back on and be happy about.

So, hearing it from my my peers is clearly the best thing to me. But I also do know that stuff is here today and gone tomorrow, so it’s not something I really think about that much anymore.

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It’s just very nice to look back on what I think is a really wonderful career that I feel very fortunate to have had.”