Shawn Michaels On Telling Ric Flair to ‘Shut Up and Listen’ Before Their WrestleMania 24 Match

WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, who is set to make his return to WWE TV at Raw 25 on Monday night in New York City, recently appeared on the “In This Corner” podcast to discuss his ability to connect with fans during his WWE matches.

During the interview, Michaels was asked about the lore of him telling Ric Flair to “shut up and listen” before their classic WrestleMania 28 match, as HBK wanted to call the match in order to use it as a way of penning a love letter to his friend Ric Flair.

“Truth be told, when it came to that kind of stuff, I’m a bit of a control freak,” Michaels told CBS Sports. “But just from the standpoint emotionally, I just knew where I wanted it. That match was — quite honestly, as cheesy as it sounds — it was my sort of love letter to Ric Flair and my way of trying to show him the friendship that we had and the impact that he had on the 15-year-old me and trying to convey that to him through a wrestling match.

“It was knowing that I couldn’t be the only guy that he had that effect on. You hope that the other 80,000 fans out there get that and clearly everyone did and the millions watching at home did. But it really is, it’s sort of just making that decision as a performer where it’s, ‘This is something I want to do. Please let me do it.’”

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Both Michaels and Flair will be appearing at Raw 25 being simulcast on Monday night from The Manhattan Center and The Barclays Center in New York City.