The Corporation: Where are they now?

#5 Shawn Michaels

That’s right, good ol’ HBK was a part of the evil regime too. He took over from Sgt, Slaughter as the commissioner of the WWF and pledged allegiance to The Corporation.

He used his unrivalled charisma to throw his authority around and screw over the babyfaces at the time. He actually played a brilliant heel. Although one might argue that he had played a heel before, I would say he was more of a polarising figure more deserving of the term ‘tweener’. This full-heel role was something new for the audience but it was good to see Shawn Michaels on TV again.

He actually left The clutches of The Corporation to join his own stable D-Generation X but was sidelined from TV to have the surgery on his back that had stopped him from competing in the ring.

It would not be until 2002 when Michaels made a return for a one-off that he realised he was completely healed and resumed his career.

As fans, we got many more years of The Showstopper and he had many feuds to remember such as Chris Jericho and The McMahons, but none were more jaw-dropping than his final feud with The Undertaker.

He put on two 5-star matches with the Deadman at WrestleMania 25 and 26 respectively. The latter saw his career on the line against The Undertaker’s streak. Shawn lost the match and has stayed retired ever since.

He has appeared in various movies and is essentially on a legends contract with WWE. He now teaches the finishing class, which is the final class before making it to NXT fully, at the WWE Performance Centre.