Shawn Michaels products
Quicklinks
Top Links
biographyby votesawardsNewsDeskmessage boardFilmographies
overviewby typeby yearby ratingsby votesby TV series awards by genre by keywordBiographical
biography other works publicity photo galleryTwitterblogNewsDeskmessage boardExternal Links
official sites miscellaneous photographs sound clips video clipsNews for
Shawn Michaels (V) More at IMDbPro »
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
1-20 of 40 items from 2012 « Prev | Next »
This Week in WWE: Sheamus Shines & Kane Recovers To Wrestle After 26 Chair Shots
5 hours ago | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Sheamus continues to shine as a worker, Tyson Kidd and Antonio Cesaro steal the show on Superstars and Kane is still able to wrestle after receiving twenty six chair shots prior to a match-up. Here is a look at the best and some of the worse stuff from the past week in the WWE.
Wrestler of the week: Sheamus
The Irishman coming to the aid of John Cena at the start of Raw brought some much needed energy to a dire segment involving John Laurinaitis, Eve and the Big Show and helped to wash away the taste of yet another horrendous verbal performance from Cena. Later in the night, when partnering with the poster boy, the world heavyweight champion had some great powerhouse exchanges with Tensai, some brilliantly heroic brawling on the outside with the lumberjacks and solid back and forths with both Ziggler and Swagger who he also had »
- Laurent Kelly
WWE Suspends Chris Jericho For 30 Days
26 May 2012 3:03 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
On Friday evening, WWE.com announced that Chris Jericho had been suspended for 30 days.
As we reported yesterday, WWE had suspended Jericho “indefinitely” for “desecrating” the Brazil national flag during the company’s first ever live event in the country. Jericho kicked the flag that had been thrown into the ring by a fan during an attempt to draw heat from the crowd but as desecrating the national flag is an offence in Brazil, he was spoken to by police and was nearly arrested before he apologised to the live crowd.
WWE.com updated their report on Jericho with the following statement;
“WWE Superstar Chris Jericho has been suspended for 30 days due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in São Paulo on May 24.”
Jericho has been pulled from all live event appearances and replaced by Daniel Bryan for the main event WWE Title matches against Cm Punk. »
- Matt Holmes
Why WWE Should Bring Back European Title
22 May 2012 11:19 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
WWE retired The European Title in 2002 when Rob Vam Dam defeated Jeff Hardy in a ladder match to unify it with the Intercontinental title.
During the belt’s lifetime, which began in 1997, many questioned its relevance. If it was there to promote European talent, then it failed
as only 2 of the 28 champions were actually European. The late British Bulldog was the inaugural champion, while William Regal won the belt a record four times. In fairness to the WWE, there wasn’t a great deal of continental talent on the roster.
Nonetheless, if the WWE was trying to give European fans a greater sense of importance, then they failed in that too. A belt that was born in Berlin died in Michigan – while only three of the 36 title changes having happened on European soil.
However if its purpose was to help superstars launch their careers, then this was something it achieved. »
- Sohail Malik
WWE Over The Limit PPV – What Can We Expect?
20 May 2012 7:53 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Over The Limit
Pnc Arena in Raleigh, Nc
Don’t be fooled by WWE Over The Limit’s lacklustre buildup, where the PPV itself has been derived of any real strong individual story lines, the matches themselves hold they’re own strengths and intrigue. The WWE title bout itself is said to be an Internet fanboys dream. A World Heavyweight title contest pitting 4 men who have all had their own brush with the Gold against each other. John Laurinitis set to get his comupence from John Cena, while the rest of card is a general affair.
Pre Show – Zack Ryder vs Kane
This will mark the third consecutive show that WWE have aired a teaser prior to their PPV, giving fans a small taster of what to expect and WWE’s last ditch attempt to garner those additional PPV buys.
Over the last year Zack Ryder’s stock has plummeted. »
- Andrew Smith
WWE Raw Review 14/5/12 – John Laurinaitis Fires Big Show
16 May 2012 11:36 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
The Big News: John Laurinaitis fired Big Show but was informed by John Cena that he too would be fired unless he emerged victorious in their match at Over the Limit. Meanwhile Paul Heyman made another appearance and threatened Triple H with a lawsuit after Hunter made physical contact with him and Chris Jericho inflamed further animosity between Sheamus and Randy Orton in the build to their fatal four way world heavyweight championship match.
In a Nutshell: Phoney lawsuits, false firings and comedy villains or how the WWE stopped caring and learnt that they could simply rely on Wrestlemania.
Triple H and John Laurinaitis bumped into one another backstage at the start of the show. Laurinaitis explained that he had no idea Brock Lesnar was going to attack him like he did and then amusingly disguised an insult with false sympathy by saying how painful it was to watch Lesnar »
- Laurent Kelly
WWE Raw Results 14/5/2012 – Big Show Is Fired
14 May 2012 11:21 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Last night’s WWE Raw SuperShow results from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
Triple H is walking backstage with his arm in a brace and he walks into John Laurinaitis. The Raw General Manager tells him that he didn’t know Lesnar was going to attack him a fortnight ago and says that it was painful to watch Lesnar beat Hhh up, humiliate him and break his arm. Laurinaitis says Triple H has his support and sympathy. Triple H just stares down at Laurinaitis and says he is about to tell the whole world how he feels and wishes Johnny Ace luck in his match with John Cena on Sunday.
Hhh comes to the ring and says he is not concerned over his physical injuries sustained in Lesnar’s attack but he is offended by Lesnar’s remarks about bringing back legitimacy to the company. Triple H says the »
- Matt Holmes
WWE Raw Review 7/5/12 – Brock Lesnar Quits & Paul Heyman Returns
9 May 2012 12:34 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
The Big News: Paul Heyman returned as Brock Lesnar’s legal representative and announced that Lesnar had quit the company. Daniel Bryan tortured Cm Punk in the Yes Lock following a handicap victory over his rival with the assistance of Lord Tensai and the aftermath of a tag match featuring Sheamus/Orton vs Del Rio/Jericho led to John Laurinaitis booking a fatal four way title clash between the competitors at the Over the Limit PPV.
In a Nutshell: Legitimacy has come to a grinding halt with John Laurinatis now the main focus of programming.
John Laurinaitis opened the show by claiming that he was an authority figure who refused to be disrespected by John Cena which served as the explanation for why he had lost his temper the previous week. He then said that he would finish what Brock had started at WWE Over the Limit in a match »
- Laurent Kelly
WWE Raw Results 23/4/12 – Brock Lesnar vs John Cena Contract Signing
24 April 2012 12:42 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Last night’s WWE three-hour Raw SuperShow results from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan….
A contract signing for Extreme Rules pay-per-view opens the show with Teddy Long already in the ring. Teddy introduces John Cena who comes out. He then welcomes Brock Lesnar and Cena looks worried as the music plays but John Laurinaitis comes out instead and questions Teddy. Laurinaitis has already told Long that Lesnar isn’t here yet and the contract signing will take place when Brock arrives and on his terms. Johnny says this could be Cena’s last night on Raw and that he should enjoy it.
John Laurinaitis introduces himself to the crowd when Edge’s music hits. He says he isn’t supposed to be here tonight and in a few days his WWE contract expires. He says he has come here to talk to John Cena and that he would »
- Matt Holmes
“The Hunger Games” stays strong and tops $350m Weekend Box Office
22 April 2012 12:12 PM, PDT | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
HollywoodNews.com: It was an ‘everybody wins’ weekend at the box office as all three openers outperformed even the most optimistic expectations. The number one film of the weekend was not The Hunger Games but rather Think Like A Man. The all-star romantic comedy based off of Steve Harvey’s best-selling relationship self-help book grossed a somewhat surprising $33 million on just over 2000 screens. The Screen Gems film was notable in that the small studio made a real effort to market the African-American-centric rom-com both to black males and white audiences (Vulture has a detailed article about the marketing campaign). Racial demographics aren’t available yet, but the film played 63% female and 62% over 30. For what it’s worth, it earned an A from Cinemascore, including an A+ from audiences under 25. Even more impressive is that the film achieved a near-3x, including a token increase on Saturday (from $12 million to $13 million »
- Scott Mendelson
WWE Raw Review 16/4/12 – Lord Tensai vs John Cena in the UK
17 April 2012 10:15 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
The Big News: Cm Punk defended his title against Mark Henry in a No Dq, No Count-outs match and learnt that at Extreme Rules he will face off against Chris Jericho in a Chicago Street Fight. Meanwhile Lord Tensai defeated John Cena in an Extreme Rules match thanks to the distractions from David Otunga and an impressive Brock Lesnar video package reminded everyone of the further trials awaiting Cena in two weeks time.
In a Nutshell: The WWE seem torn between remaining PG and trying to infiltrate attitude thus making for an uneven product.
Live from the O2 Arena, London, England
1.) Cm Punk defeated Mark Henry via pinfall to defend his WWE title in a No Dq, No Countouts match
This was Henry’s brute force colliding with Punk’s athletic cunning and it made for a gripping contest assisted by the great atmosphere provided by the crowd. Henry kicked »
- Laurent Kelly
WWE Tag Teams: The Good, The Bad & The Underrated
17 April 2012 3:00 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Impact wrestling is currently advertising the return of its most exciting tag team the Motorcity Machine Guns. But who are they actually going to wrestle when they return? Team 3D are long gone. Beer Money are feuding with each other. Morgan and Crimson have gone kaput. Ok, there’s the obvious choice of tag team champions Samoa Joe and Magnus but should they really be entered into a top feud right off the bat? This only goes to highlight the distinct lack of depth in tag team wrestling as a whole. Tna once had an amazing tag division that helped set it apart from the new champs every week approach of the WWE, but these days they too have seemingly given up the ghost.
It hasn’t always been like this though. Tag teams were once held with great esteem in the business we love, and the tag titles were »
- Matt Aspin
Who Should The Undertaker Face At WWE WrestleMania 29?
11 April 2012 8:35 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Despite only wrestling one night annually, The Undertaker once again stole the show at this year’s WrestleMania 28, putting on an epic battle for the ages against Triple H in the “End of an Era” Hell in a Cell match.
Taker, who is now 47 years old and has wrestled for over two decades with the WWE, looked in fantastic shape and all the pre-match talk over how badly his body had been beaten up and how he was too hurt to perform at his best, immediately was forgotten about when the bell first rang.
Reviews of The Undertaker vs. Triple H’s match have been hugely positive, some saying the match of the year was undeniably decided at the Sun Life Stadium. And encouragingly, the news is talk of any retirement for The Undertaker soon is wide off the mark;
WrestlingInc.com report via F4WOnline:
As noted before, people »
- Matt Holmes
Eric Larnick: The Rock Returns to WrestleMania
2 April 2012 9:14 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The Super Bowl of Sports Entertainment, WrestleMania 28, is here with a four-hour extravaganza from Miami, Florida. The night's main event pits wrestling legend-turned-Hollywood star, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson against WWE's biggest attraction, John Cena. Cena thinks Rock is a sell-out who can't go anymore. Rock thinks Cena is overrated, one-note and protected by corporate PR. Who's right? The only way to settle it is to get in the ring.
Quick Results
Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan
Kane defeated Randy Orton
The Big Show defeated Cody Rhodes
Maria Menounos and Kelly Kelly defeated Beth Phoenix and Eve
The Undertaker defeated Triple H
Team Johnny defeated Team Long
C.M. Punk defeated Chris Jericho
The Rock defeated John Cena
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: WrestleMania 28
The event kicks off with a lovely rendition of "America the Beautiful" sung by announcer Lilian Garcia, that is punctuated by an airshow rivaling Springfield's best. An opening »
- Eric Larnick
Wrestlemania 28 Countdown: Top 10 Wrestlemania Matches of All-Time
25 March 2012 6:24 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Just making the card of wrestlemania is enough to fulfil the dreams of some of the members of the wwe roster but then there are others who aim a little higher to pursue a coveted wrestlemania moment and to steal the show with their match on the grandest stage of them all. It is the grandstand wrestling event where the likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock watched childhood heroes such as Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage engage in combat and where today’s main eventers such as Cm Punk and The Miz were captivated in turn by the likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock.
With so much desire in the air it is perhaps not surprising to discover that Wrestlemania has been responsible for numerous great matches, many of which had to be sacrificed for this elite list but what follows is simply my »
- Laurent Kelly
WWE Road to Wrestlemania 28 – The Undertaker divides Triple H and Hbk
23 March 2012 1:37 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
* Spoilers *
With Wrestlemania 28 just round the corner, feuds went into overdrive this week to cement there heat as they go into the big show. Chris Jericho continued to dig into Cm Punk’s shady family life, while The Rock delivered a thunderous statement in front of John Cena, and there was an in-ring confrontation between The Undertaker, Triple H and Shawn Michaels. Oh and there is going to be a Divas match for you to go to the toilet or get a drink on the night.
The Undertaker vs Triple H – Hell in a Cell
This week on Raw the three protagonists involved in this match-up, The Undertaker, Triple H and special guest referee Shawn Michaels, were finally in the same ring to confront some of the issues blighting the build up to their match. The Heartbreak Kid kicked things off, talking about always stealing the show at Wrestlemania and »
- Rob Sellars
WWE Raw Review 19/3/12 – The Rock vs John Cena Continues
20 March 2012 7:33 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
WWE Raw Review – 19/03/2012
The Big News: Triple H tried to intimidate Undertaker but it was the Deadman who dealt the true psychological blow to his upcoming opponent by reminding Hunter that he still believed that he was inferior to Shawn Michaels. Meanwhile Rock and Cena both showed their strength in taking down Mark Henry and Chris Jericho continued to air dirty laundry regarding Punk’s loved ones.
In a Nutshell: More solid progression for the matches that matter at this year’s Wrestlemania.
Cm Punk came out to start the show. Footage was replayed from Jericho’s “Cm Drunk” promo the previous week before Punk informed everyone that Jericho wasn’t in the arena tonight which proved just what kind of man he is. He said that Jericho pissed him off not because the fact his father was an alcoholic was some big secret but because he exposed information in »
- Laurent Kelly
Eric Larnick: 'WWE Raw' Recap: Musical Showdown With The Rock
14 March 2012 8:01 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The big showdown from the Mar. 12 Raw, live in Cleveland, Ohio is a musical battle between John Cena and the Rock.
We're two weeks away from "WrestleMania 28" on Sun., April 1. Live from the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida, headliners Cena -- the face of World Wrestling Entertainment -- will be squaring off against wrestler-turned-movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson at the Super Bowl of wrestling.
But before we get ahead of ourselves, onto this week's showdown:
Opening Segment: John Cena's Battle Rap
Watch On WWE Fan Nation
Cena comes out in full "Doctor of Thuganomics" gear, complete with Cavaliers jersey. Despite the local sports team pandering and wrestling fans' love of nostalgia, Cena is met with a divisive crowd. He lays down some pretty vulgar rhymes, including wanting to give Rock a Cleveland steamer. Cleveland, uh, appreciates(?) the shout-out.
When John Cena used to do this Mark Wahlberg »
- Eric Larnick
John Cena vs Mark Henry On WWE Raw Next Week
13 March 2012 2:37 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
WWE have announced that on next week’s WWE Raw SuperShow from Philadelphia, John Cena will take on Mark Henry.
Also scheduled for the live show is another in-ring confrontation between Triple H, his WrestleMania 28 opponent The Undertaker and the special guest referee for that Hell in a Cell match, Shawn Michaels.
The Rock is also scheduled for an appearance to hype his WrestleMania 28 main event.
Meanwhile, scheduled for tomorrow night’s Friday Night SmackDown tapings, Christian will be hosting a special version of Peep Show with Teddy Long and John Laurinaitis as his special guests.
Finally, in a blooper note from last night, The Undertaker incorrectly mentioned that WrestleMania 28 will be taking place on April 21st when the event in Miami, Florida is actually happening April 1st. »
- Matt Holmes
WWE Raw Results 12/3/12 – The Rock’s Guitar Concert
13 March 2012 2:25 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Last night’s WWE Raw SuperShow results from Cleveland, Ohio.
Jerry Lawler opens the show in the ring and hypes The Rock’s concert coming up later and also John Cena’s segment up next. Cena comes out to “Word Life” as the Master of Thuganomics with his old gear including a big chain. He is heavily booed and is playing heelish. He does a rap on The Rock.
Vickie Guerreo introduces Dolph Ziggler for his match up next;
1) Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler with the Brogue Kick.
Team Laurinaitis vs Team Long is hyped.
2) David Otunga & Mark Henry defeated Santino Marella in a handicap match when Henry hits the World’s Strongest Slam.
Otunga and Marella are named Captains of Team Laurinaitis and Team Long respectively. Teddy and Johnny are at ring side during the match and brawl with each other.
Post-match as Henry & Otunga are about to double team Santino, »
- Matt Holmes
10 Best WWE WrestleMania Opening Matches
12 March 2012 2:17 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
We are less than a month away from WrestleMania 28, and as always there is huge hype surrounding the top few matches on the card. But spare a thought for the match that takes place first on the card, whose job is to get the show off to a good start and psyche up the crowd.
What follows is a collection of the best of those opening matches, and what’s interesting is how many participants went on from opening the show, to main eventing it a few years later.
10. WrestleMania 15
Hardcore Title Match: Billy Gunn vs. Al Snow vs. Hardcore Holly
This match marked the first time that the Hardcore Title was defended at a Wrestlemania event. Prior to this match, Gunn was part of the Intercontinental Title programme, while his partner Road Dogg was the one known for Hardcore. For some reason, they switched divisions and Gunn defended here. »
- Patrick Farren
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
1-20 of 40 items from 2012 « Prev | Next »
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.
See our NewsDesk partners
Copyright © 1990-2012
IMDb.com, Inc.
Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.
An 
company.