Absolutely, inside the wrestling world he is a major influence. How many superkicks do you see on every single episode of any wrestling show today?
Between NXT and Dynamite tonight, there will probably be 20 superkicks just tonight. That is because wrestling fans who grew up on Shawn Michaels want to wrestle like Shawn Michaels.
Outside of wrestling, non fans have probably heard of DX, even if they don't know Shawn Michaels by name. He certainly was never huge outside of wrestling, but he has done SOME things outside of wrestling like his hunting show or occasional acting.
That itself is more than almost every other former wrestler ever.
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