Shawn Michaels - Face or Heel

Discuss why you thought if he was a better face or heel

I went for heel, not so much for his time in DX but more so for his early 90s heel work....played his role so well as the arrogant pretty boy, most likely because as he admitted he was like that in real life also. Also thought it was good when he had Diesel as his BodyGuard.

He played the underdog so well when he was face during his matches so I voted face.

His heel promo work was always quality though.

Tough one there but face just edges it.

Hard to choose because promo wise his heel stuff is above anything he did as a face outside of the Undertaker matches, but in the ring he was equally good as the sympathetic underdog or the cocky heel who needed to get his.

I'll go face because 2002 onwards is my greatest exposure to him.

Coming into Wrestling in 2000 the only Heel moments of Shawn I remember are when he was in Montreal teasing a Bret return, so I have to vote face.

Although watching his heel stuff on YouTube, the guy couldnt have urine off a crowd.

I voted heel because even though I really enjoyed his 2002-2010 run, for me when he was a heel in 1997-1998 that was Michaels at his best.


I was (still am) a huge Bret Hart fan and any time I saw Shawn Michaels I'd think to be myself "God I hate this guy!.......but he's damn good at what he does".

Come to think of it, I've never seen HBK as a hell except for an old wrestling video from my cousin of Rumble 93 where he faced Jannetty

Face 100%

Heel! I am a massive Michaels mark and always preferred him as the cocky, arrogant and rebellious heel. His in ring work was just as good as it was face and his promos and actions gained incredible heat.

Don't remember a great deal of HBK as a heel, only a little bit of the early DX stuff. When I first started watching wrestling.

I did see a few of my brothers old tapes from the early 90s, but my memories of those are pretty vague.

So rather than just saying face, il say I dont remember enough of his heel days, to say he was a better face.