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Episode 187: From the Archives – Shawn Michaels

September 17, 2025 TGBL2022

“I do know that at least at one time in my 21 years of doing this, I was better than absolutely anybody else… Around ’96/97, I don’t think there was anybody better than me at that time.”

We go back into the Brian R. Solomon archives again this week on Shut Up and Wrestle, for a 2006 interview Brian did with the Heartbreak Kid himself, Shawn Michaels!

Recorded at the time of the DX revival, it’s a candid conversation in which Shawn discusses his comeback, his faith, his reputation, changes in the locker room, the Barbershop, the Kliq, and his status among the all-time greats.

Plus, Brian even got him to talk about Playgirl and his “Sexy Boy” theme song, among other things…

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Episode 83: From the Archives – Terry Funk

August 30, 2023 TGBL2022

“Back then, wrestling was wrestling. And nobody proclaimed it bullshit. It was real.”

In honor of the passing of the great Terry Funk, we go back into the Brian R. Solomon archives this week for an interview Brian did with the Hardcore Icon while working on his biography of The Sheik in 2019.

Terry shares his opinions and memories on the Arabian Madman, as well as Hulk Hogan, WWE, hardcore wrestling, his family, and more. Plus, Brian shares his own thoughts on Funk’s legacy, as well as his own memories of interacting over the years with wrestling’s true desperado.