{"id":232710,"date":"2026-04-03T01:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232710\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:15:12","slug":"shawn-michaels-documentary-hits-peacock-ahead-of-wrestlemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232710\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Michaels documentary hits Peacock ahead of Wrestlemania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raised in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/lifestyle\/article\/shawn-michaels-jose-lothario-san-antonio-17666641.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio<\/a>, former WWE champion Shawn Michaels was a star football player at Randolph High School before late Mexican professional wrestler Jos\u00e9 Lothario started training him for a career in wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next 25 years, Michaels, also known to his fans as The Heartbreak Kid, would become one of the greatest professional wrestlers to ever step into the ring and contribute to some of the most memorable matches WWE fans have ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>In the new Peacock original documentary The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels, the WWE Hall of Famer\u2019s unfiltered story is told through exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and commentary from several WWE stars, including WWE Chief Content Officer Paul \u201cTriple H\u201d Levesque, The Undertaker, Kevin Nash and Bret \u201cThe Hitman\u201d Hart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis intimate look at\u00a0Michaels spotlights his incredible ability and the personal struggles that led to one of the most improbable redemption stories in WWE history,\u201d a press release from Peacock reads. \u201cViewers will be taken on a journey through his life while also getting an inside look at Michaels\u2019 role as the head of WWE\u2019s developmental brand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/sports\/article\/WWE-Superstar-Shawn-Michaels-discusses-the-Royal-17471395.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NXT<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trailer for the documentary, which premieres on Peacock on April 13, begins with Michaels\u2019 own words: \u201cEvery once in a great while, an athlete comes along that sets himself apart from all the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s something Michaels says he has worked his entire life to do by being \u201cdifferent and entertaining on a whole other level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story of redemption comes from Michaels turning his life around after years of drug and alcohol abuse. \u201cWhen he came back around, you could tell genuinely that he was a changed human being,\u201d says WWE legend and Houston native Mark Calaway, also known as The Undertaker.<\/p>\n<p>The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels premieres on April 13, 2026, on Peacock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raised in\u00a0San Antonio, former WWE champion Shawn Michaels was a star football player at Randolph High School before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-232710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}