How Elvis Inspired Shawn Michaels’s Wrestling Career

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If you ever wondered about the origin of Shawn Michaels’s signature pose, there was an inspiration behind it.

The pose, where Michaels flexes his biceps while doing a variation of a squat, can be attributed directly to Elvis Presley.

‘I stole that from Elvis,’ Michaels says. ‘Elvis was a really big influence early in my career.