Sometimes we forget that most of our favorite WWE stars were also fans before they got involved in the professional wrestling business. On a recent appearance on Talk is Jericho, Kevin Owens talks about still marking out for his childhood hero: Shawn Michaels. Below are some of the highlights of the interview.

Owens talks about still marking out whenever Shawn Michaels is around:

“When he comes around, I’ll be honest, I’m kind of like a giggling schoolgirl. Like, he’s the one guy. Steve Austin or The Rock come by and I’ll talk to them and it’s great, but I can still contain myself. When Shawn’s here… He made me want to do this, so when I get to sit next to him and watch the show, like in Australia last year, he was on the whole tour with us and every night, I’d sit next to him and we’d talk about what’s happening in a match, wrestling, we’d talk about family, our kids. Stuff like that blows my mind” (Source: Talk Is Jericho, H/T Wrestling Inc).

With the rumors of Michaels teaching a class at the WWE Performance Center, Owens wants to attend on one of his off days in order to learn from the Heartbreak Kid:

“I just want to go sit in on his class one day or something, but I don’t even know if he has a class. I don’t know what the specifics are. I just know that he wants to go help down there and he [has] been doing it and he [has] been going to the P.C. here and there. He was at the TV tapings. Yeah, I’d love to be around just to learn more”(Source: Talk Is Jericho, H/T Wrestling Inc).

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You can check out the full episode on Itunes or PodcastOne.