Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty: The Story Of The Rockers

Episode 399: The Rockers Both debuting in wrestling 13 months from each other, Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty would 1st pair up in May 1985 in the Central States territory. A year later in 1986, they both ended up in the AWA & became a fulltime team; and from there, The Rockers were born. Starting off as The Midnight Rockers, Shawn & Marty would become one of the most popular tag teams of the era & one of the greatest babyface teams in wrestling history. Whether in the AWA or in the WWF, this team would be the start of the amazing wrestling career for the future "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. This episode is all about The Midnight Rockers/The Rockers in both the AWA & WWF. 0:00 Introductions 0:49 The Midnight Rockers 2:53 WWF(for 2 weeks) 3:47 AWA Return & Memphis 4:57 WWF Return & Brain Busters 7:24 The Fabulous Rougeaus 8:51 Power & Glory 10:49 Phantom Tag Team Championship Change 13:06 The Rockers In Limbo 14:26 The End Of The Rockers 16:21 The Rockers Feud 17:41 The Jannetty Phenomenon 20:14 The Rockers Reunion 22:00 Recap #Wrestling #WWE #Retrospective From The Vault Episode Archive: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: Threads: Subscribe, Like, Comment, Click The Notification Bell Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use