WWE's Shawn Michaels will attend Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lighting bout

PITTSBURGH, May 20 (UPI) -- HBK will watch HBK while watching the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Tampa Bay Lighting Sunday in Game 5 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals.

Shawn Michaels, aka HBK, shares the namesake of the Penguins' line of Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino, and Phil Kessel. The trio's initials spell out HBK.

Michaels tweeted Thursday that he was invited by the Penguins to attend the game.

"I'm very excited about this Sunday as the Pittsburgh Penguins were nice enough to invite me to Game 5 of the Playoffs!! #HBKLine ---->," Michaels tweeted.

The Penguins lead the series 2-1, with Game 4 set for Friday in Tampa.

"Yes @ShawnMichaels! Awesome you are coming to game 5 to see our great city, fans & @penguins! I have to warn you I get rowdy at the games," former Pittsburgh Steelers great Brett Keisel tweeted.

"No prob, no way Security can take both of us!!!," Michaels responded.

Pittsburgh's Primanti Bros. also announced a sandwich with the HBK namesake this week. The ham, bacon and kielbasa sandwich goes on sale Friday.

"I'm blown away," Michaels told 'The Fan Morning Show.' "None of this has to do with me. This is 100 percent on the fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins...they've driven all of this."

"Sports can always be, especially on social media and stuff, pretty divisive," Michaels said. "But, everyone's been really nice and respectful...the thing that's impressed me the most is just the respectful manner and the really genuine good fun everybody's had with this, and that's made it a ton more enjoyable for me...the Pens fans have been fantastic."