
Michael Hickenbottom
Acting
1965-07-22 - Present
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, better known by his ring name, Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestling personality, television presenter and retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he has served as an ambassador for the company since December 2010. Michaels wrestled for WWE, from 1988 until his first retirement in 1998, owing to a severe back injury. He appeared in non-wrestling roles from 1998 to 2000 and resumed his wrestling career in 2002 until retiring ceremoniously in 2010. In the WWE, Michaels headlined major pay per view events in four decades from the 1980s to the 2010s, closing the company's premier annual event WrestleMania on five occasions
Michaels was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2011. Following Michaels' induction, WWE said of Michaels, "Ask any Superstar on the WWE roster who the most gifted sports-entertainer of all time is and nearly everyone will have the same answer Shawn Michaels." Michaels is a four time world champion: a three-time WWF Champion and a former World Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the 1995 and 1996 Royal Rumbles and was the company's first Grand Slam Champion. He has also won the PWI Match of the Year Award a record eleven times. Michaels currently resides in San Antonio, Texas with his wife, Rebecca, and their two children.
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WWE WrestleFest '91asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XXIVasShawn Michaels

WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025asShawn Michaels

WWE UK Rampageas"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania 41: SaturdayasShawn Michaels

Avengers of Justice: Farce WarsasIncredible Master Yoga

Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All TimeasShawn Michaels

WWE Rampage '91asShawn Michaels

WWE Wrestlemania XXVIasShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1995asShawn Michaels

The Marine 6: Close QuartersasLuke Trapper

WWE WrestleMania XXVIIIasShawn Michaels (Special Guest Referee)

WWE Royal Rumble 2002asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 22asShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2006asShawn Michaels

AngleasShawn Michaels (archive footage)

WWE WrestleMania VIIIasShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XXasShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 31asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE Rampage '92asShawn Michaels

WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE HistoryasShawn Michaels

Pure Country: Pure HeartasTed

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate AnthologyasShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania VIIasShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2002asShawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2025asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 21asShawn Michaels

John Cena's Greatest RivalriesasShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania VasShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XXVasShawn Michaels

Biography: D-Generation XasSelf

WWE WrestleMania IXasShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 13asShawn Michaels (Commentary)

Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30asShawn Michaels

The Ladder Match 2: Crash & BurnasShawn Michaels

WWE Vengeance 2006asShawn Michaels

WWE Super Show-Down 2018asShawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE Royal Rumble 2004asShawn Michaels

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 32asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE WrestleMania XVasShawn Michaels (WWE Commissioner)

WWE U.K. Rampage 1993asShawn Michaels

WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st CenturyasShawn Michaels

The True Story of WrestleManiaasShawn Michaels

The John Cena ExperienceasShawn Michaels (archive footage)

WWE Armageddon 2002asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania VIasShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2002asShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2009asShawn Michaels (Ringside)

The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports EntertainmentasShawn Michaels

The Resurrection of Gavin StoneasDoug

WrestleMania IX: Becoming a SpectacleasSelf

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination ChamberasShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2006asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XIVasShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2010asShawn Michaels

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked ManasShawn Michaels

WWE Slammy Awards 2020asShawn Michaels - Presenter

WWE Royal Rumble 1997asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 29asShawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streakas

WWE Survivor Series 1988asShawn Michaels

My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat PattersonasShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1996asShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2009asShawn Michaels

WWE Greatest Wrestling FactionsasShawn Michaels

90 Feet from HomeasJames Devine

WWE Royal Rumble 1998asShawn Michaels

WWE Elimination Chamber 2010asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th AnniversaryasShawn Michaels

WWE Vengeance 2005asShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2007asShawn Michaels

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental ChampionshipasShawn Michaels

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square GardenasShawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels: Mr WrestlemaniaasHimself

WWE WrestleMania XasShawn Michaels

1997: Dawn of the AttitudeasShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XIasShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2020asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE Royal Rumble 2003asShawn Michaels

Superfan: The Story of VladimirasSelf

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW NitroasShawn Michaels

Biography: "Stone Cold" Steve AustinasShawn Michaels

Hitman Hart: Wrestling With ShadowsasShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 23asShawn Michaels

Biography: Mick Foleyas

WWE Survivor Series 1990asShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2003asShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2006asShawn Michaels

WWE: Tombstone - The History of the UndertakerasShawn Michaels

WWE Clash of Champions 2020asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991asShawn Michaels

Nature BoyasHimself

WWE WrestleMania XIIasShawn Michaels

Biography: Shawn MichaelsasSelf - WWE Hall of Famer

WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All TimeasShawn Michaels

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your HouseasShawn Michaels

WWE Judgment Day 2000asShawn Michaels (Referee)

WWE RAW 1000as

WWE D-Generation X: In Your HouseasShawn Michaels

WWE: The New & Improved DXasShawn Michaels

WWE King of the Ring 2002asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2JasShawn Michaels

WWE Hell in a Cell 2009asShawn Michaels

WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's WorldasShawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2005asHimself

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of DogasShawn Michaels

WWE King of the Ring 1994asShawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90sasShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2008asShawn Michaels

Owen: Hart of GoldasShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2008asShawn Michaels

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE SuperstarsasShawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2006asShawn Michaels

WWE: The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1as

WWE Royal Rumble 1992asShawn Michaels

WWE Wrestlemania XIXasShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1996asShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2003asShawn Michaels
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1asShawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 2: LumberjacksasShawn Michaels

WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental ChampionshipasShawn Michaels (archive footage)

WWE SummerSlam 1989asShawn Michaels
Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian SuperstarsasShawn Michaels

WWE: WrestleMania MondayasShawn Michaels

WWE: Edge: A Decade of DecadenceasShawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2003asShawn Michaels

WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve AustinasShawn Michaels

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009asShawn Michaels

WWE: From the Vault: Shawn Michaelsas

WWE Ground Zero: In Your HouseasShawn Michaels

WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage StoryasShawn Michaels

WWE Insurrextion 2003asShawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE: The Best Of In Your HouseasShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2013asMichaels (archive footage)

Kevin Nash: Too SweetasShawn Michaels

WWE Vengeance 2002asShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2007asShawn Michaels

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All TimeasShawn Michaels

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert HallasShawn Michaels

WWE Grudges, Gripes & GruntsasShawn Michaels

WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004asShawn Michaels

WWE Crown JewelasShawn Michaels

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main EventasShawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 12: It's TimeasShawn Michaels (Commentary)

WWE Night of Champions 2008asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE: DX: One Last StandasShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2005asShawn Michaels

WWE Hell in a Cell 2013asShawn Michaels (Special Guest Referee)

WWE Unforgiven 2003asShawn Michaels

WWE: Wrestlemania RecallasShawn Michaels
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3asShawn Michaels

WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & TriumphasShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1991asShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1994asShawn Michaels

WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the CryptasShawn Michaels

WWF Bashed in the USAasShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1990asShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1996asShawn Michaels

Biography: Bret "Hitman" HartasHimself

WWE Backlash 2007asShawn Michaels

WWE: The Ladder MatchasShawn Michaels

WWE Badd Blood: In Your HouseasShawn Michaels
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2asShawn Michaels

WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VIIasShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2005asShawn Michaels

The Price of FameasSelf

WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munichas"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little ManasShawn Michaels

WWE No Mercy 2008asShawn Michaels

WWE One Night OnlyasShawn Michaels

The Firefly Funhouse MatchasShawn Michaels (archive footage)

WWE: The Twisted, Disturbed Life of Kaneas"HBK" Shawn Michaels

WWE King of the Ring 1993asShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1997asShawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the CageasShawn Michaels

Hart & Soul - The Hart Family AnthologyasShawn Michaels

WWE: Shawn Michaels: My JourneyasShawn Michaels

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleasedas

WWE In Your House 3: Triple HeaderasShawn Michaels

WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots FiredasShawn Michaels

WWE Bragging Rights 2009asShawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2008asHimself

WWE King of the Ring 1997asShawn Michaels

Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret HartasShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1997asShawn Michaels (Referee)

WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap PopsasHimself

WWE New Year's Revolution 2005asShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1993asShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1989asShawn Michaels

Biography: ChynaasSelf

WWE King of the Ring 1995asShawn Michaels

NXT Deadline 2023asShawn Michaels

WWE New Year's Revolution 2006asShawn Michaels
WWE Super TuesdayasShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1993asShawn Michaels

WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005asShawn Michaels

Legends of Mid-South WrestlingasShawn Michaels

The Life And Times of Paul BoeschasShawn Michaels

WWE Bloopers Bleeps and BodyslamsasShawn Michaels

Kurt Angle: The Essential CollectionasShawn Michaels (archive footage)

The History Of WrestleManiaasShawn Michaels

WWF: The Best Of RAW Vol. 1&2asShawn Michaels

You Think You Know Me? The Story of EdgeasShawn Michaels

WWE Cyber Sunday 2006asShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1994asShawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper UnreleasedasShawn Michaels
WWE Collection Volume 2: Know Your Roleas

WWE Armageddon 2003asShawn Michaels

WWE Armageddon 2007asShawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 10: Mind GamesasShawn Michaels

WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in WrestlingasShawn Michaels

WWE 24: Wrestlemania DallasasShawn Michaels

WWE Judgment Day 2007asShawn Michaels

AWA SuperClash IIasShawn Michaels

Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris JerichoasShawn Michaels
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005asShawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1992asShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1991asShawn Michaels

WWE The Great American Bash 2008asShawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2019asShawn Michaels

WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWAasSelf

WWE Bad Blood 2004asShawn Michaels

Mick Foley: Madman UnmaskedasHimself

WWE Hall of Fame 2011as

WWE: The True Story of The Royal RumbleasShawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 9: International IncidentasShawn Michaels

WWE Unforgiven 2004asShawn Michaels

WWE World TourasShawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1989asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleFest '90asShawn Michaels

WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will BeasShawn Michaels

WWE: Triple H - The GameasHimself

WWE Unforgiven 2006asShawn Michaels

Randy Orton: RKO Outta NowhereasShawn Michaels

WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag TeamsasShawn Michaels

WWE: Best of the 2000'sasShawn Michaels

WWE One Night Stand 2008asShawn Michaels

Batista - I Walk AloneasShawn Michaels
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2009-2010asMichael Hickenbottom

WWE Brawl in the FamilyasShawn Michaels (Manager)

WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Seriesas

WWE Survivor Series 1993asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleFest '95asShawn Michaels

WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night SlamasShawn Michaels (Ringside)
WWE's Biggest Knuckleheadsas

WWE No Way Out 2009asShawn Michaels
WWE March to WrestleMania VIIIas"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VIasShawn Michaels
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1asHimself

WWE Royal Rumble 1995asShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2005asShawn Michaels

WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom ComeasShawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better EnemiesasShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1995asShawn Michaels

WWF: WrestleFest '93asShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1990asShawn Michaels

WWF Rock And RumbleasShawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2007asShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1994asShawn Michaels

More Saturday Night's Main Eventas
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88asShawn Michaels

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains IIasShawn Michaels

WWE Invasion of the BodyslammersasShawn Michaels

WWE Judgment Day 2008asShawn Michaels

WWE: The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE Historyas

WWE King of the Ring 1996asShawn Michaels

WWE No Way Out 2008asShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2009asShawn Michaels

WWF Summer Flashback!asShawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2015asSelf

WWE: The Attitude EraasMichaels

Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collectionas

WWE: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood DreamasShawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1992as"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest MatchesasHBK

WWF: Hell Yeah: The Stone Cold Saga ContinuesasHimself

German Fan Favorites 2asShawn Michaels

WWE New Year's Revolution 2007asShawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2004asShawn Michaels

WWE Cyber Sunday 2007asShawn Michaels

WWE No Way Out 2007asShawn Michaels

WWF Hottest MatchesasTed DiBiase

WWF SuperTape vol. 2asShawn Michaels

WWE: Raw 10th AnniversaryasShawn Michaels

Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit StoryasShawn Michaels

WWE Breaking Point 2009asShawn Michaels

WWE U.K. Fan FavouritesasShawn Michaels

WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its TrueasShawn Michaels
WWF: TLC - Tables Ladders ChairsasShawn Michaels

WWE: Greatest Stars Of The 90'sasShawn Michaels

WWE Global WarfareasShawn Michaels

WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlamas

WWE Bad Blood 2003asShawn Michaels

WWE Wrestling Grudge MatchesasShawn Michaels

Best Of Raw • Volume ThreeasShawn Michaels

DX: ConfidentialasShawn Michaels

WWE SlamFestasShawn Michaels

AWA The Brawl in St. PaulasShawn Michaels
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993asShawn Michaels

WWE: RAW The Beginning - The Best Of Seasons 1 & 2asShawn Michaels

WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only OneasShawn Michaels
Greatest Wrestling Factionsas

WWE: The History Of The WWE ChampionshipasShawn Michaels

WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy StoryasSelf

WWE: The Kliq RulesasShawn Michaels

WWF WrestleFest '94asShawn Michaels

WWE WrestleFest '92asShawn Michaels

WWE Unforgiven 2005asShawn Michaels

WWE RAW Homecomingas

Austin 3:16 UncensoredasShawn Michaels

WWF: Best of Wrestlemania I-XIVas

WWE Invasion '92asShawn Michaels
WWE U.K. PPVasShawn Michaels

WWE World Tour 1991asShawn Michaels

SWS WrestleFestasShawn Michaels

WWE Network Collection: Shawn Michaels - Mr. Wrestlemaniaas

The Top 100 Moments In Raw HistoryasMichaels

Best Of Raw • Volume OneasShawn Michaels

WWE Unforgiven 2008asHimself
AWA Battle by the BayasShawn Michaels

WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'EmasShawn Michaels
AWA Blood on the SandasShawn Michaels

WWE World Tour 1992asShawn Michaels
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90asShawn Michaels

The Best of the WWF: volume 17asShawn Michaels
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88asShawn Michaels

WWE Wham, Bam, Bodyslam!asShawn Michaels

AWA Christmas Night 1987asShawn Michaels

SMW Superbowl of WrestlingasShawn Michaels

WWF: D-Generation XasShawn Michaels "HBK"

Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive CollectionasShawn Michaels

Best Of Raw • Volume SixasShawn Michaels

WWE: Before They Were Superstars 2asShawn Michaels
AWA Christmas Show 1987asShawn Michaels

AWA: WrestleRock '86asShawn Michaels

Inside the WWFasShawn Michaels

WWE SuperTape vol. 4asShawn Michaels

Razor RamonasShawn Michaels
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89asShawn Michaels
WWE Superstar Collection: Shawn Michaelsas