Michael Hickenbottom
Born
22 July 1965 (60)
Place of Birth
Chandler, Arizona, USA
Also known as
Shawn Michaels, The Heartbreak Kid
Biography
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 ...
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.
Filmography (40)
WWE NXT Homecoming
2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
2025
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
2025
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
2025
NXT Deadline 2023
2023
Superfan: The Story of Vladimir
2023
Angle
2023
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
2022
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
2021
WWE Slammy Awards 2020
2020
WWE Survivor Series 2020
2020
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
2020
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
90 Feet from Home
2019
WWE Hall of Fame 2019
2019
WWE Crown Jewel
2018
The Marine 6: Close Quarters
2018
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
2018
Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased
2018
WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlam
2018
Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars
2018
Nature Boy
2017
The Price of Fame
2017
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
1997: Dawn of the Attitude
2017
Pure Country: Pure Heart
2017
Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection
2017
WWE: Best of the 2000's
2017
WWE: WrestleMania Monday
2017
WWE Network Collection: Shawn Michaels - Mr. Wrestlemania
2017
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
2017
The True Story of the Royal Rumble
2016
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
2016
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars
2016
WWE 24: Wrestlemania Dallas
2016
WWE WrestleMania 32
2016