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Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of the NXT brand, the promotion's developmental territory. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time, he is known by the nicknames "the Heartbreak Kid", "the Showstopper", and "Mr. Wrestle…
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entertainment · American professional wrestler (born 1965) · professional wrestler · actor · American football player · screenwriter · musician · also Shawn Michaels, Sean Michaels, HBK, Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, The Heartbreak Kid, Mr. WrestleMania
Born 22 July 1965 · Q31317
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2026· 3 entries
Sportskeeda: “Rest in peace” - Shawn Michaels' emotional message after wrestling legend Dory Funk Jr. passes away
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Sports Illustrated: Shawn Michaels Reveals the One NXT Talent He Didn’t Want to Give Up
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo! Sports: Shawn Michaels Reveals Who He Believes Are Mr. & Mrs. NXT
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2024· 3 entries
Yahoo: Shawn Michaels On Ethan Page: There’s A Lot Of Untapped Potential There
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Yahoo: Shawn Michaels: It’s Been A Long Time Since I’ve Been Close To Hip, But I Felt It Singing With Sexyy Red
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Forbes: A&E To Profile Undertaker Vs. Shawn Michaels Rivalry
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2023· 1 entry
At Raw is XXX, Michaels again reunited with D-Generation X (without Billy Gunn, as he was no longer under contract with WWE) until they and Kurt Angle were confronted by Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vin
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2020· 1 entry
During The Undertaker's retirement ceremony
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2018· 1 entry
“s NXT brand and show, under former D-Generation X cohort Paul Levesque. In April 2019, Michaels was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame for a second time, this time as a member of D-Generation X. He appeared at Survivor Series on November 22, 2020, during The Undertaker”
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2017· 1 entry
Michaels along with Terry Taylor teach the finishing class at the Performance Center, the last of four levels of classes
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2016· 3 entries
At WrestleMania 32, Michaels made an appearance during the event in his in-ring attire, confronting The League of Nations alongside Mick Foley and Stone Cold Steve Austin, where Michaels delivered Sweet Chin Music to Alb
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Dave Richard of CBS Sports ranked Michaels’ match against Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIV as the greatest main event in WrestleMania history
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Began working as a coach at the WWE Performance Center, and was a producer on NXT in 2018, before becoming the Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative for the NXT brand itself
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2015· 1 entry
Hickenbottom published an autobiography entitled Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar
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2013· 1 entry
Appeared at the opening of the first Field & Stream store in suburban Cranberry Township
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2009· 2 entries
At the Royal Rumble, and being derided for it, Michaels agreed to face JBL in "All or Nothing" match at No Way Out on February 15, which Michaels won thus letting him out of his contract early while still receiving full
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Was named by WWE itself as the greatest match in WrestleMania history
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2008· 1 entry
Appeared on a Trinity Broadcasting Network program with fellow wrestler Sting
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2007· 2 entries
Was ranked by WWE as the best match ever aired on the company's flagship television program, Raw
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Triple H suffered a legit torn right quadriceps during their match with Rated-RKO
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2006· 2 entries
At the Royal Rumble, McMahon made his way to the ring, and as Michaels stared at McMahon, Shane McMahon made a surprise appearance to eliminate Michaels
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A series of events took place which suggested a reunion of Michaels and Triple H as DX
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2005· 1 entry
After losing to Edge, Michaels competed in the Royal Rumble match and eliminated Kurt Angle
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2004· 1 entry
At WrestleMania XX for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Benoit won
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2002· 4 entries
Out of fear that he would negatively influence his then two-year-old son
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Giving co-founder Rudy Boy Gonzalez sole responsibility due to Michaels's new contract with WWE
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Hickenbottom became a born-again Christian on April 24, 2002.
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After attending a bible study and undergoing a successful rehabilitation treatment
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2000· 1 entry
Michaels returned to wrestling for a one-night appearance defeating Paul Diamond in a bunkhouse brawl at Texas Wrestling Entertainment
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1999· 2 entries
Michaels made a special appearance for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling at the 10th Anniversary Show at the Yokohama Arena, serving as the guest referee for the H vs fake Hayabusa (Mr
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After his lawyer Skip McCormick suggested the idea
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1998· 1 entry
At the Royal Rumble, in a casket match against The Undertaker, Michaels took a back body drop to the outside of the ring and hit his lower back on the casket, causing him to herniate two discs and crush one completely
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1997· 1 entry
Won the WWE Champion with _Retired WWE (1997).
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1996· 5 entries
Won the Royal Rumble with _Retired WWE (1996).
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Won the WWE Champion with _Retired WWE (1996).
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Winning for the second year in a row to receive a WWF Championship match in the main event at WrestleMania XII
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In 1996, Hickenbottom posed for a non-nude layout in Playgirl.
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Hickenbottom posed for a non-nude layout in Playgirl
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1995· 2 entries
Won the Royal Rumble with _Retired WWE (1995).
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Which set up a championship grudge match on April 2 at WrestleMania XI against Diesel (who had gone on to win the WWF Championship from Bob Backlund)
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1994· 2 entries
Michaels entered a rivalry with Razor Ramon, who had won the vacant Intercontinental Championship during Michaels's absence
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While Michaels became a prominent villain of the early to mid-1990s as "The Boy Toy"
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1992· 1 entry
Michaels defeated Tito Santana in his first pay-per-view singles match after both men had simultaneously eliminated each other from that year's Royal Rumble
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1991· 1 entry
Aired January 11, 1992, on Wrestling Challenge, during an incident on Brutus Beefcake's televised Barber Shop talk show promotional segment
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1990· 2 entries
Against Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) before the title was returned to the Hart Foundation)
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The Rockers unofficially won the WWF Tag Team Championship from The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), as Neidhart, half of the championship team, was in the process of negotiating his release from the company
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1987· 3 entries
The Rockers were signed by a competing promotion: the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)
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Hickenbottom developed a pattern of "heavy" substance abuse, which eventually alienated some of his closest friends, and may have explained his reputation for being difficult to work with during the 1990s
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In 1987, Hickenbottom developed a pattern of "heavy" substance abuse, which eventually alienated some of his closest friends, and may have explained his reputation for being difficult to work with during the 1990s.
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1984· 2 entries
Teaming with Jim Hornet in a losing effort against the tag team of Hercules Hernandez and "Dr
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Against Art Crews, losing to Crews via swinging neckbreaker
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1965· 1 entry
Born 1965-07-22.
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