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Michael Hickenbottom

Michael Hickenbottom

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Born July 22, 1965, Chandler, Arizona, USA

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

Appearances as themselves (24)
  • 2026The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels — Self
  • 2025WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle — Self
  • Mr. McMahon — Self
  • 2023Superfan: The Story of Vladimir — Self
  • 2017Nature Boy — Self
  • 2017The Price of Fame — Self
  • 2015WWE Hall of Fame 2015 — Self
  • 2014Batista: The Animal Unleashed — Himself
  • 2014Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania — Himself
  • 2014Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 — Himself
  • WWE Rivalries — Self
  • 2014Warrior's Greatest Matches — Self
  • 2011Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart — Himself
  • 2008WWE Backlash 2008 — Himself
  • 2008WWE Unforgiven 2008 — Himself
  • 2008WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story — Self
  • 2006WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA — Self
  • 2005WWE Backlash 2005 — Himself
  • WWE Hall of Fame — Self
  • 2002WWE: Triple H - The Game — Himself
  • 2001WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops — Himself
  • 1999Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked — Himself
  • 1999WWF: Hell Yeah: The Stone Cold Saga Continues — Himself
  • 1995WWE Hall Of Fame 1995 — Self
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