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, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), 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 WWF/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
all 366
Movies 336
self 33
TV Shows 30
Writer 1
The Epidemic (2024)
NXT Deadline 2023 (2023)
Superfan: The Story of Vladimir (2023)
Angle (2023)
WWE Rivals: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels (2023)
Biography: D-Generation X (2022)
WWE Rivals: Triple H vs. Mick Foley (2022)
WWE This Is Awesome (2022)
WWE Rivals: Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (2022)
WWE Rivals (2022)
Biography: Mick Foley (2021)
Biography: Shawn Michaels (2021)
Biography: WWE Legends (2021)
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures (2021)
Biography: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin (2021)
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)
WWE SummerSlam 2020 (2020)
Last Ride: Post-Mortem (2020)
Undertaker: The Last Ride (2020)
The Firefly Funhouse Match (2020)
The Best of WWE (2020)
Ruthless Aggression (2020)
WWE Backstage (2019)
90 Feet from Home (2019)
Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
WWE WrestleMania 35 (2019)
WWE Hall of Fame 2019 (2019)
WWE Crown Jewel 2018 (2018)
The Marine 6: Close Quarters (2018)
WWE Super Show-Down 2018 (2018)
Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased (2018)
WWE Untold (2018)
WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlam (2018)
Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars (2018)
The Price of Fame (2017)
Nature Boy (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)
WWE: 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 WrestleMania 32 (2016)
WWE 24: Wrestlemania Dallas (2016)
Owen Hart of Gold (2015)
Legends with JBL (2015)
WWE Collection Volume 2: Know Your Role (2015)
Kevin Nash: Too Sweet (2015)
WWE: The Kliq Rules (2015)
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired (2015)
WWE WrestleMania 31 (2015)
WWE Hall of Fame 2015 (2015)
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J (2015)
WWE 24 (2015)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 (2014)
Stone Cold Podcast (2014)
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story (2014)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 (2014)
WWE Rivalries (2014)
WWE: John Cena's Greatest Rivalries (2014)
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions (2014)
Greatest Wrestling Factions (2014)
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 (2014)
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 (2014)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014)
Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania (2014)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2 (2014)
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment (2013)
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013 (2013)
WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come (2013)
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling (2013)
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden (2013)
WWE: The Best Of In Your House (2013)
WWE WrestleMania 29 (2013)
WWE: Greatest Stars Of The 90's (2013)
WWE Royal Rumble 2013 (2013)
The Top 100 Moments In Raw History (2012)
WWE: The Attitude Era (2012)
WWE Superstar Collection: Shawn Michaels (2012)
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True (2012)
WWE: The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History (2012)
WWE: 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History (2012)
WWE RAW 1000 (2012)
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak (2012)
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge (2012)
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII (2012)
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man (2012)
WWE: RAW The Beginning - The Best Of Seasons 1 & 2 (2012)
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time (2011)
Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart (2011)
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn (2011)
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World (2011)
WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History (2011)
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century (2011)
The John Cena Experience (2011)
WWE: DX: One Last Stand (2011)
WWE Hall of Fame 2011 (2011)
The True Story of WrestleMania (2011)
WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads (2011)
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time (2010)
Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho (2010)
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2009-2010 (2010)
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber (2010)
WWE: Shawn Michaels: My Journey (2010)
Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology (2010)
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI (2010)
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 (2010)
WWE Royal Rumble 2010 (2010)
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 (2009)
WWE Survivor Series 2009 (2009)
WWE Bragging Rights 2009 (2009)
Batista - I Walk Alone (2009)
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 (2009)
WWE Breaking Point 2009 (2009)
WWE SummerSlam 2009 (2009)
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection (2009)
WWE Superstars (2009)
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s (2009)
WWE WrestleMania XXV (2009)
WWE No Way Out 2009 (2009)
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009)
WWE Royal Rumble 2009 (2009)
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams (2009)
WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence (2008)
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship (2008)
WWE Survivor Series 2008 (2008)
WWE: The Twisted, Disturbed Life of Kane (2008)
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time (2008)
WWE No Mercy 2008 (2008)
WWE Unforgiven 2008 (2008)
WWE The Great American Bash 2008 (2008)
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection (2008)
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One (2008)
WWE One Night Stand 2008 (2008)
WWE Judgment Day 2008 (2008)
WWE Backlash 2008 (2008)
WWE WrestleMania XXIV (2008)
WWE: The Greatest Superstars of WrestleMania (2008)
WWE No Way Out 2008 (2008)
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin (2008)
WWE Royal Rumble 2008 (2008)
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II (2008)
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary (2007)
WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph (2007)
WWE Survivor Series 2007 (2007)
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 (2007)
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man (2007)
E:60 (2007)
WWE: The Ladder Match (2007)
WWE Judgment Day 2007 (2007)
WWE Backlash 2007 (2007)
WWE WrestleMania 23 (2007)
WWE Hall of Fame 2007 (2007)
WWE: The New & Improved DX (2007)
WWE No Way Out 2007 (2007)
WWE Royal Rumble 2007 (2007)
WWE New Year's Revolution 2007 (2007)
WWE Survivor Series 2006 (2006)
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006 (2006)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006)
WWE Unforgiven 2006 (2006)
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship (2006)
WWE SummerSlam 2006 (2006)
WWE Vengeance 2006 (2006)
WWE ECW (2006)
WWE Backlash 2006 (2006)
WWE WrestleMania 22 (2006)
WWE Royal Rumble 2006 (2006)
South Beach (2006)
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006 (2006)
WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA (2006)
WWE Survivor Series 2005 (2005)
WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be (2005)
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 (2005)
WWE RAW Homecoming (2005)
WWE Unforgiven 2005 (2005)
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker (2005)
WWE SummerSlam 2005 (2005)
WWE Vengeance 2005 (2005)
WWE Backlash 2005 (2005)
WWE WrestleMania 21 (2005)
Attack of the Show! (2005)
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005 (2005)
WWE: Wrestlemania Recall (2005)
WWE Royal Rumble 2005 (2005)
WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship (2005)
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 (2005)
WWE Beyond The Ring (2004)
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004 (2004)
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story (2004)
WWE: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream (2004)
WWE Unforgiven 2004 (2004)
WWE Bad Blood 2004 (2004)
WWE Backlash 2004 (2004)
WWE WrestleMania XX (2004)
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro (2004)
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience (2004)
WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So (2004)
WWE Royal Rumble 2004 (2004)
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling (2004)
WWE Armageddon 2003 (2003)
WWE Survivor Series 2003 (2003)
WWE Unforgiven 2003 (2003)
WWE SummerSlam 2003 (2003)
WWE Bad Blood 2003 (2003)
WWE Insurrextion 2003 (2003)
WWE Backlash 2003 (2003)
WWE: From the Vault: Shawn Michaels (2003)
WWE Wrestlemania XIX (2003)
WWE: Raw 10th Anniversary (2003)
WWE: Before They Were Superstars 2 (2003)
WWE Royal Rumble 2003 (2003)
WWE: The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1 (2003)
WWE Armageddon 2002 (2002)
WWE Survivor Series 2002 (2002)
WWE Super Tuesday (2002)
WWE SummerSlam 2002 (2002)
WWE Vengeance 2002 (2002)
WWE: Triple H - The Game (2002)
WWE King of the Ring 2002 (2002)
WWE Confidential (2002)
WWF: Funniest Moments (2002)
WWE Royal Rumble 2002 (2002)
WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops (2001)
WWE Tough Enough (2001)
WWF: TLC - Tables Ladders Chairs (2000)
WWE Judgment Day 2000 (2000)
WWF: Hell Yeah: The Stone Cold Saga Continues (1999)
WWE SmackDown (1999)
WWE WrestleMania XV (1999)
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows (1998)
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House (1998)
WWF: Undertaker The Phenom (1998)
WWF: Best of Wrestlemania I-XIV (1998)
WWF: D-Generation X (1998)
WWE WrestleMania XIV (1998)
WWE Royal Rumble 1998 (1998)
Austin 3:16 Uncensored (1998)
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House (1997)
WWE Survivor Series 1997 (1997)
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House (1997)
WWE One Night Only (1997)
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House (1997)
WWF Friday Night's Main Event (1997)
WWE SummerSlam 1997 (1997)
Best Of Raw • Volume Six (1997)
WWE King of the Ring 1997 (1997)
WWE WrestleMania 13 (1997)
WWE Royal Rumble 1997 (1997)
Best Of Raw • Volume One (1996)
WWE Survivor Series 1996 (1996)
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games (1996)
WWE SummerSlam 1996 (1996)
WWE In Your House 9: International Incident (1996)
WWE King of the Ring 1996 (1996)
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog (1996)
WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies (1996)
WWE WrestleMania XII (1996)
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage (1996)
WWE Royal Rumble 1996 (1996)
WWE Survivor Series 1995 (1995)
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header (1995)
WWE SummerSlam 1995 (1995)
SMW Super Bowl of Wrestling (1995)
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks (1995)
WWE King of the Ring 1995 (1995)
WWE Brawl in the Family (1995)
WWE WrestleMania XI (1995)
WWE SlamFest (1995)
WWE Wham, Bam, Bodyslam! (1995)
Shawn Michaels: Hits from the Heartbreak Kid (1995)
WWE Royal Rumble 1995 (1995)
WWE WrestleFest '95 (1995)
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt (1994)
WWE Survivor Series 1994 (1994)
German Fan Favorites 2 (1994)
Razor Ramon (1994)
WWE SummerSlam 1994 (1994)
WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam (1994)
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams (1994)
WWF WrestleFest '94 (1994)
WWE King of the Ring 1994 (1994)
Inside the WWF (1994)
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch (1994)
WWE WrestleMania X (1994)
The History Of WrestleMania (1994)
WWE Royal Rumble 1994 (1994)
WWE Survivor Series 1993 (1993)
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts (1993)
Best of The British Bulldog (1993)
WWE SummerSlam 1993 (1993)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993 (1993)
WWE Global Warfare (1993)
WWE U.K. Fan Favourites (1993)
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches (1993)
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers (1993)
WWF Bashed in the USA (1993)
WWE King of the Ring 1993 (1993)
WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em (1993)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993 (1993)
WWE WrestleMania IX (1993)
WWF: WrestleFest '93 (1993)
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches (1993)
WWE Royal Rumble 1993 (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
WWE Survivor Series 1992 (1992)
WWE Rampage '92 (1992)
WWE SummerSlam 1992 (1992)
WWE World Tour 1992 (1992)
WWE WrestleFest '92 (1992)
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars (1992)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1992 (1992)
WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich (1992)
WWE WrestleMania VIII (1992)
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII (1992)
WWE Invasion '92 (1992)
WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992)
WWE Survivor Series 1991 (1991)
WWE Rampage '91 (1991)
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall (1991)
WWE World Tour 1991 (1991)
WWE WrestleFest '91 (1991)
WWE SuperTape vol. 4 (1991)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 (1991)
WWE WrestleMania VII (1991)
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII (1991)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991 (1991)
WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990)
WWF Hottest Matches (1990)
WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990)
WWF SuperTape vol. 2 (1990)
WWE WrestleFest '90 (1990)
WWE World Tour (1990)
WWE WrestleMania VI (1990)
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI (1990)
WWE Royal Rumble 1990 (1990)
WWE Survivor Series 1989 (1989)
WWE U.K. PPV (1989)
WWE SummerSlam 1989 (1989)
More Saturday Night's Main Event (1989)
WWE WrestleMania V (1989)
WWE Royal Rumble 1989 (1989)
WWE Survivor Series 1988 (1988)
The Best of the WWF: volume 17 (1988)
AWA Christmas Show 1987 (1987)
AWA Christmas Night 1987 (1987)
AWA SuperClash II (1987)
AWA: Brawl in St. Paul (1986)
AWA Blood on the Sand (1986)
WWF Superstars Of Wrestling (1986)
WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)
AWA Battle by the Bay (1986)
AWA: WrestleRock '86 (1986)
Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
Hell Yeah: Stone Cold's Saga Continues
Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1965-07-22 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceChandler, Arizona, United States of America
Height185-centimeter
SpouseRebecca Curci-Hickenbottom
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsShawn Michaels, The Heartbreak Kid, HBK, Mr. WrestleMania, The Showstopper, Sexy Boy, The Main Event, The Headliner, The Main Eventer, The Icon, Mr. Wrestlemania, Heartbreak Kid
AwardsWrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, WWE Hall of Fame
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