Michael Hickenbottom
Chandler, Arizona, USA
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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.
Movie Credits
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True
WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars
WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship
WWE: RAW The Beginning - The Best Of Seasons 1 & 2
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho
Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart
WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
WWE Network Collection: Shawn Michaels - Mr. Wrestlemania
WWE: The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam
WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story
