Weight: 227 lbs.
Birthday: July 22, 1965
Pro Debut: Oct 10, 1984
Born In: Scottsdale, Arizona
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Finishing Move: Sweet Chin Music
Real Name: Michael Shawn Hickenbottom
Career Highlights: WWE Champion (3); WWE RAW Champion; WWE IC Champion (3); WWE Tag Team Champion (3); AWA Tag Team Champion(2); AWA Southern Tag Team Champion(2); SCW Tag Team Champion(2); Texas All-Star Tag Team Champion(2);NWA Central States Champion; TWA Heavyweight Champion; 1996,1997 Royal Rumbler Winner
He's one of the most charismatic showmen ever to grace a WWE ring. He was WWE's most resilient champion. Pound-for-pound, he may have been the company's toughest.
If a back injury hadn't cut Shawn Michaels' in-ring career short, there's no telling what the "Heartbreak Kid" would have accomplished. As it was, he accomplished more than anyone at the time. He was the first Grand Slam Champion -- the only competitor to hold every title WWE had to offer then. At 227 pounds, he somehow managed to win the WWE Championship on three occasions, defeating men close to twice his size along the way. One of the keys to his success was that Michaels would put his body on the line. He participated in the first (and, many say, most exciting) Hell in a Cell match, against the Undertaker. There were Ladder Matches. But even in "regular matches" (if there was ever such a thing with Shawn), HBK was intent on being "the Showstoppa, the main-eventer, the icon." It took its toll on his long-term health. Still in his early 30s, when most superstars are hitting their prime, Michaels had to bow out of the spotlight after losing the title to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIV in March 1998. Soon he had surgery to take away the pain, but officially end his in-ring career, or so it was thought.
But Michaels doesn't necessarily have to lace up the wrestling boots to be an instrumental part of WWE programming. One of the most natural "talkers" in history, he has the ability to rile up fans and fellow superstars simply by grabbing a microphone. Remember, Michaels was one of the founding members of D-Generation X, perhaps the most notorious faction in sports-entertainment history. They had as many memorable moments outside the ring as they did inside the ring. And Michaels remained one of the most popular superstars when he returned on a regular basis in November 1998, even though it was in a non-wrestling capacity as commissioner off WWE. But for a variety of reasons, Michaels resigned as commissioner in 2000, and has been rarely seen by WWE audiences since.
But now back he has fought aganist Triple H at Summer Slam in an anyting goes match and beat him in that and at Survivor Series in a Elimnation Chamber and won that to become the RAW Heavyweight Champion and wrestled R-V-D on RAW and at Armageddon faced Triple H again in a 2 outta 3 falls match olny to lose to the sadistic Triple H he also competed in the Royal Rumble and entered number 1 olny to be thrown out a minute if even that by Chris Jericho when he bloodied Shawn with a Chair Shot who knows whats next for the Heart Break Kid.
1986 Tag-Team of the Year, 3rd Runner-Up (Midnight Rockers)
1990 Match of the Year, 3rd Runner-Up (Royal Rumble)
1992 Match of the Year, 2nd Runner-Up (Royal Rumble)
1993 Most Hated Wrestler, 3rd Runner-Up
1993 Match of the Year (Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty)
1993 Wrestler of the Year, 2nd Runner-Up
1994 Match of the Year (Michaels vs. Razor Ramon)
1995 Most Popular Wrestler
1995 Match of the Year (Michaels vs. Diesel)
1995 Match of the Year, 1st Runner-Up (Michaels vs. Jeff Jarrett)
1995 Wrestler of the Year, 1st Runner-Up
1996 Most Popular Wrestler
1996 Match of the Year (Michaels vs. Bret Hart)
1996 Match of the Year, 1st Runner-Up (Michaels vs. Mankind)
1996 Wrestler of the Year, 1st Runner-Up
1997 Match of the Year, 2nd Runner-Up (Michaels vs. the Undertaker)
1998 Match of the Year, 1st Runner-Up (Michaels vs. Steve Austin)
