Michael Hickenbottom
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.
400 acting credits
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Raw
1993
WWE NXT
2010
Pacific Blue
1996
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWF Superstars
1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
WWE Superstars
2009
World Class Championship Wrestling
1982
WWE Pay Per View
1985
WWE Tough Enough
2001
WWE Rivals
2022
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
WWE ECW
2006
The Best of WWE
2020
WWE Old School
1973
Biography: WWE Legends
2021
WWE 24
2015
Wrestlemania Rewind
2014
WWE Confidential
2002
Mr. McMahon
2024
Undertaker: The Last Ride
2020
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
2021
WWE LFG
2025
WWE This Is Awesome
2022
WWE Rivalries
2014
WWE Backstage
2019
South Beach
2006
Ruthless Aggression
2020
WWE EVOLVE
2025
WWE Untold
2018
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
E:60
2007
WWE Raw Classics
2025
AWA Arena Shows
1981
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
2004
The Marine 6: Close Quarters
2018
WWE: Next Gen
2024
WWE Legend Profiles
2025
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
2008
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
2007
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
WWE WrestleMania XV
1999
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005
AWA Championship Wrestling
1986
WWE WrestleMania 31
2015
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
2010
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
2005
The John Cena Experience
2011
WWE WrestleMania 23
2007
WWE WrestleMania VIII
1992
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
2012
WWE WrestleMania IX
1993
WWE WrestleMania XX
2004
WWE WrestleMania 29
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
2013
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
2014
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
2004
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars
2018
Legends with JBL
2015
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
2020
WWE New Year's Revolution 2007
2007
WWE Sunday Night Slam
1994
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
2007
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
2014
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025
WWE SummerSlam 1992
1992
WWE WrestleMania 13
1997
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
2009
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
WWE SummerSlam 2006
2006
WWE WrestleMania 32
2016
WWE Survivor Series 1997
1997
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
2017
WWE Survivor Series 2002
2002
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
1998
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
2008
WWE: Shawn Michaels: My Journey
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
WWE Judgment Day 2000
2000
WWE SummerSlam 1997
1997
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
2015
WWE SummerSlam 1995
1995
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990
Superfan: The Story of Vladimir
2023
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
2002
WWE Unforgiven 2006
2006
WWE SummerSlam 2002
2002
WWE Armageddon 2002
2002
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
2012
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
2008
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006
WWE Armageddon 2007
2007
WWE WrestleMania V
1989
WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
2015
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
2012
WWE SummerSlam 2003
2003
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
1995
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
90 Feet from Home
2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
2006
WWE: The Twisted, Disturbed Life of Kane
2008
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
WWE Survivor Series 2005
2005
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
1997
WWE Unforgiven 2008
2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
2003
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
2014
Angle
2023
WWE SummerSlam 2005
2005
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2006
WWE WrestleMania 22
2006
WWE Backlash 2003
2003
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
1996
WWE King of the Ring 1993
1993
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
2025
WWE Survivor Series 1992
1992
WWE: Best of the 2000's
2017
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
2011
WWE Survivor Series 2020
2020
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
2005
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
1995
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
1998
WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship
2005
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
2022
WWE: WrestleMania Monday
2017
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
2005
Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars
2016
WWE SummerSlam 2009
2009
WWE WrestleMania X
1994
WWE Rampage '91
1991
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
2009
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
1997
WWE Vengeance 2002
2002
WWE WrestleMania XI
1995
WWE No Way Out 2008
2008
WWE Crown Jewel
2018
WWE King of the Ring 1997
1997
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
2007
WWE Backlash 2008
2008
WWE Vengeance 2006
2006
WWE Unforgiven 2003
2003
WWE Night of Champions 2008
2008
WWE King of the Ring 1995
1995
WWE Survivor Series 1994
1994
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
2025
WWE: DX: One Last Stand
2011
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
1996
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
1997
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
1994
WWE Backlash 2007
2007
WWE SummerSlam 1994
1994
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
2009
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
2003
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
2014
WWE Survivor Series 2007
2007
Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho
2010
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
2004
Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart
2011
WWE Judgment Day 2008
2008
WWE World Tour '90
1990
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
1996
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998
WWE Vengeance 2005
2005
AWA Superstars
1988
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
2016
WWE Bad Blood 2003
2003
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
2005
WWE Survivor Series 1995
1995
WWE King of the Ring 2002
2002
Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection
2017
WWE Survivor Series 2008
2008
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
2011
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
2011
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
1997
AWA All-Star Wrestling
1987
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
2009
WWE WrestleFest '91
1991
WWE In Your House 9: International Incident
1996
WWE Breaking Point 2009
2009
WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph
2007
Pure Country: Pure Heart
2017
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
1993
WWE Survivor Series 1991
1991
WWE: The New & Improved DX
2007
WWE RAW 1000
2012
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
2011
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
2008
Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
2010
WWE: The Ladder Match
2007
WWE Armageddon 2003
2003
WWE Backlash 2005
2005
WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come
2013
WWE WrestleFest '93
1993
Batista - I Walk Alone
2009
WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
1996
The Top 100 Moments In Raw History
2012
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
2013
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
1995
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2009-2010
2010
WWE No Way Out 2007
2007
WWE SummerSlam 1993
1993
WWE Survivor Series 2003
2003
WWE Backlash 2006
2006
WWE: RAW The Beginning - The Best Of Seasons 1 & 2
2012
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
2014
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
WWF: Hell Yeah: The Stone Cold Saga Continues
1999
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
1993
WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
2006
WWE Unforgiven 2004
2004
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
1992
WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlam
2018
Nature Boy
2017
WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam
1994
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
1991
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
WWE WrestleFest '90
1990
WWE: Triple H - The Game
2002
WWE Backlash 2004
2004
WWE Judgment Day 2007
2007
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
2008
WWE Unforgiven 2005
2005
WWE No Mercy 2008
2008
More Saturday Night's Main Event
1989
WWE UK Rampage '92
1992
WWE King of the Ring 1994
1994
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
1989
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
2009
WWE: The Attitude Era
2012
WWE Invasion '92
1992
Last Ride: Post-Mortem
2020
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
2007
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
2014
Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
2008
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
2021
WWF: It's Our Time
1999
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
2014
WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads
2011
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
2007
WWE Super Tuesday
2002
WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
2005
Big Daddy Cool Diesel
1995
WWE World Tour 1991
1991
WWE World Tour 1992
1992
Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased
2018
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
2018
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
2006
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
1993
The True Story of the Royal Rumble
2016
WWE No Way Out 2009
2009
WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
1993
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
1996
WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story
2008
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990
WWE Bashed in the USA
1993
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008
WWE Slammy Awards 2020
2020
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
1994
WWE Insurrextion 2003
2003
WWE: From the Vault: Shawn Michaels
2003
Warrior's Greatest Matches
2014
German Fan Favorites
1994
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
1991
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
2005
WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence
2008
WWE Rampage '92
1992
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True
2012
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
1994
WWE King of the Ring 1996
1996
Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked
1999
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
2004
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
1997
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990
WWE Bad Blood 2004
2004
Razor Ramon
1994
WWF Summer Flashback!
1997
WWE Survivor Series 1993
1993
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
2004
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004
2004
WWE RAW Homecoming
2005
WWE: Raw 10th Anniversary
2003
You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
2012
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
2005
SMW Superbowl of Wrestling
1995
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
1994
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
2013
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1992
WWE In Your House 12: It's Time
1996
The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels
2026
WWE: Before They Were Superstars 2
2003
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
2025
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
1993
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
1990
DX: Confidential
2014
The History Of WrestleMania
1994
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
2008
WWE: The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
2012
Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
2014
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
1993
WWE: The Kliq Rules
2015
AWA SuperClash II
1987
WWE Hall of Fame 2015
2015
WWE: The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1
2003
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
1991
WWE SlamFest
1995
Owen: Hart of Gold
2015
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992
AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
1986
The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
1994
Inside the WWF
1994
WWE UK Rampage '93
1993
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
1993
WWE U.K. PPV
1989
Kevin Nash: Too Sweet
2015
WWF: TLC - Tables Ladders Chairs
2000
WWE Funniest Moments
1991
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89
1989
WWE Hall of Fame 2011
2011
AWA Christmas Night 1987
1987
SWS WrestleFest
1991
WWE Hall of Fame 2019
2019
WWE Global Warfare
1993
WWE One Night Only
1997
WWE WrestleFest '94
1994
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
1991
WWE UK Rampage
1992
NXT Deadline 2023
2023
WWE: Greatest Stars Of The 90's
2013
WWE: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream
2004
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
2025
AWA Battle by the Bay
1986
WWE WrestleFest '92
1992
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88
1988
AWA WrestleRock 1986
1986
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
1993
WWE Superstar Collection: Shawn Michaels
2012
1997: Dawn of the Attitude
2017
WWF Rock And Rumble
1997
WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
2006
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993
1993
Best Of Raw • Volume Six
1997
WWF: D-Generation X
1998
WWE Hottest Matches
1990
WWE Brawl in the Family
1995
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988
The Best of WWE Raw, Vol. 1 & 2
2001
WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops
2001
Best Of Raw • Volume One
1996
WWE WrestleFest '95
1995
WWE Terminators '96
1996
Shawn Michaels: Hits from the Heartbreak Kid
1995
Greatest Wrestling Factions
2014
WWF: Best of Wrestlemania I-XIV
1998
The Price of Fame
2017
WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
1990
Best of The British Bulldog
1993
WWE Collection Volume 2: Know Your Role
2015
WWE 24: Wrestlemania Dallas
2016
WWE Wham, Bam, Bodyslam!
1995
AWA Blood on the Sand
1986
NXT Stand & Deliver 2026
2026
WrestleMania XXX Kickoff
2014
WWE NXT Homecoming
2025
Austin 3:16 Uncensored
1998
AWA Christmas Show 1987
1987
WWE Network Collection: Shawn Michaels - Mr. Wrestlemania
2017
Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart
2011