Michael Hickenbottom

Acting

Born Jul 22, 1965

From 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.

Michael Hickenbottom

Known For

WWF: It's Our Time

WWE WrestleMania 23

WWE WrestleMania XX

WWE WrestleMania V

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog

WWE WrestleMania XXVIII

WWE WrestleMania 29

WWE WrestleMania 22

WWE SummerSlam 2006

The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels

Filmography — Acting

WWF: It's Our Time

WWE WrestleMania 23

WWE WrestleMania XX

WWE WrestleMania V

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog

WWE WrestleMania XXVIII

WWE WrestleMania 29

WWE WrestleMania 22

WWE SummerSlam 2006

The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 21

WWE WrestleMania XXIV

WWE Wrestlemania XXVI

WWE WrestleMania XV

WWF: TLC - Tables Ladders Chairs

The Marine 6: Close Quarters

90 Feet from Home

WWE Royal Rumble 2004

WWE Backlash 2003

WWE Judgment Day 2008

WWE Survivor Series 2005

John Cena's Greatest Rivalries

WWE WrestleMania 32

WWE Survivor Series 1991

WWE Royal Rumble 2009

WWE Hell in a Cell 2009

WWE Survivor Series 1995

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

WWE No Way Out 2008

WWE WrestleFest '91

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

WWE Royal Rumble 2008

WWE Royal Rumble 2007

WWE Royal Rumble 2003

WWE WrestleMania VIII

Inside the WWF

WWE WrestleMania X

WWE WrestleMania XI

WWE Survivor Series 1996

WWE WrestleMania XXV

WWE WrestleMania 31

WWE WrestleMania XIV

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE Judgment Day 2007

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE The Great American Bash 2008

WWE Survivor Series 2009

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

WWE Survivor Series 2008

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

WWE Super Show-Down 2018

WWE Survivor Series 2006

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

WWE Royal Rumble 2010

WWE Backlash 2006

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Night of Champions 2008

WWE Backlash 2005

WWE SummerSlam 1995

WWE Rampage '91

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WWE No Way Out 2007

WWE Cyber Sunday 2007

WWE WrestleMania IX

WWE Elimination Chamber 2010

WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling