Michael Hickenbottom
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, 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.
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Movies (33)
NXT Halloween Havoc 2025
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
NXT vs. TNA Showdown
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
WWE NXT Homecoming
as Shawn Michaels
2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
as Shawn Michaels
2025
Heatwave 2025
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
as Shawn Michaels
2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
as Shawn Michaels
2025
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
as Shawn Michaels
2025
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
as Shawn Michaels
2025
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
as Self
2025
NXT Deadline 2023
as Shawn Michaels
2023
Superfan: The Story of Vladimir
as Self
2023
Angle
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)
2023
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
as Shawn Michaels
2022
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
as Shawn Michaels
2021
WWE Slammy Awards 2020
as Shawn Michaels - Presenter
2020
WWE Survivor Series 2020
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)
2020
WWE Clash of Champions 2020
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)
2020
The Firefly Funhouse Match
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)
2020
90 Feet from Home
as James Devine
2019
WWE Hall of Fame 2019
as Shawn Michaels
2019
WWE Crown Jewel
as Shawn Michaels
2018
The Marine 6: Close Quarters
as Luke Trapper
2018
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
as Shawn Michaels (Ringside)
2018
Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased
as Shawn Michaels
2018
WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlam
2018
Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars
as Incredible Master Yoga
2018
Nature Boy
as Self
2017
The Price of Fame
as Self
2017
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
1997: Dawn of the Attitude
as Shawn Michaels
2017
Pure Country: Pure Heart
as Ted
2017
Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)
2017
TV Shows (17)
WWE EVOLVE
as Shawn Michaels
2025
WWE LFG
as Shawn Michaels
2025
WWE Legend Profiles
as Shawn Michaels
2025
WWE Raw Classics
as Shawn Michaels
2025
Mr. McMahon
as Self
2024
WWE: Next Gen
as Shawn Michaels
2024
WWE This Is Awesome
as Shawn Michaels
2022
WWE Rivals
2022
Biography: WWE Legends
as Shawn Michaels
2021
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
as Shawn Michaels
2021
Last Ride: Post-Mortem
as Shawn michaels - guest
2020
Undertaker: The Last Ride
as Shawn Michaels
2020
The Best of WWE
as Shawn Michaels
2020
Ruthless Aggression
as Shawn Michaels
2020
WWE Backstage
as Shawn Michaels
2019
Dark Side of the Ring
as Shawn Michaels
2019
WWE Untold
2018