The Midnight Rockers won the AWA World Tag Team Championship, defeating Doug Somers and Buddy Rose. [54] As WCW gained momentum due to the signings of Hall and Nash, Michaels held the championship for most of the year. He strongly believes Shawn just wanted to leave WWE and join WCW but Vince McMahon wasn't going to let that happen. Miz took advantage of the situation, and he retained the titles for his team with a rolling jackknife cover. Michaels came out of this match, dubbed by fans the "Montreal Screwjob", as the WWF Champion. [165][166] Their match was highly acclaimed by critics and audiences alike and is now considered by many to be one of the greatest WrestleMania matches of all time. [133] At the Royal Rumble on January 28, Michaels was the last man eliminated in the Royal Rumble match by the winner of the match, The Undertaker. [147] On April 27 at Backlash, with Chris Jericho as the guest referee, Michaels defeated Batista. [41] Michaels won the Royal Rumble on January 2, 1995,[42] which set up a championship grudge match on March 20 at WrestleMania XI against Diesel (who had gone on to win the WWF Championship from Bob Backlund). Place of Birth: Chandler, Arizona, United States. [220][221], In 1996, Hickenbottom posed for a non-nude layout in Playgirl magazine. [37] This triggered a split between the two, a storyline that was drawn out until Survivor Series on November 24. [213], His rivalry with Bret Hart has been named one of the best rivalries in WWE history. [142] On October 28 at Cyber Sunday, Michaels was voted by the fans to face Orton for the WWE Championship, though he won via disqualification when Orton hit Michaels with a low blow, which resulted in Orton retaining the championship. [53] At WrestleMania XII on March 31, Michaels defeated WWF Champion Bret Hart in the overtime of their sixty-minute Iron Man match, which had ended in a scoreless tie. Nonetheless, Michaels had to find another avenue to face Undertaker as Batista eliminated him from the Rumble. [22] The championship was returned to the Hart Foundation, while the title change was never broadcast or even acknowledged on television (though The Rockers did have a successful title defense on November 3, 1990, against Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) before the title was returned to the Hart Foundation). Michaels, in his role as Vice President of Talent Development, took over responsibility for the running of the NXT shows. Bolded items represent title victories while italicized items represent title losses. Entrance Video. DX defended the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship against ShoMiz and the Straight Edge Society's CM Punk and Luke Gallows in a triple threat elimination match. His wife Rebecca observed, "There was something in him that he despised, and he was self-destructing." Every Wrestler Who Defeated Shawn Michaels In A Singles PPV Match Michaels made his televised debut on October 20, 1984 teaming with Jim Hornet in a losing effort against the tag team of Hercules Harnendez and "Dr.Death" Steve Williams. . After turning down World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s advances, Michaels returned to the WWF and made several appearances in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) during a WWF/USWA cross-promotion. [15] His cousin Matt Bentley is also a wrestler. [205] In November 2018, Michaels announced he was officially working as a writer and producer on WWE's NXT brand and show, under former D-Generation X cohort Paul Levesque. Brock Lesnar (No Holds Barred Match; If Lesnar won, Triple H would have had to retire)", "WWE RAW Results 10/28/13 (WWE Title Celebration)", "The League of Nations def. [150] At One Night Stand on June 1, Michaels lost to Batista in a stretcher match. [87] On January 13, 2003, after Jericho won a battle royal to select his entry number for the Royal Rumble, choosing number two in order to start the match with Michaels,[88] who had already been named number one. San Antonio, Texas. Weight102 kgs. 7, Shawn Michaels", "TASW Texas 6-man Tag Team Title (Texas)", "WWE: Inside WWE > Title History > WWE Tag Team", "WWE: Inside WWE > Title History > World Tag Team", Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), Cody Rhodes and Goldust/Gold and Stardust, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shawn_Michaels&oldid=1142435683, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, New World Order (professional wrestling) members, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected biographies of living people, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement/Lou Thesz Award (2018), Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Decade (20002009), Ranked No. [116] On Raw, the two continued to deliver chops, as Michaels feuded with Vince McMahon and Triple H went to challenge John Cena for the WWE Championship, repeatedly butting heads with Vince McMahon in the process. Is it me or did Shawn Michaels age really quickly in 2007 [60] Michaels was then forced to award the championship to his nemesis, Bret Hart. 33 and No. He abandoned his drink-and-drugs lifestyle out of fear that he would negatively influence his young son. Lock on Michaels to end the segment. Signature Move. 1inch. In seeking revenge, Angle re-entered the ring and eliminated Michaels, and thus placed him in an ankle lock submission hold, outside the ring. Michaels later claimed the flag desecration was Hart's idea. Popularly known as the "Heartbreak Kid", Shawn has won almost all important titles in the WWF/WWE. Oh, he has lost some with age too - so there you go. Cena put Triple H away with the AA to pick up the win for himself and the Phenom. While the Penguins successfully defended their Stanley Cup championship the following year, the HBK Line was broken up when Kessel was moved to the 2nd line with Evgeni Malkin and Bonino left the team in free agency. [75], Michaels made occasional appearances as the WWF Commissioner during the spring and summer of 1999, but remained absent from television after August until May 15, 2000, when he returned on Raw Is War to declare himself the special guest referee for The Rock and Triple H's Iron Man match at Judgment Day. He was subsequently fired by Bischoff but rehired by Steve Austin. Shawn Michaels is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. [91], As a part of an ongoing feud with Triple H, the two competed alongside Chris Benoit in the main event on March 14, 2004, at WrestleMania XX for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Benoit won. [202] On January 23, 2023, at Raw is XXX, Michaels again reunited with D-Generation X until they were confronted by Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci). The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. As the troublemaker behind DX, HBK made life a living hell for the McMahon family alongside his longtime running buddy Triple H. As a member of The Kliq, he did the same for the WWE locker room, carefully wielding his considerable influence to get the best treatment for himself and friends like Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. [218] He married Rebecca Curci, a former WCW Nitro Girl known as Whisper, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas on March 31, 1999. [33] He faced Hart for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series on November 25, but lost the match. Six former World Champions were featured with DX going head-to-head with the reigning WWE Champion John Cena and the World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker, and the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions Jeri-Show in a triple threat tag team match. Shawn Michaels' 8 Best Wrestling Attires (& His 7 Worst) - TheSportster [4] They were fired from WWF two weeks later, for a bar incident (a misunderstanding, according to Michaels's autobiography). WrestleMania?' McMahon needed to get the title off of Hart before he left for WCW, and Hart refused to lose the title to Shawn Michaels, his most bitter rival, in front of a pay-per-view crowd in Montreal . He also got his name in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. Michaels and Austin were still WWF Tag Team Champions at the time during an ongoing feud with the Hart Foundation and a tournament was made to decide new tag team champions. [108][109] Hogan defeated Michaels at SummerSlam on August 21, and after the match Michaels extended his hand to him, saying "I needed to know, and I found out" and he and Hogan shook hands. Other vital statistics like weight or shoe size measurements have been sourced from newspapers, books, resumes or social media. [169] At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs on December 13, DX defeated Jeri-Show (Chris Jericho and Big Show) to win the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match (TLC). He got himself involved in the match when Gannosuke delivered a low blow on him and he responded later on with Sweet Chin Music. It was every man for themselves, and HBK eliminated Triple H from proceedings. [188] On the April 1, 2013 episode of Raw, Michaels returned to offer to corner Triple H in his match with Brock Lesnar on April 7 at WrestleMania 29. [1], After teasing retirement, Michaels returned to the WWF at the Royal Rumble match on January 21, 1996, winning for the second year in a row to receive a WWF Championship match in the main event at WrestleMania XII. What's the Total Gym Diet Regime - Weight Management | NoahStrength.com Watch WrestleMania and other WWE Premium Live Events on Flow. On February 10, 2015, Hickenbottom published an autobiography entitled Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar. In 2013, he appeared at the opening of the first Field & Stream store in suburban Cranberry Township.[228]. [177], On the December 14, 2010 episode of Raw, Michaels won the Slammy Award for Moment of the Year for his match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXVI and accepted it via satellite. [95] Following this, Michaels was out of action for a few months with a legit torn meniscus. Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Disney + HotStar. [171][172] DX lost the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship in a triple threat match to the team of The Miz and Big Show on the February 8 episode of Raw; the match also included The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows). Michaels disputes the perception, saying that McMahon pushed only deserving wrestlers. The self-proclaimed Sexy Boy could be an unrepentant primadonna, but he was so fluid and brilliant in the ring that it hardly mattered. [206] In September 2021, Levesque stepped away from the brand after experiencing a "cardiac incident". [17], In January 1985, he debuted for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), the NWA territory in Dallas, Texas. Meanwhile a co worker hit 30 and his full head of hair started thinning and it's thinning pretty quickly. [38] This feud culminated in a ladder match between the two on March 20 at WrestleMania X. [2] At In Your House: Badd Blood on October 5, Michaels defeated Undertaker in the first Hell in a Cell match, during which Michaels fell off the side of the 5-metre (15ft) high structure through a table. [28] Michaels subsequently became a contender to the promotion's singles titles and failed to win the WWF Championship from champion Randy Savage in his first opportunity to compete for that title at British event UK Rampage, held on April 19 at the Sheffield Arena and broadcast on Sky Movies Plus[29] (the match later aired in the US on the edition of June 15 of Prime Time Wrestling). [201] He appeared at Survivor Series on November 22, 2020, during The Undertaker's retirement ceremony. Shawn Michaels: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD) Michaels was the only nWo member to have never worked in WCW. Both men were going out on television and frequently making personal, true to heart remarks about one another. [30] Michaels was also unable to win the Intercontinental Championship from Bret Hart in the WWF's first ladder match at a Wrestling Challenge taping on July 21, which was subsequently made available on multiple Coliseum/WWE Home Video releases. [54] As Diesel and Helmsley were seen as villains at the time, in contrast to Michaels and Ramon, this constituted a breach of "kayfabe", as acting out of character, which was rare and controversial at the time. The Heartbreak Kid is an exceptional in-ring performer, and he has been involved in many epics throughout his career. [4][20] They then returned to AWA, where they won the AWA tag team titles for a second time,[10] but were re-signed by WWF a year later. [36] On WWF programs, his suspension was explained by his having neglected to defend the title often enough. Regarded as the single most controversial moment in pro wrestling history, The Montreal Screwjob featured Vince McMahon, Earl Hebner and Shawn Michaels manipulating Bret Hart out . Michaels won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated "Match of the Year" reader vote a record eleven times, and his match against John Cena on April 23, 2007 was ranked by WWE as the best match ever aired on the company's flagship Raw program. [8], Michael Shawn Hickenbottom was born in Chandler, Arizona, on July 22, 1965. [4] Michaels lost the Intercontinental Championship to Jannetty on the May 17, 1993 episode of Raw,[33] but regained it on June 6 with the help of his debuting "bodyguard" (and off-air friend) Diesel. [31][32] However, he won the title from The British Bulldog on Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI, which aired on November 14. [1] After his training with Lothario, he debuted as Shawn Michaels with the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Mid-South Wrestling territory on October 16, 1984, against Art Crews, losing to Crews via swinging neckbreaker. [24] Michaels superkicked Jannetty and threw him through a glass window on the set of Beefcake's talk show. At Survivor Series on November 17, Michaels lost the WWF Championship to Sycho Sid[55] but recaptured the title on January 19, 1997 at Royal Rumble. Shawn Michaels Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics - Healthy Celeb [38] Since Michaels had never been defeated in the ring for the title, he claimed to be the rightful champion and even carried around his old title belt. The match was fantastic with three of the all-time greats functioning at the top of their games. After being ridiculed by Alberto Del Rio later that night, Michaels hit Del Rio with Sweet Chin Music. [116] The following week, Michaels won a handicap match against the Spirit Squad (Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky and Mikey), after which Michaels's former partner, Marty Jannetty, saved him from the assault by the Spirit Squad. Sign up for Peacock to watch. Weight. [118] On March 18 at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII, Shane defeated Michaels in a Street Fight after he applied a sharpshooter on Michaels, leading to McMahon ordering for the bell to be rung though Michaels did not submit, which was an allusion to the "Montreal Screwjob". [97], The next night on Raw, Muhammad Hassan and Daivari came out to confront and assault Michaels. [222], Hickenbottom is ambidextrous, using his left hand for writing and his right hand for drawing. [22] The match was taped with The Rockers winning the title, but soon after Neidhart came to an agreement with management and was rehired. And the notorious Montreal Screwjob of the 1997 Survivor Series involving his greatest rival, Bret Hit Man Hart, could have killed a lesser Superstars career. The statement affected Michaels deeply; he did not want to be absent when his son left home, so he decided that year would be his last year as an active wrestler. Shawn Michaels. [11] Ever since, he has been referred to as Shawn. [60] The next night on Raw Is War, signs of a heel turn started to show as Michaels told the WWF fans what happened at SummerSlam was an accident and that he dealt with the Undertaker when the time came. In the mid to late nineties, the anarchic behaviour of Shawn Michaels behind the scenes was the stuff of legend. WWE star Solo Sikoa recently broke his silence after Shawn Michaels stripped him of the NXT North American Championship on the latest episode of the show. [37], In 1994, Michaels entered a rivalry with Razor Ramon, who had won the vacant Intercontinental Championship during Michaels's absence. Representing SmackDown was Chris Jericho, Kane, Finlay, R-Truth, Matt Hardy, and the Hart Dynasty. [203], In late 2016, Michaels became a trainer at the WWE Performance Center. [193] He appeared on the January 9, 2017 episode of Raw to promote his new film. 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Cody Rhodes applied a Figure Four Leglock around the ring post whilst DiBiase cinched in the Million Dollar Dream leaving Michaels no choice but to tap out. Hair colour Blonde. His Ladder Match with Razor Ramon at WrestleMania X established his reputation for having the best bout on The Grandest Stage of Them All a tradition hed continue in classics against Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho and The Undertaker. [4] It also received a five-star rating from Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor Dave Meltzer, the first of nine WWF/E matches to do so. He returned on November 24 at Survivor Series, substituting for Jerry Lawler, who was dealing with legal issues, in a match pitting himself and three of Lawler's "Knights" against the Hart brothers, Bret, Bruce, Keith and Owen. . [26] He was put together with mirror-carrying manager, Sensational Sherri, who according to the storyline had become infatuated with him. [134], On the January 29 episode of Raw, Michaels captured the World Tag Team Championship with WWE Champion John Cena after defeating Rated-RKO. After charming crowds as a Rocker in the 90s, HBK infamously severed his partnership with Marty Jannetty by smashing his friends head through a window. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [90] On the December 29 episode of Raw, Michaels seemingly defeated Triple H after a Sweet Chin Music for the World Heavyweight Championship in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas with Eric Bischoff as the special guest referee (Earl Hebner originally refereed the match, only to be knocked out by Triple H in the middle of the match). At the Royal Rumble on January 19, Jericho, with the help of Christian, eliminated Michaels. [66] Michaels now held both the WWF and European championships at the same time. [124] They also defeated the Spirit Squad on July 15 at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII in a 5-on-2 elimination match and defeated The McMahons on August 20 at SummerSlam. RELATED: 10 Matches You Forgot Shawn Michaels Competed In. [141] Michaels made his return on the October 8 episode of Raw, performing Sweet Chin Music to newly crowned WWE Champion Randy Orton during his title ceremony at the end of the show and then celebrating over the knocked-out champion as Vince McMahon watched. [9][10] He has an older sister named Shari and two older brothers named Randy and Scott. [40] The next day at SummerSlam, Diesel lost the Intercontinental Championship to Ramon when Michaels accidentally superkicked Diesel. [23], On October 30, 1990, The Rockers unofficially won the WWF Tag Team Championship from The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), as Neidhart, half of the championship team, was in the process of negotiating his release from the company. [130] On the January 15 episode of Raw, Michaels lived up to his word of "dealing" with Rated-RKO, from his comments the previous week before,[131][132] when he took out Randy Orton with a con-chair-to after a handicap match against Edge and Orton. Sign up for BINGE to watch. Additionally, Hickenbottom moved around frequently since his father was in the military. [191] The next night on Raw, Michaels explained he was upset with Bryan for attacking Triple H during the match and degraded him for not showing him respect, turning heel for the first time since 2005. [190], At Hell in a Cell on October 27, Michaels served as the special guest referee for the vacant WWE Championship Hell in a Cell match between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton, performing Sweet Chin Music on Bryan so Orton could win. Shawn Michaels is an American former professional wrestler and one of the world's best known WWE wrestlers. Afterwards, he challenged Angle to sudden-death overtime, but Angle refused and walked out. Moreover, HBK was in cruise control but he was distracted by Undertaker who appeared on the titantron. [18] There, he and tag team partner Marty Jannetty defeated The Batten Twins for the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship, later losing it back to the Battens.[10]. [81] Later on, they came down to the ring sporting their DX music and attire. As a wrestler, he typically kicked with his right leg when performing his finishing move, but used either arm for his signature elbow drop. [93] Due to the "Montreal Screwjob" incident, the Edmonton crowd booed Michaels, with chants of "You screwed Bret!"
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