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Michael Hickenbottom
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 wrestle…
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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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2026
NXT Halloween Havoc 2026
Movie Creative Director
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2026
NXT Heatwave 2026
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
NXT The Great American Bash 2026
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
LIVE matches from WWE World: April 19, 2026 Part 2
Movie Writer
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2026
The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels
Movie Self
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2026
NXT Stand & Deliver 2026
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2026
WWE NXT Countdown To Stand & Deliver 2026
Movie Art Direction
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2026
NXT Vengeance Day 2026
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
NXT Halloween Havoc 2025
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
NXT vs. TNA Showdown
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
WWE NXT Homecoming
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2025
Heatwave 2025
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2025
WWE NXT Battleground 2025
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2025
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2025
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
Movie Self
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2025
NXT Roadblock 2025
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
WWE EVOLVE
TV show Shawn Michaels
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2025
WWE LFG
TV show Shawn Michaels
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2025
WWE Raw Classics
TV show Shawn Michaels
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2025
WWE Legend Profiles
TV show Shawn Michaels
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2024
WWE NXT Deadline 2024
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
NXT Halloween Havoc 2024
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Mr. McMahon
TV show Self
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2024
NXT Battleground 2024
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
WWE: Next Gen
TV show Shawn Michaels
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2023
NXT Deadline 2023
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2023
Superfan: The Story of Vladimir
Movie Self
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2023
Angle
Movie Shawn Michaels (archive footage)
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2023
NXT Battleground 2023 Kickoff
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver Kickoff
Movie Creative Producer
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2023
NXT Vengeance Day 2023 Kickoff
Movie Producer's Assistant
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2022
WWE Worlds Collide: NXT vs. NXT UK Kickoff
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
WWE This Is Awesome
TV show Shawn Michaels
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2022
WWE Rivals
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2022
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
Movie Shawn Michaels
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2021
Biography: WWE Legends
TV show Shawn Michaels
