Real Name:
Michael Hickenbottom
Nicknames: The Showstopper, Heart Break Kid, HBK
Birthdate:
07/22/65
Height: 6' 1”
Weight: 234
Signature Moves:
Superkick
Biography
Shawn started off in southern independents then was signed with the NWA where he
and Marty Jannetty won the NWA Tag Titles. Shawn made his debut at Wrestlemania
5 in 1989. He and former tag team partner Marty Jannetty(the Rockers)lost to the
Twin Towers. The Rockers barely won any pay-per-view matches the only won I
remember them winning was at the 1991 Royal Rumble against the Orient Express.
They were also in elimination matches at the 1989,1990,1991 Survivor Series
where they were eliminated in each match. On October 30, 1990 the Rockers won
the Tag Titles from the Hart Foundation in a 2 out of 3 falls match. They were
stripped of the tag titles a few hours later though because of a loose rope
during the match.
In early 1992 the Rockers were featured in an interview section called "The
Barber Shop". During the interview Shawn through Marty through the window and
the Rockers were no more. Shawn then started a successful singles career. He win
the Intercontinental title from the British Bulldog in October 1992 at the last
episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. Shawn did really great at defending the
title he beat Marty Jannetty at the 1993 Royal Rumble, and Tatanka at
Wrestlemania 9. On June episode on RAW Shawn did an interview where he was
bragging about recent victories over Mr. Perfect and Jim Duggan and challenged
anybody to come out and face him. Marty Jannetty came out and with a little help
from Mr. Perfect won the IC Title. Shawn wanted revenge and 3 weeks later at a
house show Shawn introduced his new bodyguard Diesel(Kevin Nash) and he helped
him win back the IC title. In October Shawn was stripped of the title because he
didn’t defend it within 30 days. Shawn came back a couple months later saying he
was still the champ and brought around his own belt .At that time Razor Ramon
was the IC champ, and the two went at in the first ever ladder match at
Wrestlemania 10,Sawn lost that match.
Shawn and Diesel won the tag straps on August 27,1994 from the Headshrinkers.
The next day at the Summerslam pay-per-view Diesel was defending his IC belt
against Razor Ramon when the ref was distracted from Razor's guest manager,
Walter Payton, Shawn accidentally superkicked Diesel and caused him to lose the
title. At Survivor Series in an elimination match the same thing happened again
and Shawn caused Diesel to get eliminated. So the team broke up and forfeited
the tag titles.
Shawn’s next big moment came at Royal Rumble '95 where he was the first man in
and won the Rumble and broke Ric Flair's longest stayed in Rumble record. In
February '95 he introduced his second bodyguard Sycho Sid(Sid Justice, Sid
Vicious).He got his World title shot against Diesel, but lost. The next day on
RAW Shawn said his scheduled rematch with Diesel at May In Your House is not
gonna happen and gave him the night off then Sid was furious with Shawn’s
remarks he beat him up until Diesel came out and their friendship was reborn.
Shawn won the Intercontinental title at July '95 In Your House against Jeff
Jarrett. At the September '95 In Your House Diesel and Shawn Michaels won the
Tag Titles from Owen Hart and British Bulldog(who was subbing in for
Yokozuna)but were stripped the next day because of Bulldog subbing. In October
he was beat up by thugs in a bar parking lot and suffered a sever concussion and
was forced to forfeit the title to Dean Douglas. Shawn made his return at the
Survivor Series in a mixed tag match where his team won and him and Ahmed
Johnson were their teams survivors. The next day on RAW he faced Owen Hart and
after Shawn through Owen outside the ring, he all of a sudden collapsed in the
ring and was rushed to the hospital.
He made his second return at the 1996 Royal Rumble where he won it again and
eliminated Diesel who was the last competitor. In February '96 at a house show
where it was Shawn/Diesel vs. Undertaker/Bret Hart. Diesel hit Undertaker and
Bret Hart with chairs Shawn was really disappointed and Diesel nailed him with a
chair and their friendship was over again. Because of winning the '96 Royal
Rumble Shawn got another title shot at Wrestlemania 12 where defeated Bret Hart
for the title. The next month at April In Your House he defeated Diesel in one
of the best no holds barred matches ever. He then defeated lots of other people
defending the title against Mankind, Marty Jannetty ,British Bulldog, Steve
Austin, and Vader. He reintroduced Sid as his friend again to fight against Camp
Cornette at July In Your House in a triple tag match but they lost that one too.
Shawn and Sid’s relationship began to boil down again because Sid got a title
shot against Shawn at the Survivor Series. During that match Sid nailed Shawn’s
then manager Jose Lathario with Shawn’s "kliq cam", later he nailed Shawn with
the camera and won the title. When they had a rematch at the '97 Royal Rumble
Shawn won the title back with an greatly executed Superkick(sweet chin music).A
month later Shawn forfeited the belt on a special Thursday RAW. He said he had a
leg injury which had to get surgery.(Shawn later said he faked this injury, I
don’t know why).Shawn was taking time off, while he was Bret Hart started his
Anti-American thing. Bret attacked Shawn and gave him the Figure 4 around the
ringpost. Shawn got revenge in April, Bret severely injured his leg at the '97
April IN Your House against Steve Austin. The day after that PPV Michaels
superkicked Bret out of his wheelchair.
Shawn made his return match at the '97 King of the Ring where he battled to a
draw against Steve Austin. In July he won the Tag Titles with Steve Austin, but
was stripped of it a few days later. Shawn battled the Undertaker at September
'97 IN Your House. The match ended in a DQ. A couple weeks later the WWF had
another PPV called One Night Only, and for some reason Shawn came out with
Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Chyna who helped him win the European title from the
British Bulldog. This faction was called DX and the next night Rick Rude was
inducted into DX. Shawn’s next match was at October In Your House where he faced
the Undertaker in a special "Hell In a Cell" Match. Shawn was really bloodified
and managed to win with a little help from Kane. Shawn faced Bret Hart in his
final WWF match at the Survivor Series and won the World Title from him. Shawn
and the rest of DX continued with a lot more funny antics. Shawn severely
injured his back at the '97 Royal Rumble in the casket match against the
Undertaker, and in February was rushed to the hospital during training. Shawn
Michaels lost his belt to Steve Austin at Wrestlemania 14 after missing his
superkick. Shawn went in to wrestle against doctor orders. Now Shawn decided to
take some time off to heal his back instead of surgery. Check for further
updates when he returns to the WWE.
