Michael Hickenbottom
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.
Acting
TV
Raw
as Shawn Michaels
1993
TV
Raw
as Shawn Michaels
1993
TV
Raw
1993
TV
Undertaker: The Last Ride
as Shawn Michaels
2020
TV
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
TV
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
as Himself
1999
TV
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
as Shawn Michaels
1999
Movie
The Marine 6: Close Quarters
as Luke Trapper
2018
TV
WWE NXT
2010
TV
WWE NXT
as Shawn Michaels
2010
Movie
WWE WrestleMania 31
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)
2015
Movie
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
as Shawn Michaels (Special Guest Referee)
2012
TV
Pacific Blue
as Michael Shane
1996
TV
Mr. McMahon
as Self
2024
Movie
WWE WrestleMania XXV
as Shawn Michaels
2009
Movie
WWE WrestleMania 29
as Shawn Michaels (Ringside)
2013
Movie
WWE WrestleMania 21
as Shawn Michaels
2005
Movie
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as Shawn Michaels
2010
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as Shawn Michaels
2008
Movie
WWE WrestleMania 32
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)
2016
Movie
WWE WrestleMania 22
as Shawn Michaels
2006
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 2006
as Shawn Michaels
2006
Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
as Michaels (archive footage)
2013
Movie
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
as Shawn Michaels
1998
Crew
Movie
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Stunts
2010
Movie
WWE No Way Out 2007
Costume Consultant
2007
TV
WWE EVOLVE
Executive Producer
2025
Movie
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
Writers' Assistant
2008
Movie
Heatwave 2025
Executive Producer
2025
Movie
NXT Halloween Havoc 2025
Executive Producer
2025
Movie
NXT Stand & Deliver 2026
Art Direction
2026
Movie
NXT vs. TNA Showdown
Executive Producer
2025
Movie
WWE NXT Countdown To Stand & Deliver 2026
Art Direction
2026
Movie
LIVE matches from WWE World: April 19, 2026 Part 2
Writer
2026
Movie
The Epidemic
Thanks
Movie
NXT Vengeance Day 2023 Kickoff
Producer's Assistant
2023