
Cast
Michael Hickenbottom
Acting
Cast
Michael Hickenbottom
Known for
Acting
Born
1965-07-22
From
Chandler, Arizona, USA
Also known as Shawn Michaels, The Heartbreak Kid, HBK
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.

Angle
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)

The Marine 6: Close Quarters
as Luke Trapper

WWE WrestleMania 31
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE Royal Rumble 2013
as Michaels (archive footage)

WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Shawn Michaels: My Journey
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XXIV
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2002
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Rampage '91
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream
as Shawn Michaels

WWF: Mick Foley - Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops
as Himself

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as Shawn Michaels

Batista - I Walk Alone
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
as Shawn Michaels (Special Guest Referee)

WWE WrestleMania XX
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 13
as Shawn Michaels (Commentary)

WWE: DX: One Last Stand
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1992
as "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
as Self

WWE King of the Ring 1995
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1994
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
as Shawn Michaels (Special Guest Referee)

WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2007
as Shawn Michaels

Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
as Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania 41: Saturday
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1989
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 29
as Shawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE WrestleMania 23
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1997
as Shawn Michaels (Referee)

WWE One Night Stand 2008
as Shawn Michaels

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
as Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
as Self

WWE SummerSlam 2002
as Shawn Michaels

My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
as Shawn Michaels

Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars
as Incredible Master Yoga

WWE WrestleMania 22
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2020
as Shawn Michaels

WWE King of the Ring 2002
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE Survivor Series 1992
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Bragging Rights 2009
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2006
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XV
as Shawn Michaels (WWE Commissioner)

WWE Bad Blood 2003
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XI
as Shawn Michaels

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
as Doug

90 Feet from Home
as James Devine

WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as Shawn Michaels

WWE The Great American Bash 2008
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2009
as Shawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE Unforgiven 2006
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania 21
as Shawn Michaels

WWE New Year's Revolution 2006
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Night of Champions 2008
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)

Warrior's Greatest Matches
as Self

WWE Royal Rumble 1997
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Unforgiven 2008
as Himself

WWE WrestleMania 32
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE WrestleMania XIV
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Vengeance 2002
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak

WWE WrestleMania IX
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Invasion '92
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Ladder Match
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Judgment Day 2000
as Shawn Michaels (Referee)

The True Story of WrestleMania
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
as Shawn Michaels

The John Cena Experience
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)

Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Armageddon 2002
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2008
as Himself

WWE WrestleMania VII
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2005
as Himself

WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series

WWE Survivor Series 2002
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2005
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1998
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2007
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1996
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2004
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Wrestlemania XIX
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania V
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XXV
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
as Shawn Michaels

Razor Ramon
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2003
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1995
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Cyber Sunday 2006
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)

Kevin Nash: Too Sweet
as Shawn Michaels

The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2007
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
as Shawn Michaels

Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
as Shawn Michaels

WWE RAW 1000

WWE Vengeance 2006
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Clash of Champions 2020
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
as Shawn Michaels

1997: Dawn of the Attitude
as Shawn Michaels

The Firefly Funhouse Match
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)

WWE King of the Ring 1993
as Shawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Unforgiven 2004
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2003
as Shawn Michaels

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2006
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Wrestlemania Recall
as Shawn Michaels

The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2003
as Shawn Michaels

Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)

WWE Royal Rumble 2006
as Shawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 12: It's Time
as Shawn Michaels (Commentary)

WWE New Year's Revolution 2007
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Judgment Day 2007
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2009
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1997
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania X
as Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
as Himself

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Twisted, Disturbed Life of Kane
as "HBK" Shawn Michaels

WWE Vengeance 2005
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 2005
as Shawn Michaels

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Brawl in the Family
as Shawn Michaels (Manager)

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: WrestleMania Monday
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1993
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1996
as Shawn Michaels

WWE No Way Out 2009
as Shawn Michaels

DX: Confidential
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2008
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2005
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2007
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 2006
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1991
as Shawn Michaels

The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Super Show-Down 2018
as Shawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
as Shawn Michaels

WWE King of the Ring 1994
as Shawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE World Tour '90
as Shawn Michaels

WWE No Mercy 2008
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleFest '91
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
as Shawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Crown Jewel
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1995
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 1: Shots Fired
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Unforgiven 2003
as Shawn Michaels

Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
as Shawn Michaels

WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
as Shawn Michaels

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlam

Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars
as Shawn Michaels

Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania VI
as Shawn Michaels

The Top 100 Moments In Raw History
as Michaels

WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Bad Blood 2004
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Insurrextion 2003
as Shawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Before They Were Superstars 2
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2004
as Shawn Michaels

Batista: The Animal Unleashed
as Himself

WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come
as Shawn Michaels

Bret "Hit Man" Hart
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1988
as Shawn Michaels

WWF: It's Our Time
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleFest '92
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Judgment Day 2008
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as Shawn Michaels (Appearance)

WWE UK Rampage '92
as "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleMania XII
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2025
as Shawn Michaels

WWE UK Rampage
as "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

WWE Bashed in the USA
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleFest '93
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
as Shawn Michaels

Nature Boy
as Self

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased

Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
as Himself

The True Story of the Royal Rumble
as Shawn Michaels

Best Of Raw ⢠Volume Six
as Shawn Michaels

Superfan: The Story of Vladimir
as Self

WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
as Shawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
as Shawn Michaels

The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
as Shawn Michaels

WWE U.K. Rampage 1993
as Shawn Michaels

WWE King of the Ring 1996
as Shawn Michaels

WWE World Tour 1991
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2009-2010
as Michael Hickenbottom

WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)

WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Shawn Michaels

WWE No Way Out 2008
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Armageddon 2003
as Shawn Michaels

WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
as "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies
as Shawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 9: International Incident
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Breaking Point 2009
as Shawn Michaels

Big Daddy Cool Diesel
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1996
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1993
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Armageddon 2007
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 2009
as Shawn Michaels

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Hottest Matches
as Ted DiBiase

WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Rampage '92
as Shawn Michaels

Pure Country: Pure Heart
as Ted

Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1989
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Slammy Awards 2020
as Shawn Michaels - Presenter

WWE Royal Rumble 1990
as Shawn Michaels

John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
as Shawn Michaels

WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1989
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Best of the 2000's
as Shawn Michaels

WWE No Way Out 2007
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
as Shawn Michaels

WWE 24: Wrestlemania Dallas
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Best Of In Your House
as Shawn Michaels

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
as Shawn Michaels

WWF Rock And Rumble
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2015
as Self

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
as Shawn Michaels

Best Of Raw ⢠Volume Three
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Unforgiven 2005
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam 1993
as Shawn Michaels

Best Of Raw ⢠Volume One
as Shawn Michaels

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch
as Shawn Michaels

AWA WrestleRock 1986
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Survivor Series 1994
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Royal Rumble 1994
as Shawn Michaels

WWE World Tour 1992
as Shawn Michaels

WWF: D-Generation X
as Shawn Michaels "HBK"

WWE Survivor Series 1995
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The New & Improved DX
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Super Tuesday
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Twist of Fate - The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story
as Self

WWE King of the Ring 1997
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
as Shawn Michaels

You Think You Know Me? The Story of Edge
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Raw 10th Anniversary
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Triple H - The Game
as Himself

WWF: Hell Yeah: The Stone Cold Saga Continues
as Himself

AAA TriplemanĂa XXXIII
as Shawn Michaels

WWE RAW Homecoming

The Best of WWE Raw, Vol. 1 & 2
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Taboo Tuesday 2004
as Shawn Michaels

WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads

WWE SlamFest
as Shawn Michaels

The History Of WrestleMania
as Shawn Michaels

WWE One Night Only
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleFest '95
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Backlash 2003
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Funniest Moments
as Shawn Michaels

WWE WrestleFest '90
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Attitude Era
as Michaels

SWS WrestleFest
as Shawn Michaels

Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
as Shawn Michaels

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
as Shawn Michaels

WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
as Self

WWF: TLC - Tables Ladders Chairs
as Shawn Michaels

Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
as Shawn Michaels (archive footage)

WWE WrestleFest '94
as Shawn Michaels

Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
as Shawn Michaels

SMW Superbowl of Wrestling
as Shawn Michaels

Owen: Hart of Gold
as Shawn Michaels

Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection

WWE: The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History

The Price of Fame
as Self

WWE Global Warfare
as Shawn Michaels

WWF: Best of Wrestlemania I-XIV

More Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
as Shawn Michaels

German Fan Favorites
as Shawn Michaels

Greatest Wrestling Factions

WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
as Shawn Michaels

WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam
as Shawn Michaels (Ringside)

WWE: The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1

The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels
as Self

WWF Summer Flashback!
as Shawn Michaels

Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
as Shawn Michaels

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
as Shawn Michaels

Inside the WWF
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: From the Vault: Shawn Michaels

WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
as Shawn Michaels

AWA SuperClash II
as Shawn Michaels

WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
as Shawn Michaels

NXT Deadline 2023
as Shawn Michaels

WWE UK Rampage '93
as Shawn Michaels

WWE U.K. PPV
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: RAW The Beginning - The Best Of Seasons 1 & 2
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: The Kliq Rules
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2011

WWE NXT Homecoming
as Shawn Michaels

Mick Foley: Madman Unmasked
as Himself

WWE Collection Volume 2: Know Your Role

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
as Shawn Michaels

The Best of the WWF: volume 17
as Shawn Michaels

NXT Stand & Deliver 2026
as Shawn Michaels

AWA Battle by the Bay
as Shawn Michaels

WWE: Greatest Stars Of The 90's
as Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels: Hits from the Heartbreak Kid
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Fame 2019
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Network Collection: Shawn Michaels - Mr. Wrestlemania

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88
as Shawn Michaels

AWA The Brawl in St. Paul
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Wham, Bam, Bodyslam!
as Shawn Michaels

AWA Christmas Night 1987
as Shawn Michaels

Best of The British Bulldog
as Shawn Michaels

WrestleMania XXX Kickoff
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Terminators '96
as Shawn Michaels

Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart
as Himself

AWA Blood on the Sand
as Shawn Michaels

Austin 3:16 Uncensored
as Shawn Michaels

WWE Superstar Collection: Shawn Michaels

AWA Christmas Show 1987
as Shawn Michaels