[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. [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). "As I look back on it now, that was the greatest thing that ever happened to me," says Shawn Michaels . [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. In the WWF/WWE, Michaels headlined pay-per-view events between 1989 and 2018, main-eventing the company's flagship annual event, WrestleMania, five times. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative and oversees the creative aspects of the NXT brand. Michaels came out of this match, dubbed by fans the "Montreal Screwjob", as the WWF Champion. 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. [1] During his time with TASW, Michaels replaced Nick Kiniski in the American Breed tag team, teaming with Paul Diamond. Shawn Michaels is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. RELATED: 5 Shawn Michaels Matches Dave Meltzer Overrated (& 5 He Underrated). [38] This feud culminated in a ladder match between the two on March 20 at WrestleMania X. Both men were going out on television and frequently making personal, true to heart remarks about one another. [219] Only the couple and an Elvis impersonator were present. [198] On November 2 at Crown Jewel, D-Generation X defeated The Brothers of Destruction. [56], On a special episode of Raw dubbed Thursday Raw Thursday, Michaels vacated the WWF Championship. [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. by Matt Tuthill After wowing WWE fans for more than two decades, Shawn Michaels decided to keep the train rolling with his new autobiography Wrestling for My Life. Nonetheless, HBK lost several matches on his way out, with some defeats more significant than others. In his tweet, Hart described working on the DVD as a "cathartic" experience, and Ross asserted that both Hart and Michaels had been very honest and emotional in their interviews. He was once again teamed with Marty Jannetty, billed as The Midnight Rockers. [175] The following night, on the March 29 episode of Raw, Michaels gave an emotional farewell speech, departing with the familiar sentence, "Shawn Michaels has left the building. 1inch. [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. [158] On October 5 at No Mercy, Michaels lost a ladder match for the World Heavyweight Championship to Jericho. The Brothers of Destruction", "WWE CROWN JEWEL RESULTS 11/2: Keller's report on Styles vs. Joe, Strowman vs. Lesnar, World Cup tournament, Michaels & Triple H vs. Kane & Undertaker", "D-Generation X to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame", "WWE Survivor Series results: Powell's review of Undertaker's Final Farewell, Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns, Asuka vs. Sasha Banks, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. Watch every Premium Live Event and get unlimited access to WWE's premium content - available to you anywhere, anytime, on any device. Triple H - Survivor Series 2009, W/ Triple H Vs. Jeri-Show - Raw (12/14/09), W/ Triple H Vs. ShoMiz Vs. Michaels, in his role as Vice President of Talent Development, took over responsibility for the running of the NXT shows. [45], Michaels returned to the ring as a fan favorite in May 1995 and defeated Jeff Jarrett to win his third Intercontinental Championship on July 23 at In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks. Despite earning a lot of wins in his career, Michaels isn't exempt from coming up short in some matches. Sign up for Peacock to watch. [81] Continuing the angle, a week later, Triple H attacked Michaels from behind in a parking lot and put his head through a car window, in storyline. McMahon then began setting unusual stipulations for Michaels' matches and interfering on behalf of Michaels' opponents. [223] He was raised a Catholic, but became a non-denominational Christian because of his wife. This match took place in Madison Square Garden. [178] Three days later, he announced a long-term deal with WWE, where he would serve in an ambassadorial role. Michaels threw the kitchen sink at Undertaker, but it wasn't enough with the Deadman putting Michaels out of his misery with a jumping Tombstone. [44] After this, Michaels took time off[44] because Vince McMahon wanted Michaels to become a fan favorite. [170] On the January 4, 2010 episode of Raw, Michaels buried the hatchet with long-time rival Bret Hart, as they shook hands and hugged in the ring. Sweet Chin Music. Moreover, ShoMiz isolated Triple H in their corner. [26] He was put together with mirror-carrying manager, Sensational Sherri, who according to the storyline had become infatuated with him. [174] At WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, Michaels lost to The Undertaker and, as a result, he was forced to retire due to the match stipulation, the same way Michaels ended Ric Flair's career. Weight. [4] Around this time, Michaels became the leader of a backstage group known as The Kliq. Tevon is a big fan of professional wrestling, who has followed wrestling since the Attitude Era. [110] He became the first person to cleanly defeat Chris Masters on September 18 at Unforgiven with Sweet Chin Music. [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. There was firepower on show on the November 16, 2009 episode of Raw. [2][14] He attended Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, but dropped out to pursue a career in professional wrestling. Michaels briefly left the WWF in June of that year after a real backstage fight with Hart, just hours before a Raw Is War show, which allegedly resulted from Michaels making an on-air remark, known as the "Sunny Days" comment, implying that Hart (who was married at the time) was having an affair with Tammy Sytch, a manager and valet who was signed to the WWF as Sunny. [121] This angle was written so Michaels could have surgery on his knee, which had been legitimately injured for some time. Preferred Name: Shawn Michaels. He was then confronted by Rusev, Lana and Jinder Mahal, before Enzo Amore and Big Cass came to Michaels's side, leading to a match between Big Cass and Mahal, which Cass won after Michaels superkicked Rusev at ringside, distracting Mahal. Miz was going for the Skull Crushing Finale on Michaels but he fought out of it. HBK was a man on a mission, and he eliminated Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, John Morrison, Carlito, and Drew McIntyre. Profile & Match Listing Facts & Stats PWI Ratings Opponents & Partners Win/Loss Record Star Ratings Win Types Relations PPV. One of the biggest main events in the history of Survivor Series featured John Cena defending the WWE Championship in a triple threat match against Shawn Michaels and Triple H. Survivor Series has been kind to Michaels as he won his final two World Championships at the event. [114] On January 29, 2006, at the Royal Rumble, McMahon made his way to the ring, and as Michaels stared at McMahon, Shane McMahon made a surprise appearance to eliminate Michaels. [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. [4] On May 19, Michaels and his fellow Kliq members were involved in the incident known as "Curtain Call". A buckle had indeed broken, but not to a noticeable or dangerous extent during the match. [6], Widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time,[208][209] Michaels received praise for several matches, including 15 Match of the Year awards between Pro Wrestling Illustrated and Wrestling Observer Newsletter. [1] He explained to fans that he was informed by doctors that he had suffered a knee injury. Discover more Celebrity Heights and Vote on how tall you think any Celebrity is! 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. Michaels later interfered in the match, causing Jericho to be eliminated. [4] They were fired from WWF two weeks later, for a bar incident (a misunderstanding, according to Michaels's autobiography). [115] On the February 13 episode of Raw, McMahon unsuccessfully forced Michaels to sign retirement papers. Jeri-Show prevailed, but DX retained their titles by disqualification. [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. Nevertheless, Jericho took Michaels out with the codebreaker. There was a mix-up between DX, and Miz rolled up Michaels to clinch the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. [167] After WrestleMania, Michaels took a hiatus from WWE. [194] On the March 13 episode of Raw, Michaels gave Roman Reigns advice about The Undertaker for their match at WrestleMania 33, before Braun Strowman attacked Reigns on the entrance ramp. [4][46] This led to a title defense against Razor Ramon on August 27 at SummerSlam in a ladder match, which Michaels won. [24], At the suggestion of Curt Hennig, Michaels adopted the nickname "The Heartbreak Kid". [94] At Bad Blood on June 13, Michaels lost to Triple H in the longest Hell in a Cell match in history. Moreover, Michaels was desperate to face the Phenom at WrestleMania 26. Raw fielded Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Mark Henry, and Kofi Kingston. Battle for brand supremacy at Bragging Rights between Team Raw and Team SmackDown. As a child, he disliked the name "Michael" and convinced his family and friends to address him by his middle name. [143] Michaels got another opportunity at the WWE Championship, when he was granted his rematch against Orton on November 18 at Survivor Series. 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. [89] Michaels defeated Jericho on March 30 at WrestleMania XIX but was low-blowed after hugging Jericho. [195] He was one of the many WWE legends who appeared on the January 22, 2018 episode of Raw 25 Years. Michaels made his national-level debut, as Sean Michaels, at the age of 20 in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), in a victory over Buddhakhan on ESPN. Michaels came in to help Triple H, and the two did the DX "crotch chops. They began at WrestleMania 22, where both Michaels and Triple H performed the crotch chop during their matches. "[123] On June 25 at Vengeance, DX defeated the Spirit Squad in a 5on2 handicap match. Shawn Michaels has picked up a plethora of high-profile wins on his resume, but the Heartbreak Kid suffered a few losses before he hung up his boots. [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. [8], Michael Shawn Hickenbottom was born in Chandler, Arizona, on July 22, 1965. [40] The next day at SummerSlam, Diesel lost the Intercontinental Championship to Ramon when Michaels accidentally superkicked Diesel. [34] Originally the secondary main event, Michaels and Hart became the primary main event after The Ultimate Warrior was unable to compete and was replaced by Mr. Lock on Michaels to end the segment. [207] In September 2022, his job title was confirmed as Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative, responsible for both creative and development at NXT, and for the expansion of NXT UK into NXT Europe in 2023. [149] Michaels defeated Jericho on May 18 at Judgment Day. WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels is one of the most decorated WWE Superstars of all time. [1] A retirement angle was written so that Michaels could take some time off after he came back from an injury too soon. In the mid to late nineties, the anarchic behaviour of Shawn Michaels behind the scenes was the stuff of legend. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he is known by the nicknames "The Heartbreak Kid" (often abbreviated as HBK), "The Showstopper", and "Mr. Hometown. [148] Jericho then confronted Michaels, in which he admitted to faking a knee injury in order to defeat Batista. Hair colour Blonde. This injury was used to keep Michaels out of action, as he required surgery for his knee. The Straight Edge Society - Raw (2/8/10), 5 Shawn Michaels Matches Dave Meltzer Overrated (& 5 He Underrated), 10 Matches You Forgot Shawn Michaels Competed In, the reigning WWE Champion John Cena and the World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker, 10 Cringey DX Moments We Completely Forgot About, John Cena defending the WWE Championship in a triple threat match against Shawn Michaels and Triple H, . He wrote a lengthy caption on his post and stated that the former WWE Champion must have walked off immediately after taking . It helps support immunity, fight off diseases and maintain your metabolism." But before you lace up your sneakers, Michaels recommends doing a little soul-searching. He is currently retired from wrestling and makes . This was Michaels' final match on Raw before his retirement. [39], On August 28, Michaels and Diesel won the WWF Tag Team Championship from The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu). [60][61] The fans at the event were so upset at the result of the match they booed Michaels out of the building to the extent that they littered the ring with garbage, cementing his second heel turn. On last week's episode of NXT, Carmelo . Punk attempted the GTS but Michaels connected with Sweet Chin Music to remove him from the equation. [196], At Super Show-Down on October 6, Michaels assisted Triple H in defeating The Undertaker, after which, he was attacked by Undertaker and Kane. After the two reunited, McMahon offered Jannetty a contract if he "kissed his ass. This plan places a heavy emphasis on leafy greens and veggies for the remainder of the daya practical way to cut both calories and carbs.35 years experience in General Practice. [151] On the June 9 episode of Raw, Michaels was attacked by Chris Jericho during his talk show segment, The Highlight Reel, being thrown directly through a television screen. "The No. [1] The team proved popular with both children and women[4] and was a mid-card stalwart of television and pay-per-view shows for the next two years. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event and the worlds best TV and movies, WWE Champion; World Heavyweight Champion; Intercontinental Champion; European Champion; World Tag Team Champion; Royal Rumble Match winner (1995 & 1996); Two-time WWE Hall of Fame Inductee (Class of 2011 & 2019). Michaels contemplated thoughts of retirement and stated that he "had to find his smile again", which he had "lost" somewhere down the line. [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). This series airs on CarbonTV.[225]. Date Of Birth: Jul 22nd 1965. [60][62] With this win, Michaels became the first Grand Slam Champion. His wife Rebecca observed, "There was something in him that he despised, and he was self-destructing." [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. [182] Michaels was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 2 by Triple H. They were also joined by fellow Kliq members Kevin Nash (who had returned to WWE for the Royal Rumble) and Sean Waltman. He also got his name in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. [42] As part of the storyline, Michaels recruited Sid as his bodyguard for the build-up, lost the match[43] and was attacked by Sid the following night. [153] On July 20 at The Great American Bash, Jericho defeated Michaels by referee stoppage after assaulting Michaels's eyes. Michaels reunited DX with Triple H in 2009, and Michaels was involved in a lot of tag team competition. RELATED: 10 Cringey DX Moments We Completely Forgot About. Michaels was the only nWo member to have never worked in WCW. Michaels joins his hunting partner and longtime friend, Keith Mark, owner and operator of the original MacMillan River Adventures camp in Yukon, Canada, as they hunt big-game animals around the world. [27], At WrestleMania VIII on April 5, 1992, Michaels defeated Tito Santana in his first pay-per-view singles match after both men had simultaneously eliminated each other from that year's Royal Rumble. 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 . [65] Michaels's feud with the Hart Foundation culminated in a championship match at Survivor Series on November 9 against Hart. [214], Michaels is cited as an inspiration for many wrestlers such as Chris Jericho,[215] Kevin Owens,[211] Seth Rollins,[216] Adam Cole and more. Shawn Michaels. HHH at 50 would probably look younger too if he let his hair grow out. 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[210][211] Sumit Rehal of Independent UK in his top 10 WrestleMania matches listed Michaels 3 times (vs Razor Ramon at WrestleMania X, vs Bret Hart at WrestleMania XII and vs The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXV). 1999 [3] Matthew James Bentley [2] (born December 10, 1979) [1] is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by the ring name Michael Shane, later changed to "Maverick" Matt Bentley. Eye colour Brown. [70] Throughout late 1998 and early 1999, Michaels made regular television appearances on Raw, in which he scheduled matches, throwing around his authority, and sometimes even deciding the outcome of matches. Bischoff refused to schedule such a match and instead told Michaels to find a partner. If it keeps this pace he's still gonna have many years. [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". After Michaels won a match against Diesel, Ramon and Hunter Hearst Helmsley came to the ring and joined Michaels and Diesel in a group-hug. Michaels then made a plea for Hulk Hogan to come back and team with him. He was the co-founder and original leader of the successful stable, D-Generation X. Michaels also wrestled in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he founded The Midnight Rockers with Marty Jannetty in 1985. [1] The Rockers continued their partnership, eventually splitting on December 2, 1991, aired January 11, 1992, on Wrestling Challenge, during an incident on Brutus Beefcake's televised Barber Shop talk show promotional segment. 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. However, Bischoff reversed the decision due to both men's shoulders being on the mat. A cocky, confident heartbreaker from San Antonio, Texas, HBK started off his career as one half . [144] In their match, Michaels was banned from using Sweet Chin Music upon request by Orton, referring to as Michaels superkicking Orton week after week. [36] On WWF programs, his suspension was explained by his having neglected to defend the title often enough. It was co-written by David Thomas.[229]. [128] At New Year's Revolution on January 7, 2007, Triple H suffered a legit torn right quadriceps during their match with Rated-RKO. 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