Michael Shawn Hickenbottom is a big name in WWE history.He is known by his ring name ‘Shawn Michaels’. He is a professional wrestler, an American and works for Raw brand of WWE.
Born on 22nd of July, 1965, Shawn is 6 ft 1 in and weighs 102 kg. He is known by his many nicknames but the most famous one has been HBK (The Heartbreak Kid).
- Others are ‘The Showstopper’, The Headliner’, ‘The Main Event’, The Icon’, ‘Mr. WrestleMania’.
- He is an old name in WWE, made his debut in 1984.
- He married twice in his life, his first married life with Theresa Wood being brief, so he married again but in a very small gathering. His second wife is a former wrestler of WCW Rebecca (Nitro Girl).He has two kids; son Cameron Kade and daughter Cheyenne Michelle.
- He is a tattoo freak, having 6 tattoos on his body, many being initials of his family members.
- Getting to his career, he has many titles under his belt such as ‘WWF Championship (3)’, ‘WWF Intercontinental Championship (3)’, ‘WWE World Tag Team Championship (4)’ etc.. He won the Royal Rumble twice in consecutive years. In his long career, he has received umpteen Slammy Awards.
- Actually he has won WWE World Tag Team Championship for 5 times but is considered to be four times Champion. It is because one of the WWE tag team title match he won which was against The Hurt Foundation was not telecasted on television and thus is not considered for the records.
- It was he who ended the career of The Nature Boy ‘Ric Flair’. At WrestleMania XXIV, he defeated Flair in a Career Threatening match, thus putting a stop to Flair’s career.
- Due to recent Global recession, he lost his savings which he kept for his family and this condition of his family forced him to be an employee of JBL (John “Bradshaw” Layfield). JBL didn’t prove to be a good boss but Shawn had to feed his family, so he kept self respect aside and kept working for him. But JBL lost World Heavyweight Champion as John Cena defeated Shawn at the Royal Rumble. After this, he took part in NO WAY OUT and went for an ‘All or Nothing’ match and won it. With that win, he was out of his JBL contract with immediate effect but still getting full pay.
- At present, he is the only one to beat koslov.
- His finishing has been most effective. Even some say Shawn is nothing without his super kick.
- At present, he is inactive and his fans really miss The HeartBreak Kid
