Name: Michael Shawn Hickenbottom. Visit Sony LIV to sign in or sign up and enjoy WWE's premium content. [110] He became the first person to cleanly defeat Chris Masters on September 18 at Unforgiven with Sweet Chin Music. Sign up for BINGE to watch. This match took place in Madison Square Garden. Reply . If you weigh 180 pounds (82 kilograms), that's 9 pounds (4 kilograms). Michaels dropped the European Championship to DX member Hunter Hearst Hemsley in a farcical match. However, Bischoff reversed the decision due to both men's shoulders being on the mat. [203], In late 2016, Michaels became a trainer at the WWE Performance Center. [181] On the March 28 episode of Raw, Michaels addressed Triple H and The Undertaker about their match at WrestleMania XXVII. If it keeps this pace he's still gonna have many years. "[176], In an interview with Bill Simmons of ESPN.com shortly after his retirement, Michaels stated that his decision to retire came a month before WrestleMania 25, when a backstage employee asked about his son Cameron, and, in response to Shawn telling the employee that he'd just turned nine, the employee said that he was "halfway gone"; meaning that he was halfway to his eighteenth birthday, and after that, he'd be "gone". [77] He appeared briefly on television to make a speech at WWF New York during Armageddon on December 10, 2000. [195] He was one of the many WWE legends who appeared on the January 22, 2018 episode of Raw 25 Years. [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). Triple H - Survivor Series 2009, W/ Triple H Vs. Jeri-Show - Raw (12/14/09), W/ Triple H Vs. ShoMiz Vs. [93] Due to the "Montreal Screwjob" incident, the Edmonton crowd booed Michaels, with chants of "You screwed Bret!" At WWF One Night Only, held in Birmingham, England on September 20, Michaels defeated The British Bulldog to capture the WWF European Championship. [121] This angle was written so Michaels could have surgery on his knee, which had been legitimately injured for some time. [24] Sherri even sang the first version of his new theme music, "Sexy Boy". Shawn Michaels. Perfect and retained the championship via a. Jeri-Show prevailed, but DX retained their titles by disqualification. [41] Michaels won the Royal Rumble on January 2, 1995,[42] which set up a championship grudge match on March 20 at WrestleMania XI against Diesel (who had gone on to win the WWF Championship from Bob Backlund). Shawn Michaels was in the final stretch of his wrestling career before he retired at WrestleMania 26. Cody Rhodes applied a Figure Four Leglock around the ring post whilst DiBiase cinched in the Million Dollar Dream leaving Michaels no choice but to tap out. Shawn Michaels got his wish after he cost The Undertaker the World Heavyweight Championship at Elimination Chamber 2010. In his first WWE match since WrestleMania XIV, Michaels defeated Triple H at SummerSlam, but was attacked by Triple H with a sledgehammer after the match. Bolded items represent title victories while italicized items represent title losses. [154] On the August 25 episode of Raw, Michaels renounced his retirement and challenged Jericho to an unsanctioned match at Unforgiven on September 7, which Jericho accepted. [24], At the suggestion of Curt Hennig, Michaels adopted the nickname "The Heartbreak Kid". [51] They continued the match, but Michaels collapsed in the ring, supposedly because he had suffered a concussion. 24 hours later, Jeri-Show was looking to regain the titles against DX on Raw. 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A buckle had indeed broken, but not to a noticeable or dangerous extent during the match. 33 and No. This match was off the charts, and it was another classic between the two. [152] The following week, it was revealed that, within the context of the storyline, Michaels had suffered a detached retina. He performed in non-wrestling roles for the next two years, resuming his wrestling career with WWE in 2002 until ceremoniously retiring in 2010. [138], Michaels then entered a feud with Randy Orton when Orton claimed that he could beat Michaels. 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 returned to WWE programming in a series of segments that aired on the August 10, 2009 episode of Raw, where he had, in storyline, left the WWE. [146] Afterwards, Batista confronted Michaels about his actions at WrestleMania, calling him selfish and egotistical. [144], Michaels ended Ric Flair's career in a Career Threatening match on March 30, 2008 at WrestleMania XXIV. Jillian Michaels said weight loss is like paying off debt you work harder for a period, then can relax. "He'd work with me the same way [Chris]. Over the next few months, Michaels battled various injuries and launched the Heartbreak Hotel television talk show segment, mainly shown on Superstars. [20], The Rockers redebuted at a WWF live event on July 7, 1988. Tevon is a big fan of professional wrestling, who has followed wrestling since the Attitude Era. Buy the Song. 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. [90] On the December 29 episode of Raw, Michaels seemingly defeated Triple H after a Sweet Chin Music for the World Heavyweight Championship in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas with Eric Bischoff as the special guest referee (Earl Hebner originally refereed the match, only to be knocked out by Triple H in the middle of the match). [134], On the January 29 episode of Raw, Michaels captured the World Tag Team Championship with WWE Champion John Cena after defeating Rated-RKO. 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. 11 The Rockers Vs. The New Day (Non-Title Match)", "WWE RAW Results 1/9/17 (Live from New Orleans, Undertaker and HBK return, Handicap U.S. Even this level of weight loss can help lower your risk of chronic health problems, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. [64] Michaels continued his rivalry with Bret Hart and his reformed Hart Foundation, which was now a pro-Canada stable. [92] Four months later, he lost a World Heavyweight Championship match against Triple H, after Edge interfered on October 19 at Taboo Tuesday, when the fans voted for him ahead of Edge and Chris Benoit to face Triple H one more time. After charming crowds as a Rocker in the 90s, HBK infamously severed his partnership with Marty Jannetty by smashing his friends head through a window. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, Ranked No. DX dropped the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship to ShoMiz, and they attempted to regain the titles on the March 1, 2010 edition of Raw. He strongly believes Shawn just wanted to leave WWE and join WCW but Vince McMahon wasn't going to let that happen. . [4] On May 19, Michaels and his fellow Kliq members were involved in the incident known as "Curtain Call". [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. . It was every man for themselves, and HBK eliminated Triple H from proceedings. the WWE roster who the most gifted sports-entertainer of all time is and nearly everyone will have the same answer Shawn Michaels. [2][96], At the Royal Rumble on January 30, 2005, Michaels competed in the Rumble match and eliminated Kurt Angle. [39], On August 28, Michaels and Diesel won the WWF Tag Team Championship from The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu). Dave Meltzer gave him two 5 stars matches (the Ladder match against Razor Ramon at WrestleMania X and the first Hell in a Cell against The Undertaker at Bad Blood 1997). Moreover, ShoMiz isolated Triple H in their corner. [22] When news spread, WWF explained that the original result was void due to a collapsed turnbuckle in the ring during the bout. Instead, they celebrated it, grateful to have witnessed the evolution of Shawn Michaels from high-flying Rocker to WWE Hall of Famer. 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. [126], At Cyber Sunday on November 5, DX lost to Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton) after fan-selected referee Eric Bischoff allowed the illegal use of a steel chair to give Rated-RKO the ill-gotten win and the plaudit of being the first tag team to defeat DX in a tag team match since their reformation in June 2006. Shawn didn't look horrible, but he looked worse in his late 30's, early 40's, then The Rock does at 50. [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". HBK was a man on a mission, and he eliminated Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, John Morrison, Carlito, and Drew McIntyre. Home; . [63] The match received a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer. [38] Michaels lost the match, which featured both his and Ramon's championship belts suspended above a ladder in the ring. [4][5] During his training, Hickenbottom adopted the ring name, "Shawn Michaels". During Shawn's HoF induction speech H gave away his real height/weight at like 5'10" 185 lbs. Moreover, HBK was in cruise control but he was distracted by Undertaker who appeared on the titantron.
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