[210] In 2016, Dave Richard of CBS Sports ranked his match against Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIV as the best main event in WrestleMania history. [38] During this time, Michaels and Sherri split and he engaged himself in a feud with former tag team partner Marty Jannetty. Proud! In late 2016, Michaels became a trainer at the WWE Performance Center. The Midnight Rockers won the AWA World Tag Team Championship, defeating Doug Somers and Buddy Rose. [138] The next night on Raw, Michaels and Cena competed in two back-to-back ten team battle royals, winning the first and losing the World Tag Team Championship in the second to The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) when Michaels threw Cena over the top rope. [5] It also received a five-star rating from Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor Dave Meltzer, the first of nine WWF/E matches to do so. [34][35] However, he won the title from The British Bulldog on Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI, which aired on November 14. [60] His speech was regarded as controversial, as Michaels was allegedly unwilling to lose to Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 (since it was noted that he was going to have a rematch with Hart at WrestleMania). [20] He then began pursuing a career in professional wrestling. All three legends then became involved in an altercation with Big Show. In contrast to the storylines featured on the show, this was in fact a real-life reconciliation which laid to rest animosities surrounding the Montreal Screwjob. The subject of the DVD was their on-screen rivalry and real-life conflicts, with a particular focus on the Montreal Screwjob. [5][23] They then returned to AWA, where they won the AWA tag team titles for a second time,[15] but were re-signed by WWF a year later. [2], Hickenbottom became a born-again Christian on April 24, 2002. Michaels resumed his wrestling career with WWE in 2002 and retired ceremoniously in 2010, before being assigned as a trainer in 2016. The statement affected Michaels deeply; he did not want to be absent when his son left home, so he decided that year would be his last year as an active wrestler. A cocky, confident heartbreaker from San Antonio, Texas, HBK started off his career as one half of The Rockers and ended it in a classic match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXVI. He knew he wanted to become a professional wrestler at the age of twelve and said he performed a wrestling routine in his high school's talent show, complete with fake blood. https://t.co/pZPpagKnyN, . @ZoeyStarkWWE looks to make a HARD-HITTING impact in her singles debut on #WWENXT! Michaels came out of this match, dubbed by fans the "Montreal Screwjob", as the WWF Champion. [171] 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. [146] In their match, Michaels was banned from using Sweet Chin Music upon request by Orton, referring to as Michaels superkicking Orton week after week. [27] Sherri even sang the first version of his new theme music, "Sexy Boy". From his 1987 debut all the way through current in ring appearances, Shawn Michaels has enjoyed a storied career in the WWE which few could rival. [3][19] After graduating, Hickenbottom attended Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, but soon realized that college life was not for him. [56] At WrestleMania XII, Michaels defeated WWF Champion Bret Hart in the overtime of their sixty-minute Iron Man match, which had ended in a scoreless tie. It looks like a push may be planned for Zoey Stark on the WWE NXT brand. During his training, Hickenbottom adopted the ring name, "Shawn Michaels". Michaels said he was only being loyal to his company, he had moved on, and McMahon should move on as well. [163] After failing to help JBL win the World Heavyweight Championship from John Cena at the Royal Rumble,[164] and being derided for it, Michaels agreed to face JBL in "All or Nothing" match at No Way Out in February. [161] Later that night, Jericho replaced CM Punk in the World Heavyweight Championship scramble match, and won the title. Both men were going out on television and frequently making personal, true to heart remarks about one another. [196] During that match, Michaels superkicked an interfering Paul Heyman, helping Triple H win and keep his job. [74][75][76] On the January 4, 1999 episode of Raw Is War, Michaels re-joined D-X as a face, but disappeared from WWF television for a few weeks to have back surgery[77] and by the time he returned DX was on the way of dissolving within the next couple of months. Michaels then began a rivalry with Chris Jericho, after Jericho claimed that he was the next Shawn Michaels. [82] During his time as a teacher at the academy, he had his first match since 1998 on April 4, 2000, where he defeated Venom in a Hardcore Street Fight. HBK discusses his legendary WrestleMania showdowns with The Undertaker, his current work with NXT, and coming out of retirement for a … Michaels met with Penguins' owner Mario Lemieux and sat with former Pittsburgh Steelers's defensive lineman Brett Keisel during the game. 33 and No. [2] During his time with TASW, Michaels replaced Nick Kiniski in the American Breed tag team, teaming with Paul Diamond. Formerly known as Lacey Ryan in the indies, Stark signed with WWE in January and made her debut in the first-ever Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. "[119] The following week, Jannetty refused McMahon's offer and instead took Chris Masters's "Masterlock challenge. Michaels's championship reign ended at the Survivor Series event, where he lost to Sycho Sid, his former bodyguard. [59], On a special episode of Raw dubbed Thursday Raw Thursday, Michaels vacated the WWF Championship. On November 23, 1999, Michaels made a special appearance for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling at the 10th Anniversary Show at the Yokohama Arena, serving as the guest referee for the H vs fake Hayabusa (Mr. Gannosuke) main event. He wrote, “Impressive performance!!! #WWENXT A LOT to look forward to!” He got it. [5], In 1987, The Rockers were signed by a competing promotion: the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). [170] The two teams exchanged victories, with their feud concluding in October. After weeks of having fun with Penguins fans on Twitter, the team officially invited Michaels for their Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning (whose fanbase contains a sizable number of pro wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan and Titus O'Neil, due to Tampa long being a home base for many wrestlers), upon which Michaels accepted. Hickenbottom began to train under Mexican professional wrestler Jose Lothario. [154] 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 first major clash between The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels happened at the Badd Blood pay-per-view in 1997 in the first Hell in a Cell match, which also featured the WWE debut … The DVD, Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart: WWE's Greatest Rivalries, was released in November 2011. Later that night, Bryan attacked Michaels with a running knee after Michaels attacked CM Punk with Sweet Chin Music. This series airs on CarbonTV.[223]. [5] Michaels was also a sportscaster for San Antonio's local news for a short period during his retirement. [25] When news spread, WWF explained that the original result was void due to a collapsed turnbuckle in the ring during the bout. [89] At Survivor Series, Michaels won the World Heavyweight Championship from Triple H in the first Elimination Chamber match. [2], After teasing a retirement, Michaels returned to the WWF at the Royal Rumble match in 1996, which he wound up winning for the second year in a row, to receive a WWF Championship match in the main event at WrestleMania XII. This was solidified when Michaels pleaded Triple H to return to Raw. [18], In 1987, Hickenbottom developed a pattern of "heavy" substance abuse, which eventually alienated some of his closest friends. Michael's got on the cover. [23], The Rockers redebuted at a WWF live event on July 7, 1988. After the two reunited, McMahon offered Jannetty a contract if he "kissed his ass. Active Cards (S2, S3, S4, S5) Legacy Cards (Season 1) We're looking for new staff members with passion for Wrestling and WWE games, and willingness to contribute in any of the website areas. That night, Jericho punched Michaels's wife in the face. [197] He returned on the May 27 Raw in a backstage segment with John Cena,[198] and again on the SummerSlam pre-show.[199]. Michaels came in to help Triple H, and the two did the D-X "crotch chops. All Rights Reserved. According to the report, the said producer stated “everyone already gets treated the same”, which made Michaels … [156] At The Great American Bash, a match between Michaels and Jericho was scheduled, in which Jericho assaulted Michaels's eye, which caused Jericho to win by referee stoppage. 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. It was co-written by David Thomas. [212], After 8 years retired from in-ring competition, Michaels made his return at Crown Jewel, receiving criticism from the fans and media. [145] Michaels got another opportunity at the WWE Championship, when he was granted his rematch against Orton at Survivor Series. In October 2013, Michaels won a fan poll to become special guest referee for the Hell in a Cell match between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton for the vacant WWE Championship. [120] At Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII, Shane defeated Michaels in a Street Fight, a match without disqualifications and where scoring conditions can occur anywhere, after he applied a sharpshooter on Michaels, which led to McMahon immediately ordering for the bell to be rung, even though Michaels did not submit, which was an allusion to the "Montreal Screwjob". [111] The following week on Raw, Michaels appeared on Piper's Pit where he superkicked Roddy Piper and then challenged Hogan to a match at SummerSlam, which Hogan accepted the following week. [78], Michaels made occasional appearances as the WWF Commissioner during the spring and summer of 1999, but remained absent from television after August until May 15, 2000, when he returned on Raw Is War to declare himself the special guest referee for The Rock and Triple H's Iron Man match at Judgment Day. [137] At WrestleMania 23, Cena retained the championship, after he made Michaels submit to the STFU. https://t.co/sv5CzxHjaE, — Shawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels) February 18, 2021, Proud! [175] At WrestleMania XXVI, 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. [69] Michaels now held both the WWF and European championships at the same time. [25] The match was taped with The Rockers winning the title, but soon after Neidhart came to an agreement with management and was rehired. He performed Sweet Chin Music on Bryan, allowing Orton to win. [92] 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,[93] who had already been named number one. Over the next few months, Michaels battled various injuries and launched the Heartbreak Hotel television talk show segment, mainly shown on Superstars. Watch MSK Greet Triple H And Shawn Michaels After WWE NXT Debut, Total Bellas Viewership Down [101] Michaels issued a challenge to Angle for a match at WrestleMania 21, which Angle accepted when he appeared on Raw to attack Michaels. [29] He was put together with mirror-carrying manager, Sensational Sherri, who according to the storyline had become infatuated with him. After winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship twice, the team continued to the WWF as The Rockers and had a high-profile breakup in January 1992. [189] Michaels appeared at Raw 1000 on July 23 alongside fellow D-Generation X alumni Triple H, X-Pac, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn. Shawn Michaels makes his return to the SmackDown series, this time designed to be an active wrestler unlike in Shut Your Mouth. Proud! 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. He wrote, “Impressive performance!!! A triple threat WrestleMania rematch for the title took place in April at Backlash in Benoit's hometown of Edmonton, where Benoit successfully retained it, forcing Michaels to submit to a Sharpshooter. He uses his right hand to draw and color and his left hand to write. [2][36], In September 1993, Michaels was suspended for testing positive for steroid – a charge he never admitted. The match was poorly received by fans and critics alike, winning the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's "Worst Match of the Year" award. You can see some of his post-match tweets below. [15][17] Hickenbottom was already an athlete; his career began at the age of six when he started playing football. Triple H re-tweeted some of the official WWE tweets on Stark’s debut, noting how impressive she was. According to Fightful Select (subscription required), Shawn Michaels was involved in a heated discussion with another NXT producer regarding the current social climate surrounding racial injustice. Vince McMahon’s “golden child” of the 90s, “The Heartbreak Kid” has been an almost constant actor in many of the most high-profile rivalries of the past three decades. [215] He married Rebecca Curci, a former WCW Nitro Girl known as Whisper, on March 31, 1999, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two months later, at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, D-X defeated Chris Jericho and Big Show to win the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match (TLC). After his training with Lothario, he debuted as Shawn Michaels with the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Mid-South Wrestling territory on October 16, 1984, against Art Crews, losing to Crews via swinging neckbreaker. [123] This angle was written so that Michaels could have surgery on his knee, which had been legitimately injured for some time. Tournament details", "Is Shawn Michaels WWE's real 'Mr. Shawn Michaels made his debut at the Survivor Series event in 2009 as part of the RAW brand, he competed in the WWE Championship main event Championship Scramble Match against Triple H, Batista, Jack Swagger & Sheamus to determine the first WWE Champion within the series, the match was ultimately won by Triple H. 02:25. [95] On the December 29, 2003 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). Over the years he has changed his appearance but kept the long haired look until 2018, when he took the decision to flaunt his bald head. [66] The match received a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer. After he had used Sweet Chin Music, Michaels was attacked by all five members until an unknown man came storming in to the ring to defend Michaels. [98] At Bad Blood in June, Michaels lost to Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match. [167] The Undertaker defeated Michaels in a highly acclaimed match to extend his WrestleMania winning streak to 17–0. 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