Shawn Michaels

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom , born on July 22nd, 1965, more known under the name of Shawn Michaels is an American all-in wrestler. He currently works with the World Wrestling Entertainment where he is in division Raw. He is of return to RAW since October 8th, 2007.

During its career, it was 3 times the holder of WWE Championship, 1 time the holder of the World Heavyweight Championship and gained 2 Royal Rumbles: that of 1995 and 1996.

Career

It entered the WWE in the summer 1987 with his colleague and large friendly Marty Jannetty, but both were expelled 2 weeks later, while being reproached for having had a little too fun the festival in a bar, little time after their recruiting. It was one of the best all-in wrestlers of its generation before problems of back do not force it to curb its career in 1998. It returned in 2002, in the Raw emission, within the federation where it went celebrates, the WWE. It was one of the only all-in wrestlers of the history to have gained all the belts major in the WWE. (WWE Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, World Tag TEAM Championship, Intercontinental Championship, European Championship) ¨HBK¨ is also famous for certain matches, in particular its Ladder match against Razor Ramon in Wrestlemania 10, or its Ironman Match in Wrestlemania 12 two years later, against Bret Hart. It is there that it gained its first championship of the WWE, that it gained on 2 other occasions, as well as a world championship. But it was also attached to the greatest scandal of the history of the WWE, at the time of the match of Bret Hart against Michaels in Survivor Series of 1997, in Montreal. Considering the contract of Binder was going to be completed, this last wanted from to go away in the other rival federation of wrestling at the time of the WWE, the WCW. The president titrates some in 1997, Vince McMahon, was afraid that Hart keeps the belt of the championship of the WWE, so that it can go in the WCW with this belt. The match thus finished with McMahon which obliged the referee Earl Hebner to cease the match, and to allocate the belt to Michaels. Binder was very annoyed of this incident, and left at once with the WCW. One especially knows it for his capacity to astonish crowd and his cascades époustouflantes. In 1997, in company of Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) and Joanie Laurer (Chyna), it creates D-Generation X, a clan like the NWO. Even with the absence of Michaels, the DX remains, until 2000. But in a war which Triples H and Shawn Michaels deliver to McMahon (Vince and Shane McMahon), they remelt most famous clicks of the history of the WWE in June 2006. For much, he is regarded as most charismatic and better all-in wrestler of his generation, even of all times.

Return of D-Generation X

2007-present

With New Year' S Revolution 2007, during their combat against the Rated-RKO, the fellow-member of Shawn, Triple H is wounded with the knee after a spinebuster on Randy Orton. The D-Generation X has the top at the end of the match and the match is declared No contest. The Rated-RKO clamp that the D-Generation X goes " mourir" if it destroys Shawn. January 15th, 2007, Shawn is left there in a 2 one 1 Handicap match after having corrected Randy Orton with a one-man idiot-flesh-to and having inflicted a light wound with the abdomens of Edge (wound which will return in July against Kane) .23]] which was held on April 1st, 2007, but John Cena beats Shawn with its STF-U.

Lr April 2nd in Raw, Shawn makes lose its team in a 10 Teams Battle Royal by eliminating its fellow-member John Cena and lose the world title by team with the profit of the brothers Hardy which recovers the title for the sixth time.

Shawn continues the feud against John Cena. But the Rated-RKO (Randy Orton and Edge) want also the title. The 4 men find with Backlash 2007 where John Cena preserves still once again WWE Championship.

The conquest of the title continues, Shawn faces then The Great Khali in a No Disqualification match in Raw for a chance to become suction N°1 but loses because the referee was obliged to stop the match afterwards because Hbk is KB. He will suffer from a commotion.

January 19th, 2007 with Raw, Shawn makes team with the champion of the WWE, John Cena and both gain WWE World Tag TEAM Championship by beating the Rated-RKO but the world title by team does not interest Shawn, it is the WWE Championship which it interested. It then becomes suction N°1 for the title of the WWE thanks to a victory in an individual match with WrestleMania that The Great Khali makes him the Giant chokeslam through the table of the commentators. A feud bursts between Michaels and Randy Orton. With the following episode of Raw, Shawn is made attack by Randy Orton after its match against Edge. Shawn and Randy Orton meet with Judgment Day but before the match, Randy Orton attacked Shawn and it becomes increasingly weak because of its 3 wounds. Michaels, courageous, nevertheless faces its adversary in spite of its bad health. It collapses during the match and the referee is obliged to stop the match and Randy Orton gains the match. After the match, Michaels is raised finally and Randy Orton takes it in RKO. Michaels will be transported out of the arena in a stretcher accompanied by his wife, Rebecca.

Shawn Michaels suddenly makes a return suprise on October 8th to Raw then puts K.O the WWE Champion Randy Orton with Sweet Chin Music. It enters then a feud with Randy Orton in the weeks which followed and leaves to the conquest the WWE Championship. October 22nd, it makes team with Jeff Hardy and demolish Mr.Kennedy and Randy Orton. With Cyber Sunday, it gains the match by disqualification against Orton after Michaels received a low-blow, with the result that Orton preserves its title.

October 29th with Raw, Triple H is done abused in a Handicap match against Umaga and Randy Orton, it lost by disqualification the match after Shawn Michaels came to help Triple H. the DX reappears again this day.

On Monday, November 5 has Raw reformed TEAM DX beats Umaga and Randy Orton. In Survivor Series michaels will deal with randy orton for the title of the WWE in No sweet chin music match.

In Survivor Series, it loses against Randy Orton after a RKO after the match Shawn Michaels to carry out its sweet chin music.

Catches of completion and favorite

Catch of completion

  • Sweet Chin Music

Favorite catches

  • Diving elbow drop

  • Flying forearm followed by Kip-up
  • Swinging neckbreaker
  • Inverted atomic drop
  • Backhand chop
  • Skin the cat
  • Splash
  • Lou Thesz close followed by punches
  • Moonsault
  • Plancha
  • Leg feed enzuigiri
  • Scoop slam

Its Alliances

Current (S)

Old (S)

Its Competitions

Current (S)

Old (S)

Nickname

  • The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Micheals (HBK)

  • The Showstopper
  • The Headliner
  • The Hand To ventilate
  • The Icon
  • Mr. WrestleMania
  • The Servant boy Toy
  • Sexy The Servant boy

Prize list

World Wrestling Entertainment

  • 3 times WWE Champion

  • 1 time WWE European Champion
  • 3 times Intercontinental WWE Champion
  • 4 times WWE World Tag TEAM Champion (2 times with Diesel, 1 time with " Stone Cold" Steve Austin and 1 time with John Cena)
  • 1 time World Heavyweight Champion
  • Vainqueur of the Royal Rumble 1995
  • Vainqueur of the Royal Rumble 1996
  • First Large Slam Champion
  • 4 times Triples Crown Champion

External bonds

  • very complete Biography and much of photographs

  • Profiles of Shawn Michaels of the WWE
  • Beaucoup of information on Shawn Michaels

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