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Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, better known by his ring name, Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestling personality, television presenter and retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he has served as an ambassador for the company since December 2010. Michaels wrestled for WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation, from 1988 until his unceremonious first...  MORE

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, better known by his ring name, Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestling personality, television presenter and retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he has served as an ambassador for the company since December 2010. Michaels wrestled for WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation, from 1988 until his unceremonious first retirement in 1998, due to injury. He appeared in non-wrestling roles from 1998 to 2000 and resumed his wrestling career in 2002 until retiring ceremoniously in 2010. In the WWF/WWE, Michaels headlined major pay-per-view events in four decades from the 1980s to the 2010s, closing the company's premier annual event WrestleMania on five occasions. Michaels also hosts the show MacMillan River Adventures, airing on the Outdoor Channel. Michaels began his wrestling career with Mid-South Wrestling and the American Wrestling Association. During his time with AWA, he formed a tag team with Marty Jannetty known as The Midnight Rockers, winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship twice. Hickenbottom and Jannetty briefly signed with World Wrestling Federation in 1987, while under contract with AWA. They returned to AWA, only to return to the WWF in 1988. After the dissolution of the Rockers in late 1991, Michaels began working as a singles performer under the new gimmick of "The Heartbreak Kid", first as a villain and later as a fan favorite. He exerted considerable influence on booking decisions as part of a locker room faction known informally as The Kliq. LESS