Michael Hickenbottom

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, better known by hisring name,Shawn Michaels, is an Americanprofessional wrestlingpersonality,television presenterand retiredprofessional wrestler. He is currently signed toWWE, where he has served as anambassadorfor the company since December 2010. Michaels wrestled for WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1988 until his first retirement in 1998, owing to a severe back 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 majorpay per viewevents in four decades from the 1980s to the 2010s, closing the company's premier annual eventWrestleManiaon five occasionsMichaels was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fameclass of 2011. Following Michaels' induction, WWE said of Michaels, "Ask any Superstar on the WWE roster who the most gifted sports-entertainer of all time is and nearly everyone will have the same answer Shawn Michaels."Michaels is a four timeworld champion: athree-timeWWF Championand aformerWorld Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the1995and1996Royal Rumblesand was the company's firstGrand Slam Champion. He has also won thePWI Match of the Year Awarda record eleven times. Michaels currently resides inSan Antonio,Texaswith his wife, Rebecca, and their two children.