Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is a retired professional wrestler, actor, and television host from the United States.
Early life
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom was born in Chandler, Arizona on July 22, 1965. He was the last of four children – his older siblings are Randy, Scott, and Shari – and was raised in a military family.
Michaels spent a brief period of his childhood in Reading, Berkshire, England, but grew up in San Antonio, Texas. Hickenbottom detested the name Michael as a child, so his family and friends simply called him Shawn. Since then, he has been referred to as Shawn. Hickenbottom also travelled around a lot because his father was in the military.
At the age of 12, he knew he wanted to be a professional wrestler and stated he performed a wrestling routine in his high school’s talent show, complete with fake blood. Hickenbottom was already an athlete; he began playing sports at the age of six.
Michaels was a standout linebacker at Randolph High School on Randolph Air Force Base and eventually became the football team’s captain. Hickenbottom attended Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, after graduation, but quickly discovered that college was not for him. He then decided to pursue a professional wrestling career.
Career
Shawn Michaels is widely recognised as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, and his nicknames include “Heartbreak Kid,” “The Showstopper,” and “Mr. WrestleMania.”
Michaels performed for WWE, previously the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1988 until his first retirement in 1998 due to a back injury. He worked in non-wrestling roles for the following two years until returning to the ring in 2000 for a match in his own Texas Wrestling Academy (TWA).
Between 1989 and 2018, Michaels headlined five pay-per-view events for the WWF/WWE, including the company’s biggest annual event, WrestleMania. He was the co-founder and founding leader of D-Generation X, a successful stable.
Michaels also competed in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he and Marty Jannetty formed The Midnight Rockers in 1985. After winning the AWA World Tag Duo Championship twice, the team joined the WWF as The Rockers and split up in January 1992.
Records
Michaels is a four-time world champion, having won the World Wrestling Federation Championship three times and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship once.
He is also a two-time Royal Rumble winner (and the first man to win the event as the number one entry), the first WWF Grand Slam Champion, and the fourth WWF Triple Crown Champion, as well as a two-time inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame (2011 as singles wrestler and 2019 as part of D-Generation X).
Michaels won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated “Match of the Year” reader vote a record eleven times, and his match against John Cena on April 23, 2007, was chosen as the best match ever shown on WWE’s flagship Raw programme by WWE.
Personal life
Hickenbottom’s first marriage, to Theresa Wood, resulted in a quick divorce. On March 31, 1999, he married Rebecca Curci, a former WCW Nitro Girl known as Whisper, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
There were only the couple and an Elvis impersonator present. Cameron Kade, their boy, was born on January 15, 2000, and Cheyenne, their daughter, was born on August 19, 2004. Matt Bentley, his cousin, is also a professional wrestler who has competed in TNA and WWE.
Hickenbottom posed for a non-nude layout in Playgirl magazine in 1996. After posing, he discovered Playgirl has a predominantly homosexual readership, which some of his other wrestlers ridiculed him about.
Michaels is ambidextrous and had difficulty distinguishing between right and left as a child, which hindered his football games. He draws and colours with his right hand and writes with his left. In Sweet Chin Music, he normally kicks with his right leg, but depending on the posture, he uses either arm for his characteristic elbow drop.
Hickenbottom established a history of “severe” substance addiction in 1987, which finally drove some of his closest friends away. He considered suicide in the late 1980s and predicted that by the late 1990s, psychological assistance would be “probably desperately needed.”
“There was something in him that he detested, and he was self-destructing,” his wife Rebecca noticed. Hickenbottom’s fear of negatively influencing his little son drove him to quit his prior way of life.
On April 24, 2002, Hickenbottom became a Christian for the first time. He was reared as a Catholic, but because of his marriage, he became a non-denominational Christian. His later ring outfit frequently featured cross symbols, and he made a prayer motion on his knees during ring entrances.
Hickenbottom was in the audience for a broadcast service at John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, where he also teaches the Bible. In 2008, he participated with fellow professional wrestler Sting on a Trinity Broadcasting Network broadcast.
| Rеаl Nаmе/Full Nаmе | Michael Shawn Hickenbottom |
| Commonly known as | Shawn Michaels |
| Віrth Рlасе | Chandler, Arizona, United States |
| Dаtе оf Віrth/Віrthdау | 22 July 1965 |
| Аgе/Ноw Оld | 55 years old |
| Неіght/Ноw Таll | Іn Сеntіmеtеrѕ – 185 cm Іn Fееt аnd Іnсhеѕ – 6′ 1″ |
| Wеіght | Іn Кіlоgrаmѕ – 102 Kg Іn Роundѕ – 225 lbs |
| Раrеntѕ Nаmе | Fаthеr – Richard Hickenbottom Моthеr – Carol Hickenbottom |
| Ѕіblіngѕ | Randy Hickenbottom, Scott Hickenbottom, Shari Hickenbottom |
| Nаtіоnаlіtу | American |
| Маrіtаl Ѕtаtuѕ | Married |
| Wife | Rebecca Curci Hickenbottom (m. 1999), Theresa Lynn Wood (m. 1988–1994) |
| Кіdѕ/Сhіldrеn Nаmе | Cameron Kade, Cheyenne |
| Рrоfеѕѕіоn | Professional Wrestler, Actor, Television Presenter |
| Nеt Wоrth | $17 million |
| Lаѕt Uрdаtеd | Јuly 2021 |
Earnings
Shawn Michaels’ net worth is estimated to be more than $17 million. He is one of WWE’s highest-paid wrestlers. Michaels also hosts a TV show and has appeared in films such as The Resurrection of Gavin Stone and 90 Feet from Home. Shawn Michaels’ net worth has increased significantly as a result of these ventures.
Popular Post:
Mike Tyson Record | Conor mcgregor Record | Khabib Record | Anthony Joshua Record | Floyd Mayweather Record |Ben Askren Record |Darren till Record |Roy Jones Jr Record | Ryan Garcia Record | Israel Adesanya Record | Manny Pacquiao Record | Mayweather Record | Dustin Poirier Record | Francis Ngannou Record |Nate Diaz Record | Anderson Silva Record | Canelo Record | Tony Ferguson Record | Mcgregor Record
Formula 1 Popular Post:
Lewis Hamilton Net Worth | Michael Schumacher Net Worth | Max Verstappen Net Worth | Lando Norris Net Worth | Sebastian Vettel Net Worth | Claire Williams Net Worth | Nico Rosberg Net Worth | Sergio Perez Net Worth | Romain Grosjean Net Worth | Toto Wolff Net Worth | Hamilton Net Worth | Fernando Alonso Net Worth | Frank Williams Net Worth | Niki Lauda Net Worth | Michael Latifi Net Worth | Kimi Raikkonen Net Worth | Ron Dennis Net Worth | Martin Brundle Net Worth | Angela Cullen Net Worth