Michael Hickenbottom
Biography
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, 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 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 was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class 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 time world champion: a three-time WWF Champion and a former World Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the 1995 and 1996 Royal Rumbles and was the company's first Grand Slam Champion. He has also won the PWI Match of the Year Award a record eleven times. Michaels currently resides in San Antonio, Texas with his wife, Rebecca, and their two children.
Known For
Acting

2009
asShawn Michaels

1998
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1998
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2007
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2000
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2005
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2002
asHimself

2005
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2009
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2013
asMichaels (archive footage)

2012
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1989
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2006
asSelf

1994
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2011
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2010
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1993
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1993
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1992
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1995
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1994
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1993
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1990
asTed DiBiase

1995
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1993
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1991
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1990
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1998
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1993
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1995
asShawn Michaels (Manager)

1994
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1992
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1993
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1991
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1992
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2003
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2002
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2002
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1995
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1990
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2003
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1991
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1992
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1994
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2004
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2005
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1991
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2006
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2007
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1996
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1998
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1995
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2009
asShawn Michaels (Ringside)

2010
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2008
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2012
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1990
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1991
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1997
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2007
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1989
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1997
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2009
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2013
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2007
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2003
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2012
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1993
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2006
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1990
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1993
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1990
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1992
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1988
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2009
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2006
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2008
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1990
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2000
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1997
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1997
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1997
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2005
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1997
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2017
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2005
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2004
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2002
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2006
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2006
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2003
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2023
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2003
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2003
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2006
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2007
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2013
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2003
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2004
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2007
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2007
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2008
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2004
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2007
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2007
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2011
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2010
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
asHimself

2008
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2009
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2009
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1999
asHimself

2009
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2009
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2009
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1996
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2001
asHimself

2013
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1997
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1987
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1997
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1994
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2002
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2014
asHimself

1999
asShawn Michaels (WWE Commissioner)

2023
asSelf

2014
asHimself

1993
asShawn Michaels

2002
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2002
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2022
asSelf

2023
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2020
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1989
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2021
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2002
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2013
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2003
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2006
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2022
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2015
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2010
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2015
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2011
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2008
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1988
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2008
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2007
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2015
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2011
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1994
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2010
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2011
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2014
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2008
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2008
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2016
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2018
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2016
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1990
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1988
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1988
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1989
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2015
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1996
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1999
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2021
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2016
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2016
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2017
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2006
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2017
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2017
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2009
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2005
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2009
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2011
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2017
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2017
asSelf

2017
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2017
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2017
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1998
asShawn Michaels "HBK"

2018
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2018
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2018
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1998
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2003
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2005
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2003
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2007
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2011
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2010
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2018
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2003
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2019
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2019
asJames Devine

2018
asIncredible Master Yoga

2014
asShawn Michaels

2013
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2009
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2010
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2012
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2010
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2014
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2014
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2014
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2011
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2005
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2008
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2008
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2013
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2004
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2008
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2011
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2015
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2010
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2005
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2008
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2013
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2004
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2004
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2008
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2007
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2014
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2012
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2012
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2014
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2012
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2004
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2017
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2012
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2016
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2007
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2012
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2012
asMichaels

2011
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2015
asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

1994
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1986
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2015
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1989
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1989
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1989
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1990
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1986
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1986
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1986
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1987
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1991
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1991
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1995
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1992
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1996
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1991
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1993
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1992
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1992
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1998
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1993
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1993
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1993
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1992
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1994
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1994
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1992
as"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

1994
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1997
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1994
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1994
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1997
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1994
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1995
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1995
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2021
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1987
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2020
asShawn Michaels - Presenter

2020
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2020
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2016
asShawn Michaels (Appearance)

2011
asShawn Michaels (archive footage)

2021
asShawn Michaels

2021
asSelf - WWE Hall of Famer

2008
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2023
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1997
asShawn Michaels

1997
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2014
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1991
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2025
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2025
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2025
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2025
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Production
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2010
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