Michael Hickenbottom

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 nonwrestling 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 companys 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 sportsentertainer of all time is and nearly everyone will have the same answer Shawn Michaels Michaels is a four time world champion a threetime WWF Champion and a former World Heavyweight Champion He was also the winner of the 1995 and 1996 Royal Rumbles and was the companys 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