Born on July 22, 1965, Michael Shawn Hickenbottom is a prominent American wrestler and television presenter. He is famously known by his ring name Shawn Michaels. Considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history, he is known by the nicknames like "Heartbreak Kid" and "Mr WrestleMania". He is a 4-time world champion, having held the WWF Championship 3 times and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship once. He was also the winner of the Royal Rumble twice, the first WWF Grand Slam Champion and the fourth WWF Triple Crown Champion, and the WWE Hall of Fame twice (2011 as a single wrestler and 2019 as part of D -Generation X). He retired in 2010, before being assigned as a coach in 2016. He returned in 2018 for a final match.

A glimpse of his achievements:-

• In 1987, he won the "AWA World Tag Team Championship" twice with his teammate Marty Jannetty.
• In 1995, he was elected as the "Most Popular Wrestler of the Year" by the International Sports magazine "Pro Wrestling Illustrated."
• The International professional wrestling magazine "Pro Wrestling Illustrated” ranked him at No.1 position in the list of top 500 professional wrestlers in 1996.
• Shawn is a three times winner of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Championship once in 1996 and twice in 1997.
• Shawn's powerful performance at the match against Chris Jericho made him 'Feud of the decade’ 2000-2009.
• His match against Ric Flair at WrestleMania XXIV was entitled as the ‘Match of the decade’ 2000-2009.
• Shawn has created a record of winning the title of "PWI Match of the Year" 11 times.
• In between 1994-2013, Shawn received a total of 15 Slammy Awards.
• In 2010 the sports magazine “Pro Wrestling Illustrated's (PWI)” honoured him as the “Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year”.