Shawn Michaels

Profile

• Height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
• Weight: 225 lb (102 kg)
• Born: July 22, 1965
• Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas
• Trained by: Jose Lothario
• Debut: October 16, 1984

Nicknames

• HBK
• The Heartbreak Kid
• The Showstopper
• The Headliner
• The Main Event
• The Icon
• Mr. WrestleMania

Previous managers

• Sensational Sherri
• Jose Lothario
• Luna Vachon
• Sycho Sid
• Jenny McCarthy
• "Ravishing" Rick Rude
• Triple H
• Chyna
• Roddy Piper
• Kevin "Diesel" Nash

Quotes

• "I'm the showstopper, the headliner, the main event, the icon that is the Heartbreak Kid!"
• "When I go down, I'm takin' everybody with me, and I'm going out in a blaze of glory!"
• "The Heartbreak Kid lays down for absolutely nobody!"
• "The Heartbreak Kid can keep it up all night!"
• "Kicking it with the kliq."
• "I am simply the greatest Sports Entertainer in the world!"
• "D-Generation X rules the wrestling world!"
• "I am going to give you a show that you have never ever seen before Why?...Because I can."
• "D-Generation X! You make the rules, we break ém!"

Finishing and signature moves

• Sweet Chin Music (superkick)
• Teardrop suplex (early 1990s)
• Piledriver (early 1990s)
• Diving elbow drop
• Moonsault
• Crossbody
• Running Forearm Attack
• Figure Four Leglock
• Inverted Atomic Drop
• Flying Splash

Championships and accomplishments

American Wrestling Association

2-time AWA World Tag Team Champion (with Marty Jannetty)

2-time AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (with Marty Jannetty)

National Wrestling Alliance

1-time NWA Central States Television Champion

1-time NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (with Marty Jannetty)

Texas All-Stars

2-time Texas All-Stars Texas Tag Team Champion (with Paul Diamond)

1-time Texas All-Stars 6-Man Tag Team Champion

Texas Wrestling Alliance

1-time TWA Heavyweight Champion

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked him # 10 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003

PWI ranked him # 33 in the best tag teams of the PWI Years with Marty Jannetty

PWI ranked him # 55 in the best tag teams of the PWI Years with Diesel

PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Award (1995)

PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Award (1996)

PWI Match of the Year Award, vs. Marty Jannetty (1993)

PWI Match of the Year Award, vs. Razor Ramon (1994)

PWI Match of the Year Award, vs. Diesel (1995)

PWI Match of the Year Award, vs. Bret Hart (1996)

World Wrestling Entertainment

1-time World Heavyweight Champion

3-time WWF World Heavyweight Champion

3-time WWF Intercontinental Champion

1-time WWF European Champion

3-time WWF World Tag Team Champion (2-time with Diesel, 1-time with Stone Cold Steve Austin)

Royal Rumble winner (1995) (first #1 entrant to win)

Royal Rumble winner (1996)

First Grand Slam Champion

First person to win an Iron Man Match

First person to win a Hell in a Cell Match

First person to win an Elimination Chamber Match