Name:
"Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels

Nicknames:
"Heartbreak Kid"
"Mr. WrestleMania"
"The Headliner"
"The Icon"
"The Main Event"
"The Showstopper"

From:
San Antonio, Texas

Weight:
225LBS

Height:
6'1"

Theme Song:
Sexy Boy by Jimmy Hart

Finishers & Submissions:
Modified Figure Four Leglock
Sweet Chin Music (Often preceded by multiple foot stomps often referred to as "tuning up the band")

Signature Moves:
Spike Piledriver
Tear Drop Suplex (Leg Hook Saito Suplex)

Other Moves:
Arm Trap/Crippler Crossface
Backhand Chop
Belly To Back Suplex
Diving Clothesline
Diving Elbow Drop with theatrics
Diving Splash
Dropkick
Figure Four Leglock
Flying Forearm Smash followed by a nip-up
Inverted Atomic Drop
Knife Edge Chop
Leg Feed Enziguiri
Moonsault sometimes springboarding to the outside
Skin The Cat
Slingshot Crossbody
Swinging Neckbreaker
Thesz Press followed up by multiple
Scoop Slam

Championships & Accomplishments:
2x AWA World Tag Team Champion (2x w/Marty Jannetty)
2x AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (2x w/Marty Jannetty)
1x NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (1x w/Marty Jannetty)
PWI Feud Of The Year (2008) vs. "Y2J" Chris Jericho
PWI Match Of The Year (1993) vs. Marty Jannetty on Monday NIght Raw on May 17
PWI Match Of The Year (1994) vs. Razor Ramon in a Ladder Match at WrestleMania X
PWI Match Of The Year (1995) vs. Diesel at WrestleMania XI
PWI Match Of The Year (1996) vs. Bret "Hit Man" Hart in an Iron Man Match at WrestleMania XII
PWI Match Of The Year (2004) vs. Chris Benoit and Triple H at WrestleMania XX
PWI Match Of The Year (2005) vs. Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 21
PWI Match Of The Year (2006) vs. Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred Match at WrestleMania 22
PWI Match Of The Year (2007) vs. John Cena on Raw on April 23
PWI Match Of The Year (2008) vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair at WrestleMania XXIV
PWI Most Popular Wrestling (1995, 1996)
PWI ranked him #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1996
PWI ranked him #10 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
PWI ranked him #33 of the Top 100 Tag Teams of the "PWI Years" with Marty Jannetty in 2003
1x TASW Texas Tag Team Champion (1x w/Paul Diamond)
1x TWA Heavyweight Champion
3x WWF Champion
1x WWF European Champion
3x WWF Intercontinental Champion
4x WWF/WWE World Tag Team Champion (2x w/Diesel, 1x w/Stone Cold Steve Austin, 1x w/John Cena)
1x World Heavyweight Champion
1995, 1996 Royal Rumble winner
Fourth Triple Crown Champion
First Grand Slam Champion
Slammy Award for Best Slammin' Jammin' Entrance (1996)
Slammy Award for Best Threads (1996)
Slammy Award for Squared Circle Shocker (1996) won for collapsing; Owen Hart accepts for making Michaels colapse
Slammy Award for Master of Mat Mechanics (1996)
Slammy Award for US West Match of the Year (1996) vs. Razor Ramon in a Ladder Match at SummerSlam
Slammy Award for Leader of the New Generation (1996)
Slammy Award for Best Finisher (1997)
Slammy Award for US West Match of the Year (1997) vs. Bret "Hit Man" Hart in an Iron Man Match at WreatleMania XXII
Slammy Award for Match of the Year (2008) vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair at WrestleMania XXIV
Wrestling Observer: Best Babyface (1996)
Wrestling Observer: Feud Of The Year (2004) vs. Triple H and Chris Benoit
Wrestling Observer: Feud Of The Year (2008) vs. "Y2J" Chris Jericho
Wrestling Observer: Match Of The Year (1994) vs. Razor Ramon in a Ladder Match at WrestleMania XX
Wrestling Observer: Match Of The Year (2008) vs. "Y2J" Chris Jericho at No Mercy
Wrestling Observer: Most Charamatic (1995, 1996)
Wrestling Observer: Tag Team Of The Year (1989) with Marty Jannetty as The Rockers
Wrestling Observer: Worst Feud Of The Year (2006) with Triple H vs. Vince and Shane McMahon
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2003)

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