Shawn Michaels' Birthday Today

Today is the birthday of Shawn Michaels, AKA HBK, The Showstopper, The Icon, The Main Event, The Headliner, and Mr Wrestlemania (occasionally The Boy Toy). His real name is Micheal Shawn Hickenbottom.

He turns 44 today. He was born on July 22, 1965, in Chandler, Arizona.

Shawn Michaels started wrestling professionally when he was 19 back in 1984. He has been with WWE since 1988, and is WWE's first Grand Slam Champion.

He was at the peak of his career in the 90s. The match that cemented his place as a main event wrestler was no doubt the ladder match at Wrestlmania X against Razor Ramon (Scott Hall), in 1994. That peak ended in 1998 at Wrestlemania XIV- his last match before his four year hiatus from wrestling.

Although he made several guest appearances, he came back in 2002 to wrestle full time.

Since then he went on to defeat and retire Ric Flair at Wrestlemania 24 in 2008. Ric Flair was Shawn Michaels' boyhood idol.