
Shawn Michaels
WWE Executive · Retired Professional Wrestler
Known for WWE Monday Night RAW and WWE NXT.
Overview
Shawn Michaels, the Heartbreak Kid, is a retired professional wrestler and two-time WWE Hall of Famer who now works for WWE as Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative, overseeing NXT. He debuted in the AWA as one half of The Midnight Rockers with Marty Jannetty before the team moved to the WWF as The Rockers. As a singles star he main-evented WrestleMania five times and co-founded D-Generation X. He first retired in 1998, returned in 2002 and retired again after WrestleMania XXVI in 2010, with one final match in 2018. He began coaching at the WWE Performance Center in 2016.