* Prior to "Sweet Chin Music," Shawn used a belly-to-back suplex as his finisher.
* HBK was the first-ever WWE Superstar
to achieve the Grand Slam (European, Intercontinental, Tag Team and World) Championship.
* HBK was the first WWE Superstar to win the Royal Rumble after drawing No.
1.
* The Rockers actually beat the Hart
Foundation for the World Tag Team Championship in 1990, but it had to forfeit the titles back becuase a faulty ring rope
caused "unfair ring conditions."
* "The Showstopper"
was part of the first-ever Hell in a Cell Match against the Undertaker at Bad Blood in October of 1997. The match also marked the first time WWE fans saw Kane.
* Shawn Michaels is an avid archer.
* HBK has guest starred on the television shows Baywatch and Pacific
Blue.
* According to Jim Ross' comments in the Shawn Michaels special magazine, HBK's first fine in sports-entertainment was for $50. He was fined for not being present
at all television tapings.
* Long-time friend
Kevin Nash (Deisel) is responsible for introducing Shawn Michaels to his wife, Rebecca.
* Shawn Michaels was a member
of the New World Order for a short time. He was announced as a member on the June 3, 2002, edition of Monday Night RAW.
* Former manager Sensational Sherri first recorded HBK's theme song
"Sexy Boy."
* Shawn Michaels and
Marty Jannetty were called the Midnight Rockers while competing in the AWA. They dropped the "Midnight"
when they came to WWE.
* When Shawn was 19, he trained
to become a professional wrestler with Jose Lothario.
It cost him $3,000 for two months of training.
* The Showstopper won the first-ever Elimination Chamber Match.
* Shawn Michaels faced Razor
Ramon at WrestleMania X in the first-ever Ladder Match on a WWE pay-per-view.
