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BARBER SHOP SEGMENT
THE ROCKERS FINALLY SPLIT DURING A BARBER SHOP SEGMENT IN DECEMBER OF 1992, SHAWN TURNING HEEL AND EFFECTIVELY CEMENTING HIMSELF AS A SOLO ACT FROM THAT MOMENT ON. -
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FIRST SOLO RUN
STARTING FROM FIRST TURNING HEEL IN 1991 DURING THE BARBERSHOP SEGMENT WITH MARTY JANNETTY TO HIS FINAL MATCH AT WRESTLEMANIA 14 AGAINST STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN. -
SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT
SHAWN FACES THE BRITISH BULLDOG FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP BELT AND WINS, MARKING THE FIRST TIME SHAWN HAS HELD THE TITLE. -
LOST INTERCONTINENTAL BELT TO MARTY JANNETTY
DURING A LIVE TAPING OF MONDAY NIGHT RAW, SHAWN MICHAELS FACES HIS OLD TAG TEAM PARTNER MARTY JANNETTY. HE LOSES HIS INTERCONTINENTAL BELT TO HIM. -
SUSPENDED FOR TESTING POSITIVE FOR STEROIDS
SHAWN STILL DENIES THIS TO THIS DAY, SAYING THAT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD OTHER WRESTLERS WERE KNOWN TO SLIP DRUGS INTO OTHER WRESTLERS DRINKS -
WRESTLEMANIA 10
SHAWN FACES RAZON RAMON IN THE FIRST EVER LADDER MATCH DURING A PPV. HE LOSES HIS INTERCONTINENTAL BELT TO HIM. -
DIESEL AND SHAWN WIN THE TAG TEAM BELTS
THE TWO DUDES WITH ATTITUDES WIN THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS AGAINST THE HEADSHRINKERS. -
SUMMERSLAM 1994
DIESEL FACES RAZOR RAMON AND LOSES THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP BELT TO HIM. SHAWN MICHAELS HAD SUPERKICKED DIESEL ON ACCIDENT, UNWILLINGLY ENSURING RAZOR'S VICTORY. -
ROYAL RUMBLE 1995
SHAWN WINS THE ROYAL RUMBLE, DRAWING FIRST INTO THE RUMBLE. -
WRESTLEMANIA 11
SHAWN FACES DIESEL AND LOSES. ON THE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT RAW SYCHO SID BETRAYS SHAWN, WHO HAD BEEN HIRED AS HIS NEW BODYGUARD DURING THIS RIVALRY, EFFECTIVELY ENDING DIESELS FEUD WITH HBK. -
ATTACKED IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
SHAWN HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY SEVERAL MEN IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. -
ROYAL RUMBLE 1996
SHAWN WINS THE ROYAL RUMBLE, ENTERING AS THE 18TH WRESTLER. HE WINS BY ELIMINATING DIESEL. -
WRESTLEMANIA 12
SHAWN FACES BRET "THE HITMAN" HART IN A 60 MINUTE IRON MAN MATCH. HE PINS BRET HART DURING SUDDEN DEATH, THUS FINALLY GAINING THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT AND COMPLETING THE "BOYHOOD DREAM" STORYLINE. -
THE CURTAIN CALL
SHAWN, DIESEL, RAZOR RAMON, AND TRIPLE H HUGGED AFTER A STEEL CAGE MATCH DIESEL AND SHAWN HAD, BREAKING THE KAYFABE OF RAZOR AND TRIPLE H BEING HEELS. THIS WAS SEEN AS BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL FROM TRADITIONALISTS, TRIPLE H GETTING THE MOST OF THE BACKLASH FROM IT. -
SURVIVOR SERIES 1996
SHAWN FACES SYCHO SID AND LOSES, HIS CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN ENDING. -
ROYAL RUMBLE 1997
SHAWN FACES SYCHO SID AGAIN, REGIANING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP BELT FROM HIM, HIS REIGN CONTINUING. -
CREATION OF D-GENERATION X
DESPITE VINCE MCMAHON NOT WANTING ANY OF THE KLIQ MEMBERS INTERACTING AS MUCH ON SCREEN, SHAWN, TRIPLE H, RAVISHING RICK RUDE, AND CHYNA WERE THE FIRST MEMBERS OF DX. -
IN YOUR HOUSE: BADD BLOOD
SHAWN FACES THE UNDERTAKER IN THE FIRST EVER HELL IN A CELL MATCH IN A PPV. SHAWN WINS WITH THE HELP OF KANE, THE UNDERTAKER'S BROTHER, PINNING THE UNDERTAKER AFTER A TOMBSTONE. -
ROYAL RUMBLE 1998
DURING A CASKET MATCH WITH THE UNDERTAKER, SHAWN INJURES HIS LOWER BACK, FOREVER CHANGING HIS ABILITY TO WRESTLE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. -
WRESTLEMANIA 14
SHAWN HAD PREVIOUSLY INJURED HIS BACK DURING A PPV, THUS THIS MATCH BEING HIS FINAL IN RING PERFORMANCE UNTIL HIS RETURN TO THE RING IN 2003 AT SUMMERSLAM. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN IS HIS OPPONENT. -
SHAWN MICHAELS BECOMES THE COMMISSIONER
AFTER WRESTLEMANIA THAT YEAR, SHAWN RETURNS TO REPLACE SGT. SLAUGHTER AS THE NEW WWF COMMISSIONER. JOINING THE "CORPORATION" -
BACK SURGERY
SHAWN MICHAELS GOES THROUGH BACK SURGERY AFTER HIS INJURY IN 1998 AT THE ROYAL RUMBLE. -
THE ROCK VS TRIPLE H SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE
SHAWN MADE AN APPEARANCE AT JUDGEMENT DAY IN 2000, THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE FOR THE MATCH BETWEEN THE ROCK AND TRIPLE H. -
SHAWN HANDS MICK FOLEY HIS COMMISSIONER ROLE
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RETURN TO WWE (NEW MEMBER OF THE NWO)
SHAWN RETURNED TO WWE AS A NEW MEMBER OF KEVIN NASH'S (DIESEL) NEW WORLD ORDER. -
SUMMERSLAM 2002
SHAWN FACES TRIPLE H IN A NO HOLD BARRED MATCH, HIS FIRST MATCH BACK FROM BEING AWAY FROM THE RING FOR OVER 3 AND A HALF YEARS. HE WINS, SETTING UP HIS FEUD WITH TRIPLE H. -
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SECOND SOLO RUN
FROM RETURNING TO WWE TO FACE HIS PAST FRIEND TRIPLE H AT SUMMERSLAM IN 2002 TO LOSING HIS CAREER TO THE UNDERTAKER AT WRESTLEMANIA 26 IN 2010. -
SURVIVOR SERIES 2002
SHAWN FACED AGAINST, TRIPLE H, RVD, BOOKER T, KANE, AND CHRIS JERICHO IN THE FIRST ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH EVER. HE WAS NOW THE NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. -
WRESTLEMANIA 19
SHAWN FACES CHRIS JERICHO AFTER MONTHS OF FEUDING. SHAWN WINS BUT GETS KICKED IN THE BALLS BY JERICHO AFTER HE TRICKED HIM. -
WRESTLEMANIA 21
SHAWN FACES KURT ANGLE AND ENDS UP LOSING TO ANGLE'S ANKLE LOCK. THE FIRST TIME SHAWN MICHAELS HAD TAPPED OUT OF A SUBMISSION HOLD AT WRESTLEMANIA. -
SUMMERSLAM 2005
SHAWN GOES AGAINST THE IMMORTAL HULK HOGAN, PRESENTING AS A HEEL FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER MANY YEARS. THIS MATCH IS INFAMOUS FOR BACKSTAGE POLITICKING, OVERSELLING, AND SOME TRUTHFUL PROMOS. -
WRESTLEMANIA 22
SHAWN FACES VINCE MCMAHON IN A NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH. HE WINS AFTER SPLASHING HIM OFF OF A 10 FEET LADDER. -
WRESTLEMANIA 25
SHAWN FACES THE UNDERTAKER. HE LOSES, BUT THIS MARKS THE START OF SHAWN MICHAELS' IDEAS OF RETIREMENT STARTING TO FORM. -
DX WINS THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN D-GENERATION X'S CAREER AS A TAG TEAM, THEY FINALLY WIN THE TAG TEAM BELTS AGAINST CHRIS JERICHO AND THE BIG SHOW IN 2009 AT TLC. -
WRESTLEMANIA 26
SHAWN FACES THE UNDERTAKER FOR THE SECOND TIME, UNDERTAKER'S STREAK AND SHAWN'S CAREER ON THE LINE. SHAWN RETIRES FOR GOOD AFTER THIS MATCH. -
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
SHAWN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME IN 2011 BY HIS LONG TIME FRIEND TRIPLE H (HUNTER)