What is WWE star Shawn Michaels net worth and where is he now?

SHAWN Michaels is a legendary American wrestler who once dominated the WWE ring. Here's everything you need to know about the four-time world champion athlete. 1 Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, 57, better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.

SHAWN Michaels is a legendary American wrestler who once dominated the WWE ring.

Here's everything you need to know about the four-time world champion athlete.

What is WWE star Shawn Michaels’ net worth?

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, 57, better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.

According to SportSkeeda, the champion wrestler as of 2023 has a total net worth of around $25million.

This vast sum is thanks to his unbelievably successful career with WWE, as well as his work in film, TV programs, and WWE NXT.

Also known as "The Heartbreak Kid", "The Showstopper", and "Mr WrestleMania", Michaels wrestled consistently for WWE from 1988 until his first retirement in 1998.

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He then performed in non-wrestling roles for the next two years, resuming his wrestling career with WWE in 2002 until retiring in 2010. 

Michaels returned for an iconic one-off final match in 2018.

He is a four-time world champion, having held the WWE Championship three times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once.

He is also a two-time Royal Rumble winner and the first man to win the match as the first entrant.

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Michaels is also the promotion's first Grand Slam Champion and fourth Triple Crown Champion, as well as a two-time WWE Hall of Fame inductee.

He also wrestled in the American Wrestling Association, where he founded The Midnight Rockers with Marty Jannetty in 1985.

After winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship twice, the team continued to the WWE as The Rockers and had a high-profile breakup in January 1992.

Within the year, Michaels twice challenged for the WWF Championship and won his first Intercontinental Championship.

On February 10, 2015, the pro athlete published an autobiography entitled "Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar", which was co-written by David Thomas.

Where is Shawn Michaels' now?

In 2016, Michaels began working as a coach at the WWE Performance Center.

Then from 2018 he worked as a producer on NXT, before becoming the Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative for the NXT brand itself.

He is currently responsible for both creative and development at NXT, and for the expansion of NXT UK into NXT Europe in 2023.

Who is Shawn Michaels' wife Rebecca Curci?

Rebecca Curci Hickenbottom, 50, is the wife of Shawn Michaels.

She is best known for her work as a Nitro Girl in World Championship Wrestling.

During her time as a Nitro Girl, she was known by the name Whisper.

The Nitro Girls were a dance group on WCW Monday Nitro from 1997 to 2001.

They performed during the show, and entertained the crowd while the show was in commercial breaks.

Curci is also an actress, best known for her roles in The Shawn Michaels Story: Heartbreak and Triumph (2007), and WWE No Way Out (2009). 

She has been married to Shawn Michaels since March 31, 1999, and the pair have two children together.

They have a son named Cameron Cade Hickenbottom - born January 5, 2000.

And their second child is a daughter named Cheyenne Michelle Hickenbottom - born August 19th, 2004.

Who are Shawn Michaels' most famous rivals in WWE?

Michaels won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated "Match of the Year" reader vote a record eleven times, and his match against John Cena on April 23, 2007, was ranked by WWE as the best match ever aired on the company's flagship television program, Raw.

His rivalry with Bret Hart has been named one of the best rivalries in WWE history.

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Michaels' match at WrestleMania 24 against Ric Flair was named Match of the Decade by the Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

In 2016, Dave Richard of CBS Sports ranked his match against Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIV as the best main event in WrestleMania history.

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