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[[File:ShawnMichaels064.jpg|frame|Eat your heart out, girls. Hands off the merchandise!]]
{{quote|''I am the Showstopper, the Main Event, the Headliner, the Icon!''}}
Not to be mistaken for porn actor Sean Michaels. For one, Sean Michaels is black.
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: [[Bret Hart]] (in the ring and [[Real Life]]).
** Although Hart's return to WWE in 2010 coupled with Michaels's conversion to Christianity seems to have buried that hatchet in [[Real Life]].
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Shawn's match with [[Ric Flair]] at ''[[Wrestlemania]] 24''.
** The "Career vs Streak" match against [[The Undertaker]] at Wrestlemania 26.
** [[Wrestlemania]] 14 vs. [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], his last match in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] for four years, when it was believed he'd never wrestle again.
* [[Blood Is the New Black]]: The first Hell in a Cell match with the Undertaker. Watch the spot with the Snake Eyes to the outside of the cage, and see if you can spot Shawn's amazing mid-air blade job. He's practically all-crimson by the time the match ends.
* [[Book Ends]]: [[Tear Jerker|"Ladies and gentlemen, The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, has left the building."]]
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'''Shawn''': I was young! I was stupid! You told me girls bought that magazine! }}
*** Note that "non-nude" is more a technicality than anything; one of the pictures has Shawn wearing only a hat and earrings, with nothing but a strategically-placed Intercontinental Championship belt covering his privates.
**** Actually, it's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140109023801/http://showstoppa23.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/32.jpg just a necklace and his Intercontinental Belt] (NSFW). One of the other shots - the one used for the [[Old Shame]] moment above - is [http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/kimpips/SHAWN.jpg just a towel].
** His [[Ho Yay]] with [[Triple H]] probably helps a tad as well.
* [[Finishing Move]]: Sweet Chin Music, aka the Superkick.
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** Interrupted the feud between [[Bret Hart]] and [[The Undertaker]] to such an extent that both men pretty much forgot about each other and just started feuding with Michaels.
** Did it hilariously to [[Kurt Angle]] on Raw once. Angle had beaten Cena at Unforgiven, and Cena had since become champion. Angle was arguing that, since he won at Unforgiven, he should get a title shot. Michaels interrupted the segment, pointing out that "If that's all it takes: I won at Unforgiven. I want a title shot." Watch the clip if you can find it; [[Vince McMahon]] can barely keep a straight face through the segment.
** Yet another memorable example: the buildup the first Elimination Chamber match. The buildup had been focused around the feud(s) between [[Triple H]], [[Chris Jericho]], and [[Rob Van Dam]], mostly, with [[Booker T]] and [[
** Another Elimination Chamber example came a few years later, with a particularly competitive chamber including [[Triple H]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Edge]],[[Chris Benoit]], [[Batista]], and [[Randy Orton]]. This was considered a rowdy enough group that a special referee needed to be appointed. All the contestants thought this was reasonable until Michaels' music hit. Every single man in the Chamber had previously feuded with (and been repeatedly kicked in the face by) Michaels, except Edge. Edge would join that list by the end of the match.
* [[Hot Dad]]
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* [[Tragic Mistake]]: Shawn and Bret were initially friends whose heat was mostly limited to [[Kayfabe]]. When Shawn made the mistake of actually targeting Bret's family in a promo to gain heat, he crossed a line with Bret. If that had never happened, a lot of tragedy could have been averted.
** It's been alleged (albeit by the [[Bret Hart]] camp) that Vince deliberately encouraged the backstage feeling, thinking it would make a more convincing in-ring product. [[Gone Horribly Right|It did.]]
* [[True Companions]]: [[The Kliq]], which included [[Real Life|real-life friends]] [[Triple H]], [[Kevin Nash]], [[Scott Hall]], and Sean Waltman (X-Pac). [http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/blaqueluna/dx/clique-reunion.jpg Three out of four]{{Dead link}} were at Shawn's WWE Hall of Fame induction. The fourth (Hall) wasn't there, because he didn't want to be put in an environment that could threaten his sobriety. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PcHJYXPBM0E Video here, proving that the love between these guys is off the charts.]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With [[Triple H]], especially in [[D Generation X]]. Also in [[Real Life]].
** ''Especially'' in real life. [http://atlanta.sbnation.com/pro-wrestling/2011/4/2/2087732/wwe-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-2011-triple-h-shawn-michaels Hunter's induction speech] is full of cracks about Shawn's hair, wardrobe, height, and intelligence . . . but also a ton of love and respect.
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