Is shawn johnson the real name of professional wrestler shawn michaels?
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom[5] (born July 22, 1965),[8] better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. He performs for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), formerly the World Wrestling Federation. Currently, Hickenbottom is one of the senior performers in WWE, having joined in 1987. He is one of only two wrestlers, the other being The Undertaker (Mark Calaway), to have appeared on the very first episode of Monday Night Raw who are still with the company today.[9] Before joining WWE, Hickenbottom began his wrestling career with Mid-South Wrestling and American Wrestling Association (AWA). There, Hickenbottom partnered up with Marty Jannetty (Frederick Jannetty) to form The Midnight Rockers and won the AWA World Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions. Hickenbottom and Jannetty then signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), while in contract with AWA. They returned to AWA, only to go back to the WWF in 1988.[2] After signing with WWF, H
Shawn Michaels was born in July of 1965 as Michael Hickenbottom. Shawn Michaels is the name he took on when he started his professional wrestling career in 1985, at the age of 19. Sources: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/michaels-shawn.
