Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of the NXT brand, the promotion's developmental territory. [6] .

5 days ago · HBK has laid out quite the slate of matches for NXT’s biggest show of the year, loaded with homegrown talents, former AEW wrestlers who have immediately made their marks in WWE, and ...

Oct 4, 2024 · Now the head of WWE’s NXT imprint, Michaels booked Je’Von Evans, NXT’s 20-year-old highflier with a big smile and even bigger upside (lovingly referred to as “Young OG” by the WWE Universe),...

Sep 2, 2024 · After months of waiting, the NXT and WWE Universe were treated to a surprise debut of Giulia at No Mercy and with eyes on Roxanne Perez — as HBK fires a warning shot.

Mar 31, 2023 · ⚠️SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️WWE NXT Battleground is coming to Lowell on May 28th at 7:30 PM! Use pre-sale code WWENXT tomorrow, March 31st, from 10AM-11:59PM to get tickets early. Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 1st at 10 AM.

Oct 30, 2024 · Some say he's the greatest of all time and HBK is our guest on Going Ringside this week. We sit down with Shawn Michaels to discuss his career and role overseeing NXT.

Feb 2, 2023 · He said where it comes to main roster talent coming to NXT, he makes the request and most of the time it’s granted. A caller from Australia put over Grayson Waller and compared him to Shawn Michaels.

Nov 26, 2024 · Wes, sporting a new haircut, confirmed that the winner of the Iron Survivor Challenge will be challenging for the NXT Championship at New Year’s Evil in 2025. Giulia picked up a win over Kelani Jordan to qualify for the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge.

Oct 12, 2022 · In his new position, HBK now oversees the creative side of WWE's third brand, NXT, a show that Hunter once was in charge of for many years.

Details have emerged on WWE’s opinion of Shawn Michaels’ work following last year’s NXT reboot. Michaels has been running things backstage at NXT 2.0 tapings in Triple H’s absence, following his cardiac event in September 2021.