On the next Raw , Michaels renounced his retirement and challenged Jericho to an unsanctioned match at Unforgiven, which Jericho accepted.

Michaels' championship reign ended at the 1996 Survivor Series event, where he lost to Sycho Sid, his former bodyguard.

However, Michaels would be rehired by Steve Austin.

Michaels recaptured the championship from Sid in January 1997 at the Royal Rumble.

A month later at SummerSlam, Michaels announced his retirement from professional wrestling.

Afterwards, however, Triple H attacked him with a sledgehammer and Michaels was carried out of the ring.

This triggered a split between Michaels and Diesel, a storyline that was drawn out until Survivor Series that November.

He continued to feud with Michaels upon being drafted from SmackDown!

Orton then continued his Legend Killer persona, attacking Shawn Michaels.

Mysterio went on to defeat Shawn Michaels in an interpromotional match later that night.

At WrestleMania 23, Cena retained the championship, after he made Michaels submit to the STFU.

It was Michaels who ended up submitting to Benoit's Sharpshooter, allowing Benoit to retain his title.

Orton won a rematch at Survivor Series after hitting Michaels with the RKO.

Around this time Michaels became the leader of a backstage group known as The Kliq.

Michaels was then forced to award the championship to his nemesis, Bret Hart.

When the kayfabe wounded and concussed Michaels collapsed in the ring, the referee was forced to stop the match and award Orton the victory.

As WCW gained momentum due to the signings of Hall and Nash, Michaels held the championship for most of the year.

to Raw in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery, losing to Michaels at Vengeance.

Angle also challenged Cena again in a Triple Threat match along with Michaels at Taboo Tuesday, in a losing effort.

On February 13, 2012, he confronted Triple H about accepting The Undertaker's challenge for a Hell in a Cell at Wrestlemania XXVIII, and announced he'd be the special guest referee for it.

He wrestled consistently for WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1988 until his first retirement in 1998.

Meanwhile, Shawn Michaels had made his return to WWE and joined the New World Order (nWo).

After mocking Michaels by defeating his former tag team partner, Marty Jannetty, and attacking former manager, Sherri Martel, Angle defeated Michaels in an interpromotional match at WrestleMania 21, which won Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Match of the Year Award.

It has cultivated numerous performing arts talents, including Donald Sutherland, Lorne Michaels, Wayne and Shuster and William Hutt.

Michaels and Kevin Nash planned to bring Triple H over to Raw in order to put him into the group.

He then ended his feud with Michaels, defeating him in a Hell in a Cell match at Bad Blood.

In the match, Orton was the last remaining wrestler in the match, as he pinned Shawn Michaels to get the victory for Team SmackDown.

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name, Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestling personality, television presenter and retired professional wrestler.

Triple H eventually lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Shawn Michaels in the first Elimination Chamber match at Survivor Series.

He defeated Van Dam to earn a title shot at Armageddon with Michaels as special referee.

In 1970, he became the music director for Lorne Michaels and Hart Pomerantz's short lived TV program The Hart Lorne Terrific Hour .

World Heavyweight Champion (2002) Triple H returned to Raw as a face on January 7, 2002 at Madison Square Garden.

Saturday Night Live (abbreviated as SNL) is an American late night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol.

Triple H went to the Raw brand, reuniting with Michaels, but on July 22 he turned on Michaels by performing a Pedigree on him during what was supposed to be a DX reunion, turning heel once again.

During his induction speech, he roasted wrestlers John Cena, Santino Marella, Chris Jericho, Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels, and Steve Austin.

At the 2004 Royal Rumble, Triple H and Shawn Michaels fought in a Last Man Standing match to a double countout, so Triple H retained the title as a result.

Michaels was chosen by fan voting over Jeff Hardy and Mr. Kennedy to meet Orton in a title match at Cyber Sunday.

Michaels received the most votes and as a result, Edge and Benoit were forced to team up to face the then tag team champions, La Résistance, in the same night.

His speech was regarded as controversial, as Michaels was allegedly unwilling to lose to Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 (since it was noted that he was going to have a rematch with Hart at WrestleMania).

At The Great American Bash, a match between Michaels and Jericho was scheduled, in which Jericho assaulted Michaels' eye, which caused Jericho to win by referee stoppage.

Benoit was also the 2004 Royal Rumble winner, joining Shawn Michaels as the only men to win a Royal Rumble as the number one entrant.

As part of the storyline involving Ric Flair, Michaels faced Flair in a Career Threatening match at WrestleMania XXIV, in which he won by performing Sweet Chin Music and thus ending Flair's career.

Feud with The Legacy (2009 2010) On the August 10, 2009 Raw , Triple H met with Michaels at an office cafeteria in Texas where Michaels was working as a chef throughout the show, Triple H tried to convince Michaels to return to WWE from hiatus.

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Benoit then feuded with Edge (who had turned into a crazed heel with severe anger management problems), leading to Taboo Tuesday where Benoit, Edge, and Shawn Michaels were all put into a poll to see who would face Triple H for the World Heavyweight title that night.