Ten months later, I won my second championship. I sat on my bed and staredĪt the championship belt.

After all the public celebrating was done, I had a few Recognition that you are one of if not the best at what you do.Ī little over a year and a half ago, I won it for the first It’s a reward for all the hard work you’ve put into your job and The day you win the World Wrestling FederationĬhampionship should be among the happiest days of your life. Now back on top and doing what he enjoys most, the WWE Superstar regards Heartbreak & Triumph as the perfect means 'to review my life, and attempt to figure out how I became the person I am.' Read more While reliving the crippling back injury that forced him to retire in his prime, Michaels credits the new loves in his life-his second wife Rebecca, his children, and his newfound faith-with giving him the strength to kick his habit, recover physically, and make a jubilant return to the ring at SummerSlam 2002. Air Force-to let him pursue his dream.įrom there, Hickenbottom fully recounts the events that led to 'Shawn Michaels's' tutelage under Mexican wrestler Jose Lothario working matches at Mid-South Wrestling under the guidance of Terry Taylor and the Rock 'n' Roll Express's Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton flying high with Marty Jannetty as 'The Midnight Rockers' in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and how a barroom confrontation in Buffalo almost prevented the tandem from ever joining the World Wrestling Federation. Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story introduces us to Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, the youngest of four children whose 'really conservative upbringing' made him shy and 'afraid that people wouldn't like me if I showed who I really was.' But upon discovering Southwest Championship Wrestling (SWCW) on TV one Saturday night, the preteen Hickenbottom realized instantly what he wanted to become, and later would convince his father-a colonel in the U.S. And of course, he's forever the guy who conspired with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon to screw Bret 'Hitman' Hart out of the WWE Championship in Montreal at Survivor Series on November 9, 1997.īut that's the side 'HBK' has allowed you to see.until now. He's the company's first 'Grand Slam' champion. World Wrestling Entertainment fans think they know 'The Heartbreak Kid.' He's 'The Showstopper' who pushes his high-flying abilities to the limit in the squared circle, on ladders, and in steel cages.

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