Timeline: SHAWN MICHAELS

Dec 2, 1991

BARBER SHOP SEGMENT

THE ROCKERS FINALLY SPLIT DURING A BARBER SHOP SEGMENT IN DECEMBER OF 1992, SHAWN TURNING HEEL AND EFFECTIVELY CEMENTING HIMSELF AS A SOLO ACT FROM THAT MOMENT ON.

Period: Dec 2, 1991 to Mar 29, 1998

FIRST SOLO RUN

STARTING FROM FIRST TURNING HEEL IN 1991 DURING THE BARBERSHOP SEGMENT WITH MARTY JANNETTY TO HIS FINAL MATCH AT WRESTLEMANIA 14 AGAINST STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN.

Oct 27, 1992

SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT

SHAWN FACES THE BRITISH BULLDOG FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP BELT AND WINS, MARKING THE FIRST TIME SHAWN HAS HELD THE TITLE.

May 17, 1993

LOST INTERCONTINENTAL BELT TO MARTY JANNETTY

DURING A LIVE TAPING OF MONDAY NIGHT RAW, SHAWN MICHAELS FACES HIS OLD TAG TEAM PARTNER MARTY JANNETTY. HE LOSES HIS INTERCONTINENTAL BELT TO HIM.

Sep 25, 1993

SUSPENDED FOR TESTING POSITIVE FOR STEROIDS

SHAWN STILL DENIES THIS TO THIS DAY, SAYING THAT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD OTHER WRESTLERS WERE KNOWN TO SLIP DRUGS INTO OTHER WRESTLERS DRINKS

Mar 20, 1994

WRESTLEMANIA 10

SHAWN FACES RAZON RAMON IN THE FIRST EVER LADDER MATCH DURING A PPV. HE LOSES HIS INTERCONTINENTAL BELT TO HIM.

Aug 28, 1994

DIESEL AND SHAWN WIN THE TAG TEAM BELTS

THE TWO DUDES WITH ATTITUDES WIN THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS AGAINST THE HEADSHRINKERS.

Aug 29, 1994

SUMMERSLAM 1994

DIESEL FACES RAZOR RAMON AND LOSES THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP BELT TO HIM. SHAWN MICHAELS HAD SUPERKICKED DIESEL ON ACCIDENT, UNWILLINGLY ENSURING RAZOR'S VICTORY.

Jan 22, 1995

ROYAL RUMBLE 1995

SHAWN WINS THE ROYAL RUMBLE, DRAWING FIRST INTO THE RUMBLE.

Apr 2, 1995

WRESTLEMANIA 11

SHAWN FACES DIESEL AND LOSES. ON THE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT RAW SYCHO SID BETRAYS SHAWN, WHO HAD BEEN HIRED AS HIS NEW BODYGUARD DURING THIS RIVALRY, EFFECTIVELY ENDING DIESELS FEUD WITH HBK.

Oct 13, 1995

ATTACKED IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

SHAWN HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY SEVERAL MEN IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

Jan 21, 1996

ROYAL RUMBLE 1996

SHAWN WINS THE ROYAL RUMBLE, ENTERING AS THE 18TH WRESTLER. HE WINS BY ELIMINATING DIESEL.

Mar 31, 1996

WRESTLEMANIA 12

SHAWN FACES BRET "THE HITMAN" HART IN A 60 MINUTE IRON MAN MATCH. HE PINS BRET HART DURING SUDDEN DEATH, THUS FINALLY GAINING THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT AND COMPLETING THE "BOYHOOD DREAM" STORYLINE.

May 19, 1996

THE CURTAIN CALL

SHAWN, DIESEL, RAZOR RAMON, AND TRIPLE H HUGGED AFTER A STEEL CAGE MATCH DIESEL AND SHAWN HAD, BREAKING THE KAYFABE OF RAZOR AND TRIPLE H BEING HEELS. THIS WAS SEEN AS BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL FROM TRADITIONALISTS, TRIPLE H GETTING THE MOST OF THE BACKLASH FROM IT.

Nov 17, 1996

SURVIVOR SERIES 1996

SHAWN FACES SYCHO SID AND LOSES, HIS CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN ENDING.

Jan 19, 1997

ROYAL RUMBLE 1997

SHAWN FACES SYCHO SID AGAIN, REGIANING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP BELT FROM HIM, HIS REIGN CONTINUING.

Aug 11, 1997

CREATION OF D-GENERATION X

DESPITE VINCE MCMAHON NOT WANTING ANY OF THE KLIQ MEMBERS INTERACTING AS MUCH ON SCREEN, SHAWN, TRIPLE H, RAVISHING RICK RUDE, AND CHYNA WERE THE FIRST MEMBERS OF DX.

Oct 5, 1997

IN YOUR HOUSE: BADD BLOOD

SHAWN FACES THE UNDERTAKER IN THE FIRST EVER HELL IN A CELL MATCH IN A PPV. SHAWN WINS WITH THE HELP OF KANE, THE UNDERTAKER'S BROTHER, PINNING THE UNDERTAKER AFTER A TOMBSTONE.

Jan 18, 1998

ROYAL RUMBLE 1998

DURING A CASKET MATCH WITH THE UNDERTAKER, SHAWN INJURES HIS LOWER BACK, FOREVER CHANGING HIS ABILITY TO WRESTLE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

Mar 29, 1998

WRESTLEMANIA 14

SHAWN HAD PREVIOUSLY INJURED HIS BACK DURING A PPV, THUS THIS MATCH BEING HIS FINAL IN RING PERFORMANCE UNTIL HIS RETURN TO THE RING IN 2003 AT SUMMERSLAM. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN IS HIS OPPONENT.

Nov 23, 1998

SHAWN MICHAELS BECOMES THE COMMISSIONER

AFTER WRESTLEMANIA THAT YEAR, SHAWN RETURNS TO REPLACE SGT. SLAUGHTER AS THE NEW WWF COMMISSIONER. JOINING THE "CORPORATION"

Jan 12, 1999

BACK SURGERY

SHAWN MICHAELS GOES THROUGH BACK SURGERY AFTER HIS INJURY IN 1998 AT THE ROYAL RUMBLE.

May 21, 2000

THE ROCK VS TRIPLE H SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE

SHAWN MADE AN APPEARANCE AT JUDGEMENT DAY IN 2000, THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE FOR THE MATCH BETWEEN THE ROCK AND TRIPLE H.

Jun 26, 2000

SHAWN HANDS MICK FOLEY HIS COMMISSIONER ROLE

Jun 2, 2002

RETURN TO WWE (NEW MEMBER OF THE NWO)

SHAWN RETURNED TO WWE AS A NEW MEMBER OF KEVIN NASH'S (DIESEL) NEW WORLD ORDER.

Aug 24, 2002

SUMMERSLAM 2002

SHAWN FACES TRIPLE H IN A NO HOLD BARRED MATCH, HIS FIRST MATCH BACK FROM BEING AWAY FROM THE RING FOR OVER 3 AND A HALF YEARS. HE WINS, SETTING UP HIS FEUD WITH TRIPLE H.

Period: Aug 24, 2002 to Mar 28, 2010

SECOND SOLO RUN

FROM RETURNING TO WWE TO FACE HIS PAST FRIEND TRIPLE H AT SUMMERSLAM IN 2002 TO LOSING HIS CAREER TO THE UNDERTAKER AT WRESTLEMANIA 26 IN 2010.

Nov 17, 2002

SURVIVOR SERIES 2002

SHAWN FACED AGAINST, TRIPLE H, RVD, BOOKER T, KANE, AND CHRIS JERICHO IN THE FIRST ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH EVER. HE WAS NOW THE NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.

Mar 30, 2003

WRESTLEMANIA 19

SHAWN FACES CHRIS JERICHO AFTER MONTHS OF FEUDING. SHAWN WINS BUT GETS KICKED IN THE BALLS BY JERICHO AFTER HE TRICKED HIM.

Apr 3, 2005

WRESTLEMANIA 21

SHAWN FACES KURT ANGLE AND ENDS UP LOSING TO ANGLE'S ANKLE LOCK. THE FIRST TIME SHAWN MICHAELS HAD TAPPED OUT OF A SUBMISSION HOLD AT WRESTLEMANIA.

Aug 21, 2005

SUMMERSLAM 2005

SHAWN GOES AGAINST THE IMMORTAL HULK HOGAN, PRESENTING AS A HEEL FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER MANY YEARS. THIS MATCH IS INFAMOUS FOR BACKSTAGE POLITICKING, OVERSELLING, AND SOME TRUTHFUL PROMOS.

Apr 2, 2006

WRESTLEMANIA 22

SHAWN FACES VINCE MCMAHON IN A NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH. HE WINS AFTER SPLASHING HIM OFF OF A 10 FEET LADDER.

Apr 5, 2009

WRESTLEMANIA 25

SHAWN FACES THE UNDERTAKER. HE LOSES, BUT THIS MARKS THE START OF SHAWN MICHAELS' IDEAS OF RETIREMENT STARTING TO FORM.

Dec 13, 2009

DX WINS THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN D-GENERATION X'S CAREER AS A TAG TEAM, THEY FINALLY WIN THE TAG TEAM BELTS AGAINST CHRIS JERICHO AND THE BIG SHOW IN 2009 AT TLC.