10 Things You Didn't Know About Shawn Michaels

Much has been said about how ‘90s Shawn Michaels was a total d*ck and would often refuse to even work with certain talents let alone lose to them. As such, many of HBK’s title reigns conveniently came to an end without him actually losing a match.

The first time that Michaels vacated a title was during his second reign as the Intercontinental Champion. Having been booted out of the company in 1993 for testing positive for steroids, Shawn was stripped of the gold.

Up next was the Tag Team Championships being vacated by Shawn and Diesel after the team split up, before Michaels would again give up the IC Title after being unable to compete after getting assaulted outside a bar.

Then there’s the “lost my smile” issue of Michaels giving up the WWF Championship. Supposedly down to knee problems, Shawn gave up the belt. To many, this was merely a way of HBK getting out of losing the belt to Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 13.

Similarly, Bret would factor in to another title stripping when a backstage fight between Michaels and Hart led to Shawn being sent home by Vince McMahon, meaning the Tag Team Titles that HBK held with Steve Austin were vacated.

This could all just be a coincidence, but it's certainly all mightily convenient.