What they look like now: 10 stars from the first Monday Night Raw

#8 Shawn Michaels

HBK is one of the greatest of all time

Then: Shawn Michaels played an arrogant heel who, according to commentator Randy Savage, was simply "a legend in his own mind". On Raw's first episode, HBK successfully defended his Intercontinental Championship against Max Moon, with his trademark Superkick merely a set-up for a Suplex finishing manoeuvre.

Now: Aged 52, Michaels is a Hall of Famer whose sensational matches on WWE’s grandest stage earned him the nickname "Mr WrestleMania". Although he continuously rules out a return to the ring, he has recently taken up a role as a trainer at WWE’s Performance Centre.