6 things you probably didn't know about Shawn Michaels

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Shawn faces down against the Undertaker, on this week's RAW.

#4 He got his nick-name from Mr. Perfect

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Michaels takes it to the Perfect one.

By 1992, Shawn had already established himself as a popular Tag team wrestler, as part of The Rockers with Jannety. But wanting to go his own way, Michaels famously attacked Marty, throwing him through the window of Brutus Beefcake's Barbershop.

With a new mean-streak and 'sexy boy' character, it was Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig that gave him the name, The Heart Break Kid, as Perfect was on commentary at the time. Interestingly, Hennig also thought of a nickname for another superstar: Triple H.

A former WWE writer just went after JBL for his comments HERE

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