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Shawn Michaels
The score
Seven factors, none derivable from a record: in-ring, psychology, selling, uplift, peak, catalog, big-match.
Six factors — mic, character, X-factor, crowd, draw, crossover. Only draw is read from the record.
Longevity and standing across the career as the record reports it.
- GOAT score
- 99.82 Calibrated
- Rank
- 1 of 5,578
- Base, eighteen factors
- 98.17
- Elite-craft correction
- +1.60
- Era-adjusted business
- +0.04 (drawing power 89.1 at 0.87 era weight)
- Interrupted career
- +0.01 (1998: back injury in a casket match sidelined him for four years — the peak was interrupted and largely recovered)
- In-ring craft
- 100.0
- World-title standing
- 88.0
- Era dominance
- 93.6 (from PWI placings)
Every term is defined on the method page, including what this model cannot know. This wrestler's factor scores are calibrated: individually researched rather than indexed.
Championships
| Championship | Promotion | Reigns |
|---|---|---|
| World Tag Team Championship ('71-'10) | WWE | 5 |
| Undisputed WWE Championship | WWE | 3 |
| WWE Intercontinental Championship | WWE | 3 |
| World Heavyweight Championship ('02-'13) | WWE | 1 |
| World Tag Team Championship | WWE | 1 |
| WWF European Championship | WWE | 1 |
The ledger in hand covers WWE, AEW and TNA. Reigns in the NWA, WCW, the AWA, New Japan, All Japan, NOAH and elsewhere are not listed here — but they are counted in the world-title standing above, from an editorial table. That asymmetry is the data's, and pretending otherwise would be worse than admitting it.
PWI 500 record
Ranked in 15 annual lists, 1991 to 2009. Best placing: number one, reached once.
| Year | Place |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 37 |
| 1992 | 16 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1995 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 18 |
| 1998 | 49 |
| 2003 | 32 |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2005 | 34 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 14 |
Around Shawn Michaels in the ranking
Nobody is ranked above Shawn Michaels — this is number one. Immediately below: Ric Flair #2, Steve Austin #3, John Cena #4.
Held the same championships
Public record, not a comparison: these are other ranked wrestlers whose reigns appear in the same ledger. The ledger in hand covers WWE, AEW and TNA only.
- Undisputed WWE Championship (WWE) — Ric Flair #2, John Cena #4, Hulk Hogan #6, Bruno Sammartino #7, The Undertaker #8, Brock Lesnar #10
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (WWE) — The Rock #11, Triple H #14, Roman Reigns #18, Seth Rollins #19, Eddie Guerrero #20, CM Punk #21
- World Tag Team Championship (WWE) — Kurt Angle #22, Randy Orton #25, Chris Jericho #26, Rob Van Dam #29, Jeff Hardy #30, AJ Styles #32
- World Heavyweight Championship ('02-'13) (WWE) — Goldberg #23, Rey Mysterio #33, Batista #40, Kane #57, Mark Henry #64, Sheamus #81
- World Tag Team Championship ('71-'10) (WWE) — Cody Rhodes #34, Booker T #44, Scott Steiner #52, Barry Windham #53, Arn Anderson #55, Billy Gunn #69
- WWF European Championship (WWE) — X-Pac #74, Matt Hardy #109, Jeff Jarrett #170, Diamond Dallas Page #274, Owen Hart #311, William Regal #327
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This page states public record and an independent fan ranking of Shawn Michaels. It is a free, unofficial fan reference — an unofficial fan tribute, made for fun. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to World Wrestling Entertainment, All Elite Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, or any official rights holder of the promotions, championships and performers named.