Shawn Michaels (Born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is a retired professional wrestler who performed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), formerly known as World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1988 to 2010.
Unlike most wrestlers, Michaels does perform his own entrance theme, “Sexy Boy”. It was first used by Michaels after turning on his “Rockers” tag team partner, Marty Janetty, on a segment of Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake’s “The Barber Shop” talk show segment in WWF. The first version of the song was sang by his valet, “Sensational” Sherri Martel, and it was used until Martel turned on Michaels and became a crowd favorite. The second version of the song has Michaels perform the song on his own, but with there are traces of Martel’s singing left.
The song which was composed by professional wrestling manager, “The Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart, who also composed theme songs for The Hart Foundation, The Legion of Doom, and even The Rockers. At the 2005 WWE Hall of Fame, where Hart was one of the inductees, he thanked Michaels personally for using the theme music for most of his career. |
