Shawn Michaels guest referee photos
Even though he was a referee and not an active competitor, Shawn Michaels received treatment befitting a showstopper at SummerSlam 1997.
Officiating a WWE Championship contest between titleholder Bret Hart and The Undertaker, HBK kept on top of the action.
After spotting a chair in the corner of the ring, HBK rightly accused the "Hit Man" of foul play.
The birth of Michaels' unofficial referee's uniform: unfortunately short shorts.
In this August 1999 match between Triple H and Mankind, Shawn Michaels shared officiating duties with Shane McMahon.
Michaels and McMahon coexisted ...
... barely.
The match ended with a double-pinfall and two winners.
The inconclusive decision - proof that there is such a thing as having too many refs - intensified the bad feelings between McMahon and HBK.
The King of Kings battled The Rock in the main event of the very first SmackDown, held Aug. 26, 1999.
After Michaels unexpectedly superkicked The Rock, The Great One was easy prey for Triple H.
Roughly a year later, at Judgment Day 2000, HBK again refereed a bout between Triple H and The Rock. This time, it was an 60-minute WWE Iron Man Match, and the warm feelings between The Game and HBK had dissipated.
With The Rock and Triple H tied at five falls apiece, The Undertaker arrived to help The Rock and offset interference by Triple H allies X-Pac and Road Dogg. Unfortunately for The Rock, The Phenom's presence cost him the match.
Michaels relucantly counted down the shoulders of Rob Van Dam in a Raw match from December 2002. The match was to determine the No. 1 contender to HBK's World Heavyweight Championship.
HBK and Triple H have had their share of ups and downs. Will WrestleMania XXVIII be a peak or valley for this storied friendship? And what does it all mean for The Undertaker and his WrestleMania Streak?
At New Year's Revolution 2005, HBK retired the biker shorts as he prepared to officiate an Elimination Chamber Match.
Prior to this superkick to Edge, The Rated-R Superstar had commmitted two offenses: First, he accidentally Speared Michaels, then he got on HBK's case for missing a pin attempt. For a receipt, Edge received some Sweet Chin Music.
On the May 1, 2006, edition of Raw, HBK acted as a guest official for Rob Conway's match against Kane. Before the match, Conway mocked Michaels' shirt, whose message of "May 19" triggered rage from Kane.
In turn, Michaels made sure it was Conway, and not himselff, who was sporting the canary yellow by the time The Big Red Machine entered the ring.
As Kane destroyed the arrogant Conway, Michaels did little to enforce any rules.
HBK did, however, lend a hand - or, in this case, a trash can - to Kane.
The outcome was academic.
Later that same night, Michaels took over as referee for a match between John Cena and The Spirit Squad's Kenny. HBK filled a void left by the contest's scheduled guest referee, Triple H.
Kenny had problems with HBK's objectivity.
After that, Michaels thought nothing of joining forces with Cena, who had repeatedly been attacked by the other members of the Spirit Squad.
