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American professional wrestler
Born: July 22, 1965 (age 56 years), Arizona, United States
Height: 1.85 m
Spouse: Rebecca Curci Hickenbottom (m. 1999), Theresa Lynn Wood (m. 1988–1994)
Children: Cameron Kade Hickenbottom, Cheyenne Michelle Hickenbottom
Parents: Richard Hickenbottom, Carol Hickenbottom
Siblings: Scott Hickenbottom, Shari Hickenbottom, Randy Hickenbottom
Birthday: July 22, 1965
Age: 56 Years, 56 Year Old Males
Sun Sign: Cancer
Also Known As: Michael Shawn Hickenbottom
Born Country: United States
Born In: Arizona, United States
Famous As: Professional Wrestler
Spouse/Ex-: Rebecca Curci Hickenbottom (M. 1999), Theresa Lynn Wood (M. 1988–1994)
Father: Richard Hickenbottom
Mother: Carol Hickenbottom
Siblings: Randy Hickenbottom, Scott Hickenbottom, Shari Hickenbottom
Children: Cameron Kade Hickenbottom, Cheyenne Michelle Hickenbottom
Ancestry: British Americans
U.S. State: Arizona
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Hickenbottom’s first marriage, to Theresa Wood, soon ended in an amicably settled divorce.
He married Rebecca Curci, a former WCW Nitro Girl known as Whisper, on March 31, 1999, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Only the couple and an Elvis impersonator were present.
Their son, Cameron Kade, was born on January 15, 2000, and a daughter, Cheyenne, born on August 19, 2004, followed.
His cousin Matt Bentley is also a professional wrestler, having wrestled in TNA and WWE.
In 1996, Hickenbottom posed for a non-nude layout in Playgirl magazine.
Only after he posed did he discover Playgirl has a mostly homosexual readership, for which some of his fellow wrestlers teased him.
He is ambidextrous, and had trouble differentiating between right and left, which affected his football games as a boy.
He uses his right hand to draw and color and his left hand to write.
He typically kicks with his right leg in Sweet Chin Music, but uses either arm for his signature elbow drop, depending on the position.
In 1987, Hickenbottom developed a pattern of “heavy” substance abuse, which eventually alienated some of his closest friends.
He contemplated suicide in the late 1980s, and suggested that psychological intervention was “probably sorely needed” by the late 1990s.
His wife Rebecca observed: “There was something in him that he despised, and he was self-destructing.”
Hickenbottom’s fear that he was going to negatively influence his young son, prompted him to abandon his previous lifestyle.
Hickenbottom became a born-again Christian on April 24, 2002.
He was raised a Catholic, but became a non-denominational Christian because of his wife.
His later ring attire often incorporated cross symbols and he made a praying gesture on his knees during ring entrances.
Hickenbottom was in the audience for a televised service of John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church in his hometown, San Antonio, where he is also a Bible teacher.
In 2008, he appeared on a Trinity Broadcasting Network program with fellow professional wrestler Sting.