Shawn Michaels sees WrestleMania 26 as his last match.
In 2010, Shawn Michaels battled The Undertaker in a streak vs career at WrestleMania 26. After his loss, ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ was forced to retire, and he stayed away from the ring for over eight years. However, in 2018, the now 60-year-old returned to the ring to team with Triple H against The Brothers Of Destruction in a match is that looked back on less than favourably by fans. Now, Michaels has commented on what he truly feels was his last match.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Michaels called his WrestleMania 26 match with The Undertaker the match he considers his last.
“It’s that one with Undertaker [at WrestleMania 26]. Because the other one, it was a tag match, it was DX, and I feel kind of bad, because I don’t mean it in a negative way, but that was just sort of like, I don’t know. It was like Kiss going out, and not even with the original members or whatever, and playing a concert at The Troubadour or something. It was like, Oh, but they’re not really retired, and I know Kiss never retired, just felt like a special, separate one-off. HBK and Mr. Wrestlemania, The Showstopper, whatever, that ended with Taker at WrestleMania, because I still came back and refereed the match between Hunter and Taker and again, and will always play a role in the WWE.”
-Shawn Michaels
These days, Shawn Michaels serves as the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, playing a large part in overseeing the creative process of NXT. While a Royal Rumble surprise can never be discarded, the star was reluctant to suggest he’d be back in the ring anytime soon.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Shawn Michaels as soon as we hear more.
H/T to ChrisVanVliet.com for the transcription.
