Shawn Michaels is retired, and according to the WWE Hall of Famer himself, he plans on staying retired. Michaels recently appeared on Raw to promote his new movie “The Resurrection of Gavin Stone” and he also hit Rusev with a superkick. It was exciting to see Shawn tune up the band one more time, but don’t look for him to get back in the ring and settle the score with the Bulgarian Brute.
Over the years there have been many rumors claiming that WWE wants Shawn Michaels to return to the ring, but Michaels recently spoke to ESPN and he noted that Vince McMahon and Triple H have not asked him to wrestle another match.
“It’s funny because the two guys who really make the decisions, which is Vince [McMahon] and Hunter [Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque], in seven years have never even approached me,” Michaels said. “I guess I’m semi-amused that people think ‘Vince is saying this’ and whatnot because those are the two people that understand why and respect why I retired and understood it.”
Although Shawn Michaels has made it clear that he plans to stay retired, he was more than happy to talk about potential dream matches. When asked who he would want to face in a hypothetical dream match, the former WWE World Champion named Samoa Joe.
“I look at Samoa Joe and I’ve told him a number of times that I see his stuff at NXT and think to myself, ‘Man, I could have a great deal of fun with you,’ ” Michaels said. “He’s a guy I have sort of enjoyed, and one of those sleeper guys that no one talks about.”
Whenever fans talk about who they would like to see HBK face, AJ Styles and Dolph Ziggler are two names that come up often. But Michaels says that he picked Samoa Joe because they work two different styles.
“We have contrasting styles. I get that everybody wants to see me and AJ or Seth or Dolph [Ziggler]. From my standpoint, I think really telling a great story out there [is most important]. I could do it with a guy like Samoa Joe. His stuff looks really good, and sometimes he just looks like he’s beating the tar out of somebody.”
