Former World Heavyweight and NWA World Heavyweight champion, Christian, won’t be returning to the ring. Christian spoke with the WINCLY podcast recently and said he accepts that at 45-years old, an in-ring comeback is just not in the cards for him.
“Well I’m 45 years old,” Christian said on the show. “If I was 29 or 30 and was forced to retire and felt like it wasn’t quite my time, then there may be a little push to see what I could do. But I’m also realistic at 45. I never wanted to be one of those guys who hung on too long.”
Christian’s last professional wrestling match came on March 24th, 2014. He defeated Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, and Dolph Ziggler in a fatal 4-way match on RAW.
Christian also spoke about a potential Hall of Fame induction.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen. If I had a nickel every time someone asked me if I was going into the Hall of Fame, then…I could buy a lot of stuff [laughs]”
“I’m not worried about it. We’ll see if and when it ever happens. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.”
Christian also referred to the current era of wrestling as a boom period, something he experienced while with WWE during the Monday Night War era.
“There’s always going to be those boom periods and this is definitely one. I think that more than anything, there is a lot of talent out there,” said Christian.
“While there is a platform for them to show what they can do, there’s only so many spots on each roster. Ultimately, at the end of the day, the winner is the wrestling fan because they have a lot of options.”
Christian hosts a weekly podcast with Edge, “E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness”.
Transcriptions via Wrestling Inc.
