WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels made some interesting comments when he made an appearance on the ‘Challenge Mania’ podcast. This is where he talked about his experience with his latest and likely last pro wrestling match.
“No, there are no regrets. So again, honestly, and no one will ever believe me but I’ll tell you anyway, but honestly, again, it’s not a WrestleMania, it’s not a this… to me it wasn’t coming back as the Heartbreak Kid. It was a tag match. I know that’s not the same and I know nobody will understand it, but in my mind, it was like a glorified house show live event.” Michaels said. “I don’t mean that to be intellectually insulting to the wrestling fan but in my mind, it was not the same. I got asked. It was almost like, as a favor.”
HBK stated that he did the tag team match as he felt like it was a totally separate entity than the other, which is why he felt okay doing it. He noted that it was done with the intent of it being a nice little fun thing to do but admitted that it didn’t turn out to be all that fun as he thought it was okay and just one of those things you have to do if you’re a company man.
He teamed up with Triple H to beat The Undertaker and Kane in a tag team match at WWE Crown Jewel on November 2, 2018, at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This match ended up being the main event of this show.
It marked the first time that Michaels had wrestled a match since losing a retirement match to Taker at WrestleMania 26 in 2010.
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