The Clint Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 All shit jokes aside, when Michaels left the company after WM14 when was it ever announced that he had retired? It more or less came across that he wanted time out to sort his shit out. It just happened to last 4 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 He didn't sort his shit out until a few months before he came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Throughout 1998, PowerSlam were still reporting "Michaels is expected back in so-and-so months" and the like. And he had a couple of planned comebacks before the 2002 one, didn't he? And he had a match in 2000. So it must have been either 1999 that people were saying he was retired, or after his 2001 comeback plan went up in flames when he turned up out of his mind and couldn't wrap his head around Jericho dressing up as Doink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotland Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 When WCW bit the dust I was worried then that the age of surprise debuts and returns was long gone. 15 years on, and there are still moments when I get genuinely excited when certain music hits. Whether it's WCW holdouts like Sting finally making an appearance, or somebody we thought was out the picture coming back, there will always be somebody showing up as a nice surprise. Just this past month we've had Styles and Shane O Mac popping up, and talent getting a call up from NXT can produce cool moments. As the years go by, there will be different circumstances and what wouldn't be a shock today might be a shock further down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Clint Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 He was meant to wrestle Triple H at Mania 17 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Up until last night there was no way I'd have put Shane O' in this bracket. The whole thing is mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 And he had a match in 2000. I didn't know this, what's the story here? A behind closed doors thing I take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamaras-Tash Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Â And he had a match in 2000. I didn't know this, what's the story here? A behind closed doors thing I take it? Â Â Happened in his own promotion TWA back in 2000 Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 Oh god, was that the weird Christian thing with Sting and they were both saved by god or something? It's all coming back to me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 No, the Jesus show was years after Shawn was back in WWE. I don't think he was even properly doing the Jesus nonsense until 2001 or 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Clint Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 He became reborn after he almost died while looking after his kid after a drugs session. I think that was his wake up call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannibal Man Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Wasn't it that he wigged out because he forgot he'd eaten all of the Oreo's and his wife had to remind him rather than him nearly dying, unless he was having a hypoglycemic moment like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 If there was ever a time you'd think Shawn and Austin would have been tempted to return it would have been in their home State in that large stadium. I think you can finally rub their names off any match ever again. Austin would be daft to return, really. To get to age 50 and not be in daily agony, he's the luckiest man in the world after the injuries he had. So to risk his long term health is probably the wisest thing he could do. Â Funny thing is, Hogan is a massive cripple, but had it not been for the race stuff, they'd have probably got desperate enough to put him in the ring this year. Batista refused, Shawn and Austin arent doing it, Rock cant wrestle, Sting is out. Their options are limited this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Goldberg Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Austin seems in a really good place these days. He openly admits he found retiring from the ring very difficult but that's behind him. Â He looks in really good shape Tbh. Â Shawn just doesn't seem interested. Neither have anything to prove and have had career's other pro wrestler's can only dream of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew "the ref" coyne Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 No, the Jesus show was years after Shawn was back in WWE. I don't think he was even properly doing the Jesus nonsense until 2001 or 2002.No it was before. However I don't count that first "retirement" due to the circumstances. It was a forced retirement due to a injury. That's fair game to come back from. Aside from that, credit to him for sticking to his voluntary retirement guns. He wanted to end it on a high, and boy did he.  Edit: I apologise. The one off show at his promotion was before. What was the Christian thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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