Few professional wrestlers understand retirement better than Shawn Michaels.
Michaels famously stepped away from wrestling following his heart-stopping “Career vs. Streak” match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26. Despite numerous offers for big paydays and WrestleMania return matches, Michaels appeared to be an outlier as the one wrestler who walked away at the top of his profession and refused to tarnish his magnificent closing act.
But most professional athletes, if they are still capable of performing, ultimately return. And that is exactly what Michaels did, eight years later, in a tag match with Triple H against The Undertaker and Kane.