Shawn Michaels Says There Is ‘Not A Chance’ He Gets Back In The Ring

Shawn Michaels lost to The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26 in a Streak vs. Career match, ending his career for the time being. He came out of retirement eight years later to team with Triple H against Undertaker & Kane at WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia.

Michaels has since taken up a position as the lead creative in NXT, and has no desire to get back in the ring.

“Not a chance,” Michaels told Shannon Sharpe & Chad Ochocino on Nightcap when asked about a potential in-ring return. “I’m so blessed and so unfortunate to have done what I’ve done. I’m so overjoyed to be doing what I do now and helping the future of WWE. Being part of that, NXT is thriving on Tuesday nights on CW Network. To help these young men and women to achieve their passions and dreams is something that I had no idea I’d enjoy this much, but it is so great. I think the business is in tremendous hands for the future.”

Asked if he misses performing in the ring, Michaels said, “I don’t. The physical aspect, I don’t miss. The travel, I don’t miss. I’m able to still get that same charge when we’re sitting there and I’m telling a story to these talents where I’m trying to convey, ‘This is what we’re looking for out of this match, and we’re going to tell this story. This is going to happen, and at the end, hopefully they come unglued.’ When that happens and it all comes together, it’s that feeling where you watch the joy in that talent’s heart when they’re finally getting it. It’s in a different aspect that I receive that charge that I used to have when I got in the ring.”

Michaels was in Las Vegas for the WrestleMania 43 press conference, where it was announced that WrestleMania would be headed to Saudi Arabia in 2027.

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