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Shawn Michaels Talks Retiring From WWE, WrestleMania 26

Amid reports that Shawn Michaels could very well be planning to take the retirement stipulation of his WrestleMania 26 match seriously, Michaels talked about walking away in an interview with CANOE.

“Every day I step through the front door, (leaving WWE) is not as far away as it once was. When it happens, I look forward to the rest and spending time with my family. Few guys get to go out the way I want to,” said Michaels, suggesting that he is prepared to depart the full-time world of wrestling. “I’ve always tried to make sure that whatever I did, it was good. The only downside is the finality. Something good has to come to an end.”

Nonetheless, Michaels was quick to note, “To believe Shawn Michaels won’t still be part of my life (following my retirement) is naive…I took four years off and I think almost as many people recognized me during that time.”

Michaels also acknowledged the challenge he and Undertaker will face next week in living up to their classic 2009 match.

Said Michaels, “I’ve got to be honest, I don’t know (how you top the match). With the stipulation, Career vs. Streak, there’s certainly more on the line. There’s some finality, so you have to take everything into context.”

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  1. brother shawn m my name is chad from mi my mother is bad sick with pancreatic cancer she is a born again christian i am to brother shawn will you please remember her in your prayers please i dont want you to leave the wwe we need you on raw are you brother shawn are you working on tripple h to know jesus as saviour vince mc man realy needs jesus dont he he mean to bret heart i like pastor haggee he is a fire ball for the lord brother shawn how long have you been going to corner stone church if i ever come to texas i will come to your church i hope you beat the under taker wrestlemania 26 but my pastor brother bird likes the under taker but i know you will beat the under taker so so brother shawn you need to work on randy orton he needs jesus chris jericho needs jesus to i like sting to he is born again to brother shawn i like d x to bad you lossed the tag team belts you realy super kicked teady long man you were realy mad that night on raw i wanted you super kick tripple h but was you scared when you were face to face with the under taker i know the lord was on your side thats why you are going to beat the under taker 0 shawn m the winner ric flair is on tna i know you love ric flair like a brother dose he know jesus the lord is great he will heal my mother i have faith that he will god is great we almost had church yester day so in closeing god bless you and family you like to hunt i like to hunt to big bucks 8 points is good i shot at one but i missed it my father was from west virgina he loved to hunt to my mother and my sister were born in ohio they like ohio state i like mi go blue god bless you and please keep are mother in your prayers you biggest fan chad god bless jesus is lord

  2. Shawn, I know you are tired and want to spend time with your family, but wrestling just won’t be the same if you retire–not yet. I still want to see you in person. You are my favorite and the only one I have not seen. I couldn’t go to WWE in Columbus, Ohio in January because my husband is out of work for almost a year.Please don’t go out losing to Undertaker. Go out with a big win and not at Wrestlemania.

  3. i dont want 2 c shawn retiring so soon since i am huge fan of him.

    THE WWE universe knows it,shawn knows it and most probably the undertaker knows it dat hbk can defeat taker.

    so the undertaker y dont u give hbk one more chance

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