By Josh Coulson,The Sportster

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To give Michaels credit, even though he was technically the only wrestler in that match who came out of retirement, he was by far the best performer of the four in that match. Granted, that’s not saying much, but it’s a shame that it likely ruined any chance of him coming back to wrestle some more interesting matches, like a dream showdown between him and AJ Styles.

I hope, but doubt, that’s still on the cards, particularly with The Phenomenal One heavily implying that he’ll be retiring soon too, because no matter what HBK says, if he doesn’t wrestle again, the record books will show that match at Crown Jewel was his last. If pretending it was just some sort of exhibition that doesn’t really count makes him feel better, that’s great, but unfortunately, in reality, it does.

Michaels isn’t the only wrestler to have had a perfect retirement ruined by the want to do just one more. HBK was on the other side of the ring when Ric Flair had what might be the greatest retirement match of all time. That match has since been tainted by countless, much worse comebacks. There’s a chance others will fall into the same trap, with rumors swirling that older stars will be offered a lot of money to come back for one more match at WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia.