The Undertaker Reveals How He Persuaded Shawn Michaels to Come Out of Retirement

The Undertaker’s commitment to entertaining fans has cemented his legendary status, despite the toll it has taken on his body. He recently revealed how he persuaded Shawn Michaels to come out of retirement.

Shawn Michaels retired from wrestling in 2010 after losing a match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26. However, eight-and-a-half years later, he made a comeback to team with Triple H against Kane and The Undertaker in Saudi Arabia.

While speaking on the Six Feet Under podcast with Mark Calaway, The Undertaker shared that he and the other wrestlers involved in the match persuaded Michaels to come out of retirement.

They convinced him by emphasizing that the match against The Brothers of Destruction would be straightforward given their extensive ring experience, making it an easy opportunity to return.

“We’ve talked Shawn Michaels, who said he was not ever gonna wrestle again and had no intentions of [wrestling] and did not want to, we’re like, ‘Dude, you could do this in your sleep. Come on. It’s you and Triple H against [The Brothers of Destruction]. How many years of ring time? We could all do this in our sleep. This is gonna be easy money.’ We talked Shawn into it, finally.” 

The Undertaker retired back in 2020 and was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame earlier this year. On the other hand, Shawn Michaels is busy managing NXT and both men are happy with their respective lives as WWE Hall of Famers.

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