Shawn Michaels’ career was brought to a screeching halt due to a severe back injury in 1998. He eventually returned to the company in 2002 and it was as if he had never left.
On a recent episode of his Grilling JR podcast, WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross talked about Shawn Michaels’ return to WWE in 2002.
Ross revealed what he told Shawn Michaels that finally convinced him to return to the company. Ross told Michaels not to let him end his ‘legacy this way’ as people’s perceived him very negatively.
“My pitch to Shawn was always that you can’t allow your legacy to end this way, you have put a bad taste in peoples mouth whether inadvertently or premeditatedly, I don’t know and I don’t really care.
Right now the perception of you is not so positive. For a guy that’s considered to be, along with Ric Flair, the two greatest in ring performers of all time, that’s just not right. It’s not right for you or your fans.”
Michaels had a tremendous run in the company after his return. He eventually retired at WrestleMania 26 in 2010.
