The Heartbreak Kid recently had the wrestling world buzzing after stating that he could possibly be talked out of retirement for the right storyline.
While touring with NXT in the UK, Shawn Michaels spoke with the Daily Star and touched on his hesitation to work another match at the age of 52.
"I am guilty of not really wanting to work for a living. To put me in a singles match at [WrestleMania] it's a very strenuous and anxious process, once you get in there it's phenomenal," Michaels said. "But to get ready for it is 100% work, and I don't want to put myself or my family through that to go out and try and steal the show at 52 for God's sakes."
Instead of a singles match, HBKs noted how it would be cool to be in a legends versus younger wrestlers match, both now in the present and earlier in his career.
"If you take the younger version of me and put me in with [the younger guys] course it would be a blast," Michaels said. "But at the same time I would like to be the younger version of me and be the ring with Harley Race and Buddy Rodgers. That's something that can't happen in real life. ... Fans want me to nip up and have everything look like it's 1996 or 1997, that's never gonna happen as Father Time waits on no man."