Shawn Michaels Wrestling Career Ending Soon?

When you think of some of the best wrestlers or sports entertainers of all time, who comes to mind? Maybe Ric Flair, Bret Hart, or The Rock.

But one man has been in the WWE and revolutionized the world of wrestling more than all of them.

Who is that man? Of course, it has to be Mr. Wrestlemania, the Heart Break Kid, Shawn Michaels! The man who faced Bret Hart and beat him in the first Ironman Match. And of course who can forget the Montreal Screw Job?

He retired Ric Flair, and he was in the first Ladder Match on TV for the Intercontinental championship. He showed us what we could do with a ladder, and it was the match that people had to look back on and see how they could top it.

Jeff and Matt Hardy, two veterans of the ladder match, said many times they watched what Michaels did with Razor Ramon in that match. They saw it and realized that they could actually do something amazing with it.

Of course, we know what they can do with a ladder. But if they never saw this match with Michaels and Ramon, would they be where they are today?

Heck, the Hardys made their name in these matches. And if they had not shown us the impossible in some matches, they may not be where they are today.

And they can thank Michaels for that, because after that match, HBK's name became even bigger, eventually winning him the WWF Championship.

He headed the group that was for the Generation of the 90s known as Generation X. They realized that they needed to make a group that catered to what those people wanted to see, and D-Generation X was born.

We know him for that group more than anything else. He ended up hurting his back very bad, though, and had to leave wrestling for a long time. So, then, Triple H headed the group, which helped make The Game's career.

Michaels came back when he knew his back was going to be OK. He thought that rest was not needed. He knew where he was wanted and he knew where he needed to be, and that was back in the WWE.

He came back as a surprise member of the NWO to join up with good friend Kevin Nash. The stable eventually had two leaders in Nash and Michaels. But he really didn't do much wrestling, until after the NWO had to go from the WWE.

It ended weird, but it had to go eventually.

So, then, where was Michaels supposed to go? Well, of course, he got back into the wrestling world again.

He wanted to get back in the Main Event spotlight, so he did. Eventually, he won the World Heavyweight championship in the first Elimination Chamber match. Again, Michaels made history, but it just doesn't seem fair.

It was the first and only world title he has won since coming back to the WWE. But that does not mean he stayed out of the spotlight. Oh, no.

He stayed in it for a while.

Eventually, he realized the man who was keeping him down: Vince McMahon. Triple H saw this, too, and they knew what had to be done.

They rejoined and brought back DX to take on the system. United, they had to stand because divided they would fall.

They took on all comers, and the McMahons in particular—doing the head games we knew and loved in the process. Eventually, they made their point to the McMahons.

But Michaels did not stop there. Not at all.

In 2008, he took on Chris Jericho in one of the best rivalries in WWE history. Jericho became superstar of the year in 2008, but everyone knew who got him to the main event stage.

In 2009, he got into a rivalry with JBL. But realized he had to make an alliance with him to help his family. He needed the money he knew JBL had.

He eventually got the money to help his family at No Way Out and was cured of the JBL virus he had for months.

Then it happened: He took on The Undertaker. And not just on any stage, either. He took him on at the biggest stage of them all, Wrestlemania.

He showed the Undertaker he was not afraid of him, he showed how he could stand up and look the devil in the eye and laugh in his face.

He showed us all at Wrestlemania that he could take on the Undertaker, and he could be on the Wrestlemania stage late in his career.

But it comes with a price. Michaels cannot be Mr. Wrestlemania forever. In our minds, he will be, but he just can't wrestle forever.

He is rumored to be taking a break from wrestling right now. He will come back, but will likely have a similar schedule to the Undertaker's, wrestling part-time instead of full-time.

But part-time for maybe a few months at a time. He does not want to retire forever yet, but wants to spend time with his family more. You can't blame him.

He could easily retire now, but he still feels he has enough to wrestle another two or three years part-time.

And I feel he does, too, but how will they work him in? It will be something to watch for. But even though we are not supposed to see Michaels for a little while, don't think he is gone forever just yet.