10 Wrestlers Who Quietly Retired
Not everyone gets a tearful goodbye speech on RAW...
The word 'retirement' is enough to make the proudest professional wince, and nowhere would this be more true than in the more-macho-than-thou world of professional wrestling. As the ageing and battle bodies that now house the spirits of our heroes attest, the squared circle is an extremely difficult environment to give up.
Why wouldn't it be? The ultimate form of performance art, wrestling allows complete adulation or total manipulation, putting the power of influence squarely in the hands of the performers. When you add this to the power of making paying customers happy you understand what keeps men like Terry Funk from ever truly hanging up their boots.
When wrestlers do retire, they tend to go out in a blaze of glory. Those at the top of the sport go out surrounded by their peers, losing matches on huge stages to fellow legends before giving heartfelt speeches to throngs of fans chanting 'Thank You'. Others lose on smaller stages, but still get retirement shows and handshake after handshake and thanks after thanks.
Every now and then however an individual retires from professional wrestling without fanfare and mass hysteria, quietly drifting off into the night without a peep nor a whisper. Here are 10 wrestlers who retired quietly.