10 WWE Wrestlers Who Should NEVER Have Come Back

10. Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels' first comeback in 2002 was, for an entire generation of wrestling fans, the first opportunity to watch 'The Heartbreak Kid' wrestle at all.

The business boomed like never before pretty much the day after he left it in 1998. Stone Cold Steve Austin's inexorable rise came at his expense at WrestleMania XIV, and by the time he returned four years later, the bloom was off the rose. The company was at least perfectly placed to house his skills - innumerable awesome matches would have been missing from the 2000s if not for his contributions between SummerSlam '02 and his WrestleMania XXVI retirement, but the same cannot be said for a horror choice made when millions of dollars were on the line.

Crown Jewel 2018 needed to go ahead for WWE to keep their end of a 10 year deal, even if it existed under the shadow of Jamal Khashoggi's murder. Michaels took the deal and the match, but damaged his legacy (and ultra-prestigious retirement) when he wasn't able to stop it absolutely reeking.