7 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 9)
1. HBK Is A Tease
On one hand, you have to give Shawn Michaels credit for staying retired and not getting back into the ring after losing his retirement match. So many other wrestlers have made a mockery of that stipulation through the years.
But when HBK came out on Raw and started talking up the Royal Rumble being in his hometown and how 20 years earlier he won the WWF Championship at the Rumble in San Antonio, you could almost feel like he was on the verge of a major announcement. The fans sensed it too and chanted for “one more match.”
And then Michaels went on to plug his upcoming movie. And then Rusev and Jinder Mahal came out to start an argument with HBK, prompting Enzo Amore & Big Cass to intervene.
You had to know there was basically no chance Michaels would come out of retirement for a throwaway Rumble spot. But what we got Monday was even more underwhelming than you could expect.