10 Best Things WWE Could Do With The Crown Jewel & Saudi Arabia Money

6. Everything You Want

Shawn Michaels
WWE

Shawn Michaels is coming out of retirement.

This should be the biggest story of the wrestling year instead of a byproduct of the ugliest one, but even in the face of some true human horror, money has finally spoken loud enough in Shawn Michaels' direction that he's agreed to cast aside a retirement he clung onto for a genuinely impressive eight years.

These should be remarkable scenes but are instead ones stained with blood and oil. If anything, the only hope is that Michaels wants this to be forgotten enough that he agrees to a Royal Rumble-to-WrestleMania programme to whitewash whatever gets witnessed at Crown Jewel.

Wrestling's riddled with 'never say never' scenarios, but Michaels was one of the closest to finding actual neverland. If he's back, what dreams can all those funds make realities? A long stint for The Rock? A rehabilitated neck for Stone Cold Steve Austin? Age reduction therapy so Vince McMahon can replace his own kids on television?

Little seems impossible at this point. These sort of scenarios shouldn't justify the ice cold decision to run the show in the first place, but they could be the first steps on a long and winding road to gradual vindication.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett