10 WWE Superstars Who Went AWOL After WrestleMania
1. Shawn Michaels
Generally speaking, wrestlers are not permitted to bask in the glory of their finest moments, with professional triumphs being given little breathing space before the story requires a push forward onto the next
However, upon completion of their WrestleMania 25 classic, both Shawn Michaels and Undertaker exited the show entirely, creating yet another other-worldly glow around their unbelievable encounter.
For The Undertaker, it had become par for the course to vacate for months on end, but Shawn's disappearance foreshadowed his eventual retirement a year later.
Revealing in an interview shortly after his retirement that he'd decided to hang up his tights after a 2009 discussion with a colleague inferred his 9-year-old son was 'halfway gone', Michaels knew shortly before the legendary first Undertaker match that his time was coming to an end.
Embracing farce upon his Autumn return, it turned out Michaels had been working as a cafeteria chef (?) since the climactic Undertaker defeat, requiring some coaxing out of the hairnet to return.
Taking the summer months off to recuperate, Michaels only came back to aid D-Generation-X comrade Triple H in conflicts with Legacy and Jeri-Show before refocussing on 'The Deadman' to build to his final night, retiring in another world class effort at WrestleMania 26.