Wrestling is a world of 'never say never', but in the case of CM Punk I think I can be fairly certain with a bolded never. He left in the most acrimoniousof manners, burning all the bridges in the process, so the likelihood of seeing him in a WWE ring again is, well, not very likely. Shawn Michaels retired from in-ring competition at WrestleMania XXVI, after losing to The Undertaker. We all know that professional wrestlers never truly retire (I'm looking at you, Mr. Flair), but HBK has been pretty good at resisting temptation so far. Still, the old adage goes that if the right money is on the right table at the right time, the right things happen. Michaels and Punk did come up against each other occasionally in tag team competition, but a big singles program between the two never happened. It would be worth it for the promos alone, but the battle itself would be every bit as delightful.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
