3 WWE Superstars who overcame career-threatening injuries and 3 who were forced to retire

#1 WWE Superstar who overcame career-threatening injury: Shawn Michaels

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— Joi 😷🧼 (@RegeneratedArts) October 8, 2020

Considered by many to be one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time, Shawn Michaels has had a massively successful career in WWE. He had a successful career in the 80s and 90s but his career almost came to an end in 1998. Competing against The Undertaker in a casket match at the Royal Rumble that year, he suffered some huge back injuries, herniating two discs and crushing one completely.

He was forced into his first retirement due to the same and it looked like we would never see him back in the ring again. He continued making non-wrestling appearances for WWE. After a long absence of four years, Shawn Michaels made his return to WWE, starting his second run with the company which was equally successful as his first one, if not more.

10 years ago today, Shawn Michaels had his retirement match against Undertaker. pic.twitter.com/orLRcFTkd8

— Fightful Wrestling (@FightfulWrestle) March 28, 2020

Shawn Michaels had several classic matches against the like of Triple H, John Cena, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, and others. It was at WrestleMania 26, where he lost to The Phenom in a "Streak vs Career" match, thus retiring from in-ring competition. He did return for one match in 2018 at a Saudi Arabia pay-per-view but has since stated that it was a one-off deal.