#3 Kurt Angle (vs. Baron Corbin, WWE WrestleMania 35)
Kurt Angle was originally supposed to call time on his legendary career in 2020, but the WWE Hall of Famer asked Vince McMahon in 2019 if he could bring forward his retirement match by a year.
A possible farewell match against John Cena had been discussed for 2020. However, McMahon was adamant that Angle needed to finish his long-term storyline with Baron Corbin, which is why the former WWE RAW authority figures were booked in a match against each other at WrestleMania 35.
Speaking in a Facebook Q&A, Angle said he understood WWE’s decision to have him lose against Corbin but he would have preferred to win the match.
"My WrestleMania 35 match, I would have liked to go out with a win, but I understand why it didn’t occur... I would have loved to have won, but I don’t think I would have properly played my role if I did. You leave the company better than it was before you came."
Angle has only been retired for 15 months, as of the time of writing, but it looks like he is one of the few wrestlers who is going to stick to his retirement decision.