6 wrestlers who retired in 2017

#3 Candice Michelle

Candice hung up her wrestling boots last month

Candice Michelle had a lengthy stint in WWE where she was a former Playboy cover girl and former Women's Champion. This stint came to an end when she was released by the company back in 2009 and she has since focused on her family.

Candice and her husband have welcomed three daughters since 2009 and she has allowed family life to become her new career path for the past eight years. It seems that throughout this time Candice was never officially able to have a retirement match. Hence, she finally decided it was time to do that back in December.

Candice then took on her longtime friend and rival Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon) at House of Hardcore back on December 2nd in her home state of Wisconsin. Candice was able to pick up the victory and then went on to embrace her friend in the ring as she finally said farewell to the wrestling business.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav