What if Shawn Michaels wins the Royal Rumble?

Modified Oct 23, 2019 09:36 GMT

Shawn Michaels worked his first match in over eight months last week. What if WWE has a huge push in store for him?

1. One more title reign

Shawn Michaels could have last world title win left in him. — Shawn Michaels could have last world title win left in him

Winning the Royal Rumble has ensured stars a title shot, or the championship itself since 1992. Not every Rumble win actually paves the way to a title victory, however, as demonstrated by Shinsuke Nakamura and Asuka as recently as this past year.

If WWE were to go so far as to have Shawn Michaels win a historic third Royal Rumble, though, the odds are the company will be looking to go all the way with his push. That probably means winning a world title at WrestleMania, though it also might mean picking up a world title down the road from there. In either case, winning one more world title would offer a fine capstone to his legendary career, besides more thoroughly justifying coming back in Michaels’s mind. Particularly with the number of top-tier stars injured or tied up in other storylines, this may be the ideal time for an HBK victory lap before he rides off into the sunset for real.

Edited by Liam Hoofe