In an interview with the Nightcap podcast, Shawn Michaels talked about a number of injuries developed over the course of his career.
Addressing the surgeries required to heal, the WWE Hall of Famer revealed that he has another surgery coming soon:
I’ve had my back fused, I’ve had my shoulder replaced, I have two knees i’m getting replaced probably in a month, and I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world. I knew that going in as you guys did, I knew the price that was going to come with it.
Despite making a single return to the ring for a tag team match in 2018, Michaels said that he does not miss the physical aspect and extensive travel of wrestling, as his current role within WWE (in which he oversees the NXT brand as Senior VP of Talent Development and Creative) is just as rewarding.
I don’t. The physical aspect I don’t miss, the travel I don’t miss. I guess I’m able now to still get that same charge when we’re sitting there and I’m telling a story to these talents where I’m trying to convey, this is what we’re looking for out of this match, and we’re going to tell this story, this is going to happen, and at the end, hopefully they come unglued.
When that happens and it all comes together, it’s that feeling where you watch the joy in that talent’s heart when they’re finally getting it, it’s in a different aspect that I receive kind of that charge that I used to have when I got in the ring.
Source: F4WOnline