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Post by chunkylover53 on Dec 20, 2010 16:44:29 GMT -5
In wrestling, its cliche that when a wrestler (kayfabe) retires due to a stipulation made or such, they come back at a later time, be it weeks, months, or sometimes years. However, what were times when said wrestler stuck to his/her guns in storyline or better yet real life?
Marc Mero - The Marvelous One said that if he lost to Duane Gill, he would quit the WWF. He lost, so he had to retire. Though he did have a match at Capital Carnage(a UK PPV), the storyline was he made a prior committment. Its been over 12 years and he still hasn't appeared on WWF/E programming since. I think its safe to say he ain't coming back.
Rob Conway - The Con Man made his New Years Resolution to win the IC belt from Jeff Hardy or leave the company. He didn't win the title, and just to ensure he stuck with his guns, McMahon fired him. He left the WWE for real months later when they wouldn't renew his contract.
Those are pretty much the only names I can think of in the truest sense, other names have made one off appearances in-ring(Trish Stratus) or found a job doing non-wrestling things like commentating(JBL, though he did on-air and legit quit the second time around) or was active on TV in some other way. Marc Mero and Rob Conway never had any association with the WWF/E in kayfabe or for real since they made their announcements.
Any names you can think of?
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Post by bob on Dec 20, 2010 16:47:54 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels
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Post by Citizen Snips on Dec 20, 2010 19:04:20 GMT -5
Not truly a retirement, but Bobby Heenan didn't return to the WWF/E after Gorilla Monsoon threw him out of the company until Monsoon had passed away.
You could kayfabe consider he was too scared to consider returning with Gorilla still alive.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Dec 20, 2010 19:30:05 GMT -5
Magnum T.A.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Dec 20, 2010 20:38:39 GMT -5
Not truly a retirement, but Bobby Heenan didn't return to the WWF/E after Gorilla Monsoon threw him out of the company until Monsoon had passed away. The gimmick battle royal at WM17 doesn't count?
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Post by Square on Dec 20, 2010 20:45:28 GMT -5
Not truly a retirement, but Bobby Heenan didn't return to the WWF/E after Gorilla Monsoon threw him out of the company until Monsoon had passed away. The gimmick battle royal at WM17 doesn't count? Monsoon was gone for 2 years by WM17
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 20, 2010 20:49:41 GMT -5
Not truly a retirement, but Bobby Heenan didn't return to the WWF/E after Gorilla Monsoon threw him out of the company until Monsoon had passed away. The gimmick battle royal at WM17 doesn't count? Gorilla died about 18 months before that. Jesse Ventura maybe? I know he had a few matches after he was diagnosed with the blood clots in his lungs but were they his last matches? Did he announce his retirement before those matches or after? Or did he ever announce it at all?
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Post by Citizen Snips on Dec 20, 2010 23:24:35 GMT -5
The Alliance has yet to reform after Survivor Series 2001.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball☝🏻 on Dec 21, 2010 1:51:50 GMT -5
The gimmick battle royal at WM17 doesn't count? Gorilla died about 18 months before that. Jesse Ventura maybe? I know he had a few matches after he was diagnosed with the blood clots in his lungs but were they his last matches? Did he announce his retirement before those matches or after? Or did he ever announce it at all? Good question........I don't know. Now I wonder why he doesn't have his own WWE DVD.
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Post by WHATAMANOOOVER on Dec 21, 2010 3:06:07 GMT -5
Not retirements but after purchasing WCW, Vince said he would never hire Jeff Jarrett and Lex Luger.
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Post by Throwback on Dec 21, 2010 3:22:25 GMT -5
Gorilla died about 18 months before that. Jesse Ventura maybe? I know he had a few matches after he was diagnosed with the blood clots in his lungs but were they his last matches? Did he announce his retirement before those matches or after? Or did he ever announce it at all? Good question........I don't know. Now I wonder why he doesn't have his own WWE DVD. didn't wwe put out a vhs of jesse right after he was elected Gov of Minnesota?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 4:47:14 GMT -5
Joshi wrestler Megumi Kudo.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball☝🏻 on Dec 21, 2010 4:49:04 GMT -5
Good question........I don't know. Now I wonder why he doesn't have his own WWE DVD. didn't wwe put out a vhs of jesse right after he was elected Gov of Minnesota? You mean that shitty, shitty, shitty, shitty, shitty movie? WWE had nothing to do with that. Nor did reality.
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Post by lovingway on Dec 21, 2010 5:13:23 GMT -5
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball☝🏻 on Dec 21, 2010 6:37:01 GMT -5
Ah yes, I vaguely remember that now! I wanna documentary and all though.......don't I?
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 21, 2010 13:00:26 GMT -5
Jesse did have a match with piper against the orient express (dont know how they explained that to the live audience) but that was just taped for the "tag team" movie.
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Post by dav on Dec 21, 2010 14:27:38 GMT -5
Not retirements but after purchasing WCW, Vince said he would never hire Jeff Jarrett and Lex Luger. Why not Luger?
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Post by Angus Mcloud on Dec 21, 2010 14:31:35 GMT -5
Not retirements but after purchasing WCW, Vince said he would never hire Jeff Jarrett and Lex Luger. Why not Luger? Could be about bailing on WWF and showing up on the first Nitro without warning. His contract ran out and he went to WCW. He bet on the wrong horse to win.
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Post by Trent Valentine on Dec 21, 2010 14:39:01 GMT -5
Muhammad Hassan.
Hassan guaranteed that if he didn't defeat The Undertaker at The Great American Bash, he would leave the WWE forever.(Course, this was due to the censors of UPN wanting Hassan off the air.) Undertaker gave him the last ride through a hole in the stage. They later said Hassan has sustained a lot of injuries. The next week, Theodore Long said that Hassan will not appear on Smackdown anymore and as far as he's concerned, he can go to hell.
Hassan hasn't been seen in WWE since.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 14:39:48 GMT -5
Kevin Sullivan
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