Shawn Michaels Goes Home

by Jack Windham
September 10, 2008

After a brutal match against Chris Jericho at the Unforgiven pay per view, Shawn Michaels will now head home.

Going Home

Before some of you freak out, allow me to inform you that Shawn Michaels isn't retiring.

That's not what I meant when I say that he's going home.

There were some speculations that Shawn Michaels was going to retire from the wrestling business when it was first revealed that he had suffered an injury.

However, after further examinations showed that he wasn't nearly as injured as previously thought, most people were aware that he would be back in a few weeks.

The "going home" part is now a storyline where Shawn Michaels will head back home to his family after destroying Chris Jericho.

Maintaining Momentum

WWE knew full well that they were on the brink of losing their hottest storyline on Raw.

They had to scramble to come up with a way to keep the momentum going despite Shawn Michaels' injury.

What they did was come up with a way to keep both Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels strong whiel the two take a break from one another.

Shawn Michaels was made to look strong by the way he destroyed Chris Jericho during their match at Unforgiven.

Chris Jericho was made to look strong by stealing the World Heavyweight Championship at the end of the night.

WWE managed to come up with something creative that kept both guys' momentum running high.

Wrestlemania Headliner

Based on the strength of the storyline, WWE has themselves a headline match for Wrestlemania now.

For the next few months, they can have Chris Jericho fighting off challenges from Batista, CM Punk, and Rey Mysterio.

WWE can then bring back Shawn Michaels and have him win one more Royal Rumble match.

That would set up the main event for Wrestlemania.

With long term planning, the main event title match between these two could become one of the most hyped matches of all time.

In fact, it has the potential to be the best Wrestlemania match of all time.

Closing Thoughts

The storyline between Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels keeps getting better and better.

If this feud isn't voted the top feud of 2008, then I don't really know what else there is to say.