Shawn Michaels was interviewed the Orlando Sentinel to talk WrestleMania ahead of this Sunday’s show.

When asked about whether he would give Ric Flair his blessing should the Nature Boy wish to return to the ring and wrestle again, Michaels said: “If you’re a friend of Ric Flair which I am, you know him and you know how he is about this line of work. So, I know that might be a struggle for him. And that’s OK. You can’t be somebody’s friend and put requirements on it and I don’t do that to him and I wouldn’t do it to him.

“My job was to go out there and, in my mind, believe that it was going to be his last and do the absolute best job I could to pay tribute to that and honor that and that’s what I did.

“Ric Flair is a grown man and he can make his decisions and I would still be his friend no matter what decision he made.”

You can read the interview in full by clicking here.

Phil Lowe
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