It appears that the original plan was for Shawn Michaels to come out of retirement and do multiple matches but the Crown Jewel criticism reportedly caused plans to be reconsidered. On the Oh, You Didn’t Know podcast, reporter Brad Shepard discussed the reaction to the Shawn Michaels match at WWE Crown Jewel:

“I was talking with a source in WWE about the Shawn Michaels situation. Obviously, he had a total disaster of a match at Crown Jewel. It looked like mid-2000’s TNA stuff. So what I’m told now is more than likely he will wrestle again still.”

“The plan, to begin with, was multiple matches but after that disaster of a performance that changed things. But what I’m told is more likely than not you’re gonna get HBK vs an AJ Styles or Daniel or kinda a nostalgia match like an Undertaker again. So he is going to wrestle at least once more, maybe more, but he will wrestle once more. But it’s going to be one of those two scenarios.”