By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

Retired WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels says there was never any consideration for him to face Daniel Bryan in 2013.

Michaels said on Jim Ross's podcast that WWE felt like his involvement with Bryan would be a natural fit, but he made it clear it would only be in a non-wrestling situation.

"No. No," said Michaels in response to whether there was ever serious discussion about a match. "Every time I go back, people joke about it or I'll get a person here and there who says, 'If we did this and this, would you do it?' But, they're never the decision-makers, I should say. But, no, there was never anything."

Michaels continued: "The only person who has say-so on whether I wrestle again is me. I guess I can play with it every year and pretend to start the rumor, but I've just never done that. Even though I have absolutely never once in the last four years, going on five now, ever given anyone the impression that I was entertaining the idea."

Michaels said that he was asked to come back to TV to cost Daniel Bryan his WWE Title match at Hell in a Cell in October, but nothing else was worked out ahead of time.

"I stay out of the loop. I come back, I do stuff. And, I have recently decided that I need to at least - when I go back, before I do anything - ask, 'Where is this going?' Because I don't want to disappoint anyone. And I don't want to mislead the fans. I also just try to come back, do my job, and go home," Michaels said.

Michaels acknowledged that his involvement raised questions about a possible match against his former student. But, Michaels said he tried to take care of that by having Bryan get the best of him the following night on Raw.

"I know that it did look like that," Michaels said about a match possibly happening. "I guess I always assumed they have a direction and an idea. And, some of it was just left out there (laughs) and there was never really much resolution. I can say there was going to be even less resolution until - after kicking him, I said, 'Can I at least go back the next day and let him stretch me?' I threw it out there, 'Let me stay here until Monday, let him stretch me, and get that back. And then I'll go home and you can do whatever you want.'"

Michaels concluded: "There may be (internal) discussions that go on that the Internet guys know about that no one ever mentions to me. I suppose that's possible, but I never gave anyone the idea I was going to wrestle again."

[ LINK: Part 2 of Michaels's podcast interview with Jim Ross can be heard HERE at PodcastOne.com. The Bryan discussion starts around the 50:00 mark ]

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