10 Big WWE Returns That Could Happen In 2018

We can dream.

Rey Mysterio 2012
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WWE fans have perhaps been spoiled over the last 18 months by a series of high-profile returns which have brought back some of professional wrestling's biggest ever names to our screens.

In 2016, we saw Goldberg get back in the ring after more than 12 years away, setting up one of the all-time dream matches between the former WCW stalwart and his spiritual successor Brock Lesnar.

The following year it was Kurt Angle - who came back at the annual Hall of Fame ceremony before being unveiled as the Raw general manager a couple of days later - as well as the Hardy Boyz, both just 24 hours apart.

At the moment, there are no obvious candidates to repeat the trick in 2018, but there plenty of "maybes"; wrestlers who (theoretically) still have at least one more WWE run in them, and could conceivably be enticed back under the bright lights by a big money offer.

And, as we all know, Vince McMahon has nothing if not plenty of money, which means that - admittedly, with varying degrees of probability - all of these 10 wrestlers could be back on Raw this year.

10. Bobby Lashley

Rey Mysterio 2012
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As per reports earlier this month, Bobby Lashley looks set to run down the final few months of his Impact contract before heading off for pastures new in the early part of 2018.

From there, the world is pretty much his oyster. Following his work with Bellator, the 41-year-old is an established name in the world of MMA, and probably won't be short of offers when it comes to his next big career step.

But a return to WWE - the company that he left under a bit of a cloud a decade ago, after failing to live up to all of that early promise - has to be somewhere in the back of his mind as well.

Now that he's proved himself away from Vince McMahon's empire, the company's creative team would likely roll out the red carpet for a return, allowing him to bypass NXT altogether for a spot on Raw or SmackDown.

And, of course, there's the potential for a mega-match with fellow legitimate fighter Brock Lesnar - which ought be a big money-spinner for all involved, provided (and this is a big "if") they get the booking right.

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