10 Blockbuster Returns WWE STILL Haven't Done Yet
Who'll be next to follow in Edge's footsteps with an explosive comeback?
"Everybody comes back in the end" has been repeated so often it became a pro-wrestling cliché years ago, but that doesn't make it any less true.
The Ultimate Warrior's 2014 return proved nobody stays off the comeback trail forever. Few wrestlers have ever burned as many bridges with Vince McMahon as the late madman, though he was still welcomed back into the fold for a Hall of Fame induction days before his passing. If he can return, anyone can, and this is particularly true in the modern era, where a bumper Saudi Arabian payday even drew Shawn Michaels from the retirement home - though he vowed never to do it again afterwards.
When the circumstances are right and the stars align, a red-hot wrestling return is priceless. Edge is the latest example of this. Those who experienced it in the moment will take it to their graves and while not every comeback hits the same way, pops like that make the sport.
With Edge back in the fold, WWE is down to scraps when it comes to big-time returns they haven't already pulled off yet. That list isn't yet exhausted, though these names vary in probability...
10. Carlito
Carlito hasn't worked for WWE since 2010. Let go for saying "no" when the promotion asked him to attend rehab for an alleged painkiller addiction, his last true appearance came four years later, when he and other family members were there for his legendary father Carlos' Hall of Fame induction. Since then? Nothing.
October 2019 saw Savio Vega claim that WWE had recently reached out to Carlito to return, with the veteran advising his fellow Puerto Rican to take the deal and make some serious money while still able to. Either Carlito disregarded the advice or the offer didn't exist in the first place as he is yet to re-emerge on WWE television.
Carlito's prominence has nosedived since he left WWE, with the 41-year-old's sparse independent schedule preventing him from making any kind of impact. While he is seemingly always guaranteed a payday in Carlos' WWC, he hasn't signed a wrestling contract since departing WWE, with an April 2018 appearance for House of Hardcore the closest he has come to even a mid-level independent spot over the past couple of years.