10 Modern Wrestling Pops That Sent Shivers Down Your Spine

10. Brock Is Back

WWE programming was in an awkward spot coming out of WrestleMania XXVIII.

The show was mostly built around John Cena vs The Rock and The Undertaker vs Triple H, however only John Cena was going to be around afterwards, leaving him and CM Punk to carry the company through its post-'Mania blues season. The fact that the much maligned John Laurinitus had just taken control of both Raw and Smackdown meant hopes were not exactly high for WWE going forward.

However, one beacon of light shone through the period, and that light was Brock Lesnar. Having seemingly wrapped up his time in UFC the previous year, it felt nailed on that Brock would return to WWE and prove himself once more after his disastrous departure match at WrestleMania XX with Goldberg.

Fans spent much of the Raw after WrestleMania chanting for Brock Lesnar, desperate for The Beast Incarnate to show his face on WWE TV for the first time in eight years. When John Cena invited The Rock out to congratulate him on his win, Brock's music hit, and the roof flew off the arena.

Lesnar's time in the UFC had added a whole new element to his character, with his F-5 to Cena establishing him as an immediate threat as the most legitimate combat athlete in WWE history. Though we may be sick to death of him now, fans will always cherish the moment The Next Big Thing returned, which kickstarted the idea of the Raw after WrestleMania as the night for big returns in WWE.