10 Times Wrestlers Brought Old Gimmicks Back (For One Night Only)

10. King Booker (Royal Rumble 2011)

Five-time WCW Champion Booker T was picked up by WWE in 2001, but got off to a bad start with a car crash of a debut match against Buff Bagwell. The Rock and Steve Austin aside, it took WWE years to give Booker the recognition and feuds he deserved. In 2006, he got what he was looking for in the most unlikely of places: the King of the Ring tournament.

After beating Bobby Lashley in the tournament finals at Judgment Day 2006, he and his wife Sharmell took the Royal gimmick to the moon and back, becoming heat magnets in all the perfect ways from the overly grandiose entrances to the worst accent since Dick Van Dyke. King Booker would last up until his 2007 release, when he jumped ship to TNA.

Booker returned to his original T in the 2011 Royal Rumble, and continued as a part-timer until WWE used him in non-wrestling roles, such as SmackDown general manager and commentary.

He would eventually bring back the King gimmick for New Day's celebration of becoming five-time Tag Team Champions, with his royal highness welcoming them into the club.