10 Ways WWE In 2017 Could Have Been COMPLETELY Different

10. Don't Call It A Comeback

Matt and Jeff Hardy's WrestleMania 33 return was for many the lone highlight of a bright-but-bloated Orlando supercard.

It was the type of night where a lot happened, but nothing was much of a happening. The thunderous pop that echoed around the Camping World Stadium wasn't merely born from nostalgia for the North Carolinian Attitude Era icons. It represented a return to form for the brothers, happier and healthier than they'd been in a decade and creatively thriving thanks to the #BROKEN Universe cultivated by Matt in TNA (more on that later).

Winning the Tag Team Titles in a ladder match on the night was a vote of confidence from WWE in their ability to carry the league through the post-WrestleMania lull, but what could have been had they remained with the then-renamed Global Force Wrestling.

Feuding with The Hardy Boyz made The Bar, who in turn made a rejuvenated Seth Rollins/Dean Ambrose combo that drove the reunion of The Shield in October. It was a chain of events completely triggered by their return, and may not have yielded such an entertaining tag division on the red brand without their on and off screen influence.