Having left the company in 2007 and spent a few years in TNA, 2011 saw Booker T make his WWE return as a surprise entrant in that year’s Royal Rumble.
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With CM Punk and his New Nexus cleaning house - Punk himself amassing an impressive seven eliminations - Booker T arrived at #21 to put up a spirited if not brief flurry of offense against the Second City Saint and his crew.
There was a Scissor Kick, there was a Book End, and there was even a Spinaroonie. And then there was an elimination after barely a minute courtesy of Welsh powerhouse Mason Ryan.
But there’d be plenty more to come for Booker T back in WWE, for he’d soon join the SmackDown commentary team and continue to work as a sporadic in-ring talent - most notably in a feud against Cody Rhodes.