8 WWE Returns That Were Much Better Than Expected

8. Greg Valentine

WWE's Raw Homecoming show in 2005 had two consequences. Firstly, it began the interminable three hour era of the company's flagship show which has ultimately - yet paradoxically - resulted in its lowest ever ratings, but largest ever TV deal.

Secondly, and perhaps less significantly, it set one-time La Résistance member Rob Conway off on an iconoclastic tear. After interrupting the obligatory 'Legends Gathering' on the show, featuring all the usual Jims - Jimmy Snuka, Hillbilly Jim, Jimmy Hart - Conway found himself set upon by the flock of fossils.

In retaliation, he vowed to systematically destroy a series of old-timers. First up Greg Valentine, who at 54 looked just as good (and by extension, just as bad) as he had during his most recent appearance - way back at Royal Rumble '94 - keeping pace with Conway throughout. 'The Hammer' famously needed '20 minutes to warm up' - but managed to get to peak temperature in just seven in the pre-warmed privacy of Heat.