10 Best Kept Secrets In Wrestling History

Heading into the first-crowdless SummerSlam in WWE history, the company promised the folks locked up in their homes around the world that they would "never see it coming."

And in what had become something of a rarity at that point, WWE actually only went and delivered a truly remarkable shock that no fan on the planet honestly foresaw in the weeks before 'The Biggest Party of the Summer.'

'The Big Dog' hadn't been seen on WWE programming since dropping out of WrestleMania 36 and taking some time away from wrestling during those early pandemic days.

And with there being very few hints at exactly what the future held for the former World Champion in the months that followed the 'Show of Shows' - outside of WWE eventually releasing new merch for the absent figure - most understandably assumed that aforementioned tagline was likely referring to even more demented Fiend/Braun Strowman shenanigans in the main event.

What they didn't expect to see was Roman Reigns not only making a shocking post-match return to all things sports entertainment, but as a badass heel who ate spooky monsters for breakfast at the Head of the Table.

To ensure this monumental show-closing return would come as a real game-changing shock to much of the wrestling world, Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio (via Wrestling Inc) that WWE didn't even tell a bunch of Roman's fellow superstars that he was about to come back and kick off one of the most dominant runs in wrestling history either.

And he's never looked back since.