10 Best WWE Returns Of The Decade
6. The Rock - Raw (14 February 2011)
The mystery surrounding the identity of the guest host of WrestleMania XXVII came to an end when The Rock's signature 'If you smell what The Rock is cookin' belted out over the Honda Center. A moment that incited screams of joy from the the Anaheim crowd, it marked 'The Most Electrifyin' Man In Sports Entertainment's first in-person WWE appearance in seven years.
Standing there in the middle of the ring (like he had so many times before) with his eyebrow cocked and his head raised to the heavens, he proclaimed that he had finally come back home, and it was hard not to feel even a little nostalgic as even he himself struggled to maintain his trademark cool expression in the midst of all the love he was receiving.
Naturally, it was a moment that left us all hoping that it would lead to in-ring competition for 'The Great One' - and it did, kicking off a new part-time chapter in his career as his guest-hosting at 'Mania paved the way for a two-year on-and-off stint in which he battled the likes of John Cena and CM Punk.
A moment that marked a new era for The Rock, it was, quite simply, electrifying.