10 Ex-WWE Superstars With Unfinished Business
8. Shelton Benjamin
What Happened: Arguably the best pure athlete that came through WWE's ranks in the early 2000s, graduating from the same class as John Cena, Batista, Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton (yeah, it was a solid year), Shelton became one of the most reliable workers in the company, becoming the star of the early Money In The Bank matches and wrestling awesome bouts with everyone from Shawn Michaels to Rob Van Dam. Oh, and his mum turned up for a while.
Whether it was a perceived lack of true 'star appeal' or just some bad luck of the draw, Shelton was released from WWE in April 2010 in a roster cut that also included Jimmy Wang Yang and Slam Master J. Brutal.
How To Book A Return: This one's easy: host a tournament to qualify for the next Money In The Bank ladder match (which should be at Wrestlemania rather than its own show. Just saying), and have Shelton turn up as a surprise participant in the final match. He loses. We're joking; Shelton wins and goes on to steal the show once again in the MITB, just falling short of winning the briefcase (er, once again. Sorry Shelton) but re-establishing himself as a total lad and going on to do battle in what, by that point, should be electric US and Intercontinental title scenes.