10 Ex-WWE Superstars With Unfinished Business
2. Kurt Angle
What Happened: This really is a no-brainer on every single level imagineable. Released from his contract in 2006 (he went on to say that WWE were "running [him] into the ground" and giving him no time off to let him heal up from a host of nagging injuries), Angle has since helped prop TNA up through countless peaks and troughs and, ultimately, done everything there could possibly be left to do over there. He's gone on record many times since last year saying that he feels great, any lingering issues are long behind him and that he's ready for a WWE comeback. For the love of wrestling, make it happen, WWE!
How To Book A Return: Have Angle make a surprise return early on in the 2016 Royal Rumble. Give him a good solid run with a few eliminations and hot moments, before around the 25-man mark, out comes...DANIEL BRYAN! The crowd goes apesh*t as the Bearded One makes his long-awaited return from injury, teasing a face-off with an annoyed Angle, who then gets eliminated by Bryan.
Angle, furious that D-Bry has ruined his big moment, then interferes in the Rumble to get Bryan eliminated. Heel turn! Bah gawd! This, of course, then leads to an immense feud and one of the greatest Mania matches of all time.