10 Most Unthinkable Comebacks In Wrestling History
6. Triple H Returns To The Throne
This was a narrative twist so unbelievable that, were it not real, would have ruined an otherwise compelling prestige drama series.
It's difficult to overstate just how far Triple H had fallen in 2021. NXT's move from the Network to television was a failure; it was ritually and decisively slaughtered by AEW Dynamite in the 18-49 demographic. This humiliation did not go down well with Vince McMahon; the transformed NXT 2.0 felt like he was the owner rubbing his dog's nose in sh*t. Vince took every promotional impulse of Triple H's and almost literally smeared the reboot with the direct opposite.
Gone were the skulls, the dank, the heavy metal; in their place, splats of colour, migraine-inducing lights, hip-hop. The kick pad lads were marched out by big, generic men with minimal experience.
Bron Breakker even smashed through the old "black and gold" logo, and Christ: Cody Rhodes was less on-the-nose at Double Or Nothing '19.
Of course, the history of pro wrestling is littered with failures resurfacing. Vince Russo was employed for years after the year 2000. Eric Bischoff was involved in WWE creative in 2019. Neither of these men suffered significant heart attacks that were thought to have prevented them ever operating in a high-pressure capacity ever again.
After Vince McMahon shockingly (if not altogether surprisingly) retired in disgrace, Paul Levesque is doing that - and he has galvanised the WWE fandom much like everyone knew he could do in the mid-2010s.