10 Shocks WWE Could Pull At The Greatest Royal Rumble

3. Oh, Brother

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"Bring him home" cry fans, retweeted by Hulk Hogan himself along with other vacant platitudes about being good to one another as if he'd ever lived a day in his wrestling career ever thinking of anybody before Hulk Hogan.

"Forgive me", or words to that effect, come flooding from his own tweets in endless campaigns to get WWE to turn a blind eye to his toxic racist language used in secretly recorded tapes he freed to the world in order to successful demolish Gawker in an ugly 2016 lawsuit.

"Hogan should never return", shout those less willing to forgive or forget.

It's a divisive spectrum reminiscent of Roman Reigns' struggles at the top of the card, except with hate speech instead of title shots.

The same Roman Reigns that will probably win the Universal Championship at Greatest Royal Rumble because the crowd are likely to be hugely in favour of 'The Big Dog's quest - unlike just about every other large audience in the world. Finding similar cohesiveness around 'The Hulkster', WWE could elect to relaunch him in front of possibly the most appreciative crowd. The entire show is something of a gift to the country, a returning icon would be the ultimate gift to the fans.

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