10 Shocks WWE Could Pull At WrestleMania 34

3. Samoa Joe Returns

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Samoa Joe is all but cleared for action, having been heavily rumoured to participate in the Greatest Royal Rumble Match scheduled mere weeks after WrestleMania. While such returns usually occur on the RAW After WrestleMania - even an acrostic logo would do, Steph - Joe possesses a storyline motivation to return on the show itself, having missed out last year. Joe entering the match would equalise the strange face-favouring psychology, not that it mattered much in the awesome original RAW Triple Threat match last year.

Everything RAW must do, so too must SmackDown, and possibly vice versa, so creating an impromptu Fatal 4-Way bout on the night would create probably unnecessary but realistic synergy between the brands and provide The Miz with a reason to lose his sh*t, which is never not funny. It's a scenario easy enough to piece together - Miz annoys Kurt Angle with some frequency - and it's one that Joe would relish, having never before performed on the Grandest Stage.

WWE did do this last year, with the return of the Hardy Boyz, but Roman Reigns is set to headline his fourth consecutive 'Mania, so it's not as if they care about repetition.

Probability Percentage: 20%

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