10 Times Wrestling Legends Returned (And NOBODY Cared)
6. Skinner (2007)
For context, below is a full list of the Raw 15th Anniversary Battle Royal entrants from December 2007:-
- Al Snow
- Bart Gunn
- Bob Backlund
- Doink The Clown
- Flash Funk
- Gangrel
- Gillberg
- The Goon
- Irwin R. Schyster
- Jim Neidhart
- Pete Gas
- The Repo Man
- Scotty 2 Hotty
- Sgt. Slaughter
- Skinner
- Steve Blackman
- Ted DiBiase
It reads more as a bag of assorted action figures you'd find in your attic than a memorialisation of fifteen years for the red brand. Various rows, disputes, and decaying ring prowess presumptively left WWE without the capacity to promote a Razor Ramon or a 1-2-3 Kid, for instance, but surely - surely - Skinner wasn't the only option left? For accuracy, Skinner had wrestled just twice on Raw prior to this bizarre December 2007 resurgence; he was ousted from a fifteen-man Battle Royal that was one by Razor Ramon before, the subsequent week, he was duly pinned by The Undertaker. He was barely a nod to WWE's past, let alone Raw's past, when Justin Roberts introduced the Everglades resident to a throbbing chorus of nothingness.
It was embarrassing, if not pitiful.
Mind you, the Connecticut faithful barely voiced their opinion for the major stars of the match - DiBiase, Slaughter, Backlund, et al - instead creating a roaring response for its filler, such was the live audience's ineptitude for the time.