10 Unusual Ways To Get Hired By WWE

3. Leave (Bobby Lashley)

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His sycophants will call it part of his forgiving (or giving) nature, whilst those casting cynical aspersions will point to the clichéd "hard to get" narrative, but history has highlighted how much Vince McMahon values folk that f*ck him off on their own terms.

2018 returnee Bobby Lashley has fallen as flat this time as he did the last, but his time away from the company enlarged Vince's heart more than the countless questionable substances The Chairman imbibed in the 1980s. Bobby kept big, kept active and got great, but it took ten years for McMahon to get his man back.

Bret Hart and Vince McMahon were never going to repair their broken relationship...until they did. Hulk Hogan's left the company under about six wildly different clouds over the decades, but he'll be trotted out by his old gaffer until the day he drops his last big leg. Mick Foley's had more than one tempestuous departure yet he could be back sporting that plaid suit again any day now should the money suit both sides.

McMahon doesn't always seem like the type of boss that would want his talent to stick around past their best, but he clearly remains addicted to the thrill of trying to lure them back.

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