12 Terrible Wrestling Returns That Should Have Been Great
10. The Ultimate Warrior - 1996
In 1996, the WWF badly needed some star power. In the eyes of fans, WCW was beginning to feel like the major leagues with Vince's former top stars in Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage defecting to his competitor.
The WWF was in a transitional period at the time with a roster full of talented stars who just weren't quite over yet. To create a buzz, Warrior was brought back in from Parts Unknown to work with this new era and potentially give them a rub. This was in theory, of course.
In execution, it was a colossal failure that absolutely no one benefited from, except maybe Warrior's bank account briefly.
Warrior just didn't seem to fit in this new era. Unlike his contemporaries in Hogan and The Undertaker, who were about to shake-up their characters to fit the times, Warrior was largely the same, and it was kind of goofy. Fans wanted attitude, not long, rambling promos filled with made up words.
Warrior stuck around for three months before doing what he always did: p**s off his boss. He had a quick Mania match, he put over no one and then disappeared back again into Parts Unknown once more.
Still, that return made his time in WCW look like a masterpiece.