When WWE expanded the Royal Rumble to 40 participants for the first (and thankfully, only) time in 2011, it opened the door to a lot of possibilities. Sure, the additional 10 entrants allowed the New Nexus and Corre members to participate, but it also created a couple spots for some huge surprises. With the Nexus ruling the roost, Booker Ts entrance music hit, sending the crowd into a frenzy. The roar reached a fever pitch when Booker put down all the members of the Nexus and hit a spinaroonie for the first time in a WWE ring in three-plus years. He would quickly be eliminated, but his appearance was a huge boost in the middle of the lengthy match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCj670Fy1nA Another TNA refugee who rejoined WWE that night was Kevin Nash, who appeared as his 90s character, Diesel. Nash had been away from WWE twice as long, last working for the company in 2004. Like Booker, Diesels appearance was brief but gave the crowd a great moment with a big return.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
