Every Impossible Wrestling Return Ranked From Worst To Best

6. Christian Cage

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In an age of increased CTE awareness, the "never say never" maxim was subverted. There was a significant reason, with deeply disturbing implications, informing the never.

Writing from the perspective of a wrestling content producer, and not a qualified medical professional, it's unclear how exactly Christian Cage was able to return - but return he did, under the weight of unbearable hype.

This almost threatened to knacker him - an entire PPV was sold in no small part hyping his arrival - but fans, your writer included, should have known better. Cage, as he's displayed throughout several excellent television matches, has a genius grasp of when exactly to peak. As he displayed in matches against Kenny Omega and Adam Cole, his trademark match layout is an exponential growth chart of drama. Having kept pace with the Young Bucks in a pulsating trios banger at Full Gear 2021, proving his ability to level up, Cage has also played to his old strengths via several acerbic soundbites in low-key great backstage promos.

The run exists to one day get Jungle Boy all the way over; in more than one definition of the word, his impossible return is noble.

 
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