WWE Royal Rumble 2023: 10 Nightmares That Could Come True
8. Retro Surprises Don't Cut It Anymore
The law of diminishing returns is something pro wrestling knows all too well.
Everyone tunes into Royal Rumble expecting to see a smattering of returning favourites from yesteryear. 'Oh look, it's Molly Holly! Wow, it's Diesel!' That sort of thing. This is all well and good, but the gimmick of nostalgic faves coming back for "one last" whirl might be wearing a bit thin, at least for some stars.
Holly, for example, has popped back up in far too many of the women's Rumbles for it to really mean anything nowadays. If she's in the 2023 version, then it'll be sweet Molly's fourth cameo appearance since WWE started running female Rumbles in 2018. That's just one or two too many, eh?
Those backstage must start reaching out to some fresher faces (if possible), because some "surprise" entrants don't really qualify as surprises anymore. A polite pop from the Alamodome masses is all they can expect, and rightly so.