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Top 5 Huge Comebacks WWE Could See In 2018 - Part 1
5 Alberto Del Rio: Of all the names on this list, Alberto Del Rio may be the least likely to ever return to WWE. Though once a high profile superstar with several WWE Championships to his name, Del Rio has been very open about his distaste for WWE COO Triple H as of late, and he’s not all too pleased with Triple H, either.
There’s also the issue of Del Rio’s controversial and seemingly over relationship with Paige, which might make him want to avoid the company. On the other hand, Del Rio had a pretty similar experience just a few years ago, leaving the company when a backstage employee was blatantly racist towards him only to come back the next year and resume his high status role in the company.
It’s been another couple years since Del Rio’s latest outburst, and GFW isn’t making any serious efforts at keeping him around, so maybe he’ll change his mind again and give WWE another chance for a few months.
4 John Morrison: Quite frankly, many fans of John Morrison have spent the past six years wondering why exactly Vince McMahon has been ignoring his talents for so long. From the day he debuted, Morrison had the look of a movie star and the ability to fly through the ring like a pro.
He was rewarded for it with multiple Intercontinental Championships reigns and a few shots in the main event, as well. In 2011, Morrison decided WWE wasn’t giving him the freedom he desired, leaving the company for the independent scene where he has since flourished.
Morrison has especially stood out in Lucha Underground, performing as Johnny Mundo, one of the TV series top stars. Recently, he’s expanded his horizons by appearing in GFW as Johnny Impact as well, which might suggest he’s happy working wherever he can as long as it isn’t WWE.
Then again, slightly increasing his profile might be an attempt at getting Vince McMahon’s attention, and a hefty offer could easily follow at some point in the following year.
3 Batista: It was only a few years ago that Batista attempted to make a WWE comeback only for him to find disastrous results. The timing was all wrong when Batista returned in 2013, and WWE pushed the guy way too hard and fast at a time when the audiences desperately wanted to see someone else.
Of course, that alone might be reason enough for Batista to try another comeback sometime before it’s too late so he can go out with a ***, making things right for his unsatisfied fans.
Batista also wasn’t used well during his latest run, instantly shunted into the reformed Evolution where he was almost immediately the third wheel to Triple H and Randy Orton.
Were WWE to bring Batista back, book him in the right way, and actually let the guy be the star he once was, there’s a solid chance another comeback attempt could go a whole lot better. The only question is if Batista has time to do it, as he’s been getting booked for significantly higher paying film roles that might better suit his time.
2 Wade Barrett: Anyone who might have thought former WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett was out of the game, we’re afraid we’ve got some bad news. In anticipation of the 2018 Royal Rumble, the Bare Knuckle Brawler tweeted that it might finally be time for him to make his comeback.
By and large, Barrett has been completely out of the wrestling scene since 2015, when he and WWE voluntarily parted ways so he could focus on acting and other outside endeavors. At the time, Barrett immediately pointed out that it wasn’t the end of his career, and that it was just a matter of the timing being right before he made his way back to the squared circle.
With all due respect to the guy, acting hasn’t turned out as well for him as say The Rock or Batista, so that time may have come sooner than expected by necessity. On top of that, Barrett started making non-wrestling appearances for independent wrestling companies in 2017, suggesting he’s already on the comeback trail in one way or another.
1 Sting: Despite his status as one of the preeminent legends of the entire professional wrestling industry, six time WCW World Champion Sting wrestled less than five whole WWE matches during his time with the company.
Given his accomplishments elsewhere, this was still more than enough for Sting to instantly earn an induction into the WWE Hall of Fame upon arrival, along with a shot at the WWE Championship.
Unfortunately, during his first ever shot at Vince McMahon’s greatest prize, Sting also suffered an injury that seemingly took him out of the ring for good. Exactly one year after his WWE debut, Sting was forced to retire, sequestering his decades of serious potential to the few short matches he wrestled before then.
The good news is that wrestlers come out of retirement quite often, and Sting has not only said his neck felt great, but that there was “unfinished business” for him to attend to in the ring. When he puts it that way, it certainly sounds like a full WWE comeback could be possible.