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15 WWE Returns That IMMEDIATELY Backfired - Shane McMahon! Hulk Hogan! Shawn Michaels! Lord Tensai?!

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WhatCulture Wrestling

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🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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It was mere MINUTES before WWE realised they'd made a terrible mistake. Gareth Morgan presents 15 WWE Returns That IMMEDIATELY Backfired...


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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:24.9

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0:32.4

Every WWE comeback is supposed to hit.

0:36.5

Sadly though, sometimes it's only a matter of weeks, days, hours or even minutes before the company realizes they've made a terrible, terrible mistake.

0:46.3

So I'm Gareth, you're watching What Culture Wrestling, and here are 15 WWE returns that immediately backfired.

0:53.3

Number 15, Bob Backland, 2000.

0:56.5

Would be President of the United States, Bob Backland, remember that, became a perennial

1:02.4

Royal Rumble surprise throughout the 1990s.

1:05.2

He showed up in the match between 1993 and 1996, then returned at the start of the new millennium in 2000.

1:12.6

That one-off wasn't what it seemed.

1:15.6

The WWF planned to bring Bobby back as a manager for Kurt Angle, which actually didn't seem like a bad idea.

1:21.6

But it flopped hard. It's true.

1:23.6

Kurt has told a story via his podcast about Backland forgetting they were live on raw when

1:29.0

shooting a backstage skit.

1:30.9

This happened shortly after they'd been shunted together as a mentor and protege double act.

1:36.1

According to Angle, Bob was a little too over the top and erratic during skits.

1:41.1

But he was his character-breaking moment on the flagship that tipped producers over the edge.

1:46.2

Bob was supposed to put somebody in a submission, but they were sitting down. So he turned to

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