What happened to the day of surprise returns? Very popular wrestler gets hurt, is out for months, comes back unannounced and the crowd/ratings go crazy. None of these via satellite interviews and hosting Raw or Smackdown crap. I want them completely not talked about so that they can make a blockbuster return. Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns and Santino are the recent wrestlers I am going to focus on because their surprise returns simply sucked.

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The fact that Roman Reigns kept doing weak as* interviews had me upset because we all know talking is not his strong point as of right now. A sit down interview is not going to do anything to hype up the crowd for his return. He is kind of like an early Stone Cold, he does not need to say that many words to make you hyped, he just needs to start stomping a mud hole in someone.

I was pretty upset to see Roman finally make a Live return and announced for the Superstar of the year. I would have saved him for something major that he could throw in a spear and make the crowd go wild. One of your Top Stars right now has been gone for months and you save him for a return at the Slammy’s?

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How about Daniel Bryans return that seemed lackluster. He came out as the Authority was saying goodbye to the WWE Universe to be announced as the guest host for the night. What the hell is this all about? If you want great Raw ratings this is not the way to do it. They should have waited till he could actually compete or at least give someone the YES lock. The fact they had him return to host a RAW was stupid and shows the writers do not know how a real return works.

Santino was never a huge star but they have him return with Larry the Cable guy? Instead of giving him a chance to tweak his character a little bit and maybe come out a little more serious? This kinda stuff makes me wonder who controls the direction of a stars evolution as a character. When you keep giving a wrestler the same crap to do for years, it gets very old to an intelligent audience member.

More than half of all major returns were unannounced, spur of the moment (in the fans view) and usually involves the top guy at that time. Even a simple montage or something that says Triple will return in 5 weeks on RAW will get people more hyped then the crap they have been pulling lately. The Sting return was one thing the writers have done right lately, but WHY do the writers keep focusing on wrestlers that are not around to wrestle! Brock Lesnar, Sting, Batista they get amazing pops because it feels unplanned. Also a giant factor in this is because the SuperStar returning is coming out to intervene in a popular storyline.



I would have loved something random like Daniel Bryan or Roman Reigns to return to a Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman standing in a ring. There are so many alternative storylines I could come up with that would be better than these writers that keep paid really good money every month. I think Vince should either hire me or let someone else take control of WWE creative because an awesome return at the very end of Monday Night Raw makes viewers anticipate all week long for the next Raw.

By Ramsey S.

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