10 Wrestlers Who Brought WWE Careers Back From The DEAD

[@ajtaylor8750]

Edge's return at the 2020 Royal Rumble was a genuinely emotional moment because no one thought he'd ever return to a ring.

[@lamjianhua2884]

Undertaker deserve to be on this list more he was buried alive and set on fire so no one expected him to return but he did and had a successful career despite this horrible injury.

[@brolysupersaiyan1634]

that's scripted. While Undertaker did suffer some injuries , he never had a career ending one like Edge @@lamjianhua2884

[@LegendKiller03000]

He was already a big deal and him being buried was a storyline.

[@Dibab]

​@@lamjianhua2884 no. That was a storyline. Edge's was 100% real

[@kissfanmac]

L.A. Knight needs to bring back the “Dummy Button” gimmick!

[@troutenjoyer]

Dummy. Yeah!

[@IXthCircle]

YEAH!

[@aham2903]

Pretty sure they'll implement it if he ever goes full heel, instead of being a lovable anti-hero.

[@Aragorn7884]

*Doph* Ziggler?!? Is that Dolph Ziggler's brother? LMAO 😄

[@cadillacjohn1994]

Question: Should Ricky Steamboat also be on this list? He was forced to retire in ‘94 due to a back injury, and was never treated seriously by WWE after ‘87. And yet, despite his career seemingly being over after WCW, he returned for a final run in WWE leading up to WrestleMania 25, and put on an almost ageless performance with Chris Jericho, reminding us who he was, and why he was good, all while putting over Jericho as well. It kinda seems that through a roundabout way leading to his HOF induction, he brought his career back from the dead to me.

[@zanethind]

True especially since people hated that dragon gimmick that WWE gave him during his first WWE return

[@jamalvargas6146]

Bobby Lashley After Being a Force In TNA Hell he got to be WWE Champion good for him at least

[@zanethind]

True especially since him returning as a generic babyface on Raw never actually worked

[@outoftheblue7445]

Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal. Jinder not so much anymore. But he went from a nobody to world champ. Drew got fired after being in a band. Came back and beat Brock clean for the world title. Cody Rhodes. Went from stardust to being the most over guy in all of wrestling

[@patrickdare5356]

Mahal only got his push because Vince was trying to please the India market (even though Mahal is Canadian). And his push to relevance only lasted a few months anyway.

[@zanethind]

I wish the Rock was on here. He literally was pitched as a blue chipper until he turned heel and joined the Nation of Domination to pull a Stone Cold and transform him into possibly the biggest megastar of the Attitude Era

[@williamstandish2926]

The Rock. He wasn't clicking with the audience. He looked dead in the water until he joined the Nation of Domination in August of 97. He had time in WWE before where he did good work, he just didn't connect to the fans. As a heel he got over.

[@dylanogg347]

In Cena's defence, WWE wasn't giving him much to do after his debut, beyond changing the colour of his trunks every week.

[@Metallizombie]

Hagerstown Knight is killing it. But he got over on his own, which is punishable in the WWE

[@johnsampy9807]

The Rock Should Be On The List

[@ourladyofguadalupebotanica6732]

The Rock, Mankind, and Roman Reigns

[@boyankovachev7982]

Even tho I, usually, greatly enjoy this format, especially when it's about wrestling, I only watch Simon's content from this channel, and that wouldn't mean anything if I wasn't watching all videos of this type from every other wrestling channel that I'm subscribed to. And I would have definitely unsubscribed, if it wasn't for Simon, and if he wasn't THE MOST AMAZING PERSON IN ALL OF THE INTERNET WRESTLING COMMUNITY™ One love ❤️ ❤❤

[@landonmiles97]

He’s the only likable personality on the WC Wrestling channel, in my opinion. Simon’s awesome!

[@JSI82]

I think if Rocky Maivia hadn’t taken an injury break and come back as a bad guy in The Nation in ‘97, he was a month or two from being fired.

[@TheSilael]

I remember before the APA when JBL was known as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw.

[@patrickdare5356]

He was one of The New Blackjacks with Barry Windham.

[@Fdatubeofyou]

I’m still confused where this narrative that Nia made Becky came from. Does everyone forget she went “heel” on Charlotte but everyone loved it so much they wouldn’t stop cheering for her? That made her. Nia broke her nose and she walked away from a fight bloody and smiling but she was already super over by that point and leading her squad to attack Raw. Nia just fd up and made Becky get a cool pic for her shirt.

[@sithibeyi4467]

Dolph Ziggler is so talented that I never realized how stupid his name was until now , after all these years of watching him wrestle. Like Simon put it. The fact that this guy got over with such a stupid name(already telling you that WWE creative never had much planned for him) and still became not just a multi-time champ but also world champ, speaks volumes

[@eddieherrera5314]

So true

[@JSI82]

Yep. One of those wrestling names that my non-fan friends would always mock. And Nic Nemeth sounds so cool!

[@patrickdare5356]

The name was clearly a play on the character Dirk Diggler from Boogie Knights.

[@JSI82]

@@patrickdare5356 It always reminded me of Dolph Lundgren too. I could just imagine Vince saying, ‘Yeah, that’s right, this guys He-Man’s cocky pornstar little brother!’

[@darrelladams4188]

Gable is 5’ 8” no way can you call him short

[@RandoDubz]

Wwe did

[@darrelladams4188]

@@RandoDubz 🤫💀☠️ Happy Holidays

[@ItsAssFace]

It ain't tall either

[@elchomper.1063]

That's not tall either

[@darrelladams4188]

Oh no., good thing Vince ain’t in creative anymore….. I could… Mr Average.🤫🤫🤣😂

[@realmr-hyde]

We need more Simon.

[@logankerr8090]

imo Sheamus needs to win the IC before Gable.

[@keenonmyers620]

Bray Wyatt def deserved to be here

[@sheliamonette539]

A Simon video! Perfect for recovering from today's surgery!

[@Micheal_Anthony_1996]

Vince thinking an incredibly jacked guy had no talent in wrestling is crazy

[@michaelvazquez7851]

Thanks WhatCulture Wrestling

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Good thing chad made the academy thing work cause the shorty g gimmick was just awful

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Chad Gable deserves so much! I'm not even thinking about CM Toxic's WWE return. LA Knight...Chad Gable

[@bryany744]

Daniel Bryan, our Bryan Danielson, has a similar experience to Edge. Had to retire due to injury, made a great comeback.

[@K-DUB479]

Orange Cassidy did too he was Ant Man for 13 years in the indies Then he finally became Freshly Squeezed and Main Evented All Out AEW, but still he was an Ant now he is an Orange 🍊 Could you do one for AEW?

[@oshikuru09]

Lol i thought that was danhuasen in the thumbnail until the la Knight part of the video.

[@MrSotero123]

Eddie Guerrero was 5’8 without boots on, but you wouldn’t have known it because he was so larger than life. Glad that Chad Gable nixed that Shorty G persona.

[@UncleJohnnysWorld]

I love Becky Lynch 🎉🧡

[@gingeftw6556]

I thought cena was gonna get higher just because of his place now, no complaints though all these guys have killed it 💪

[@stevegallo8483]

The Rock should be on this list. H started as a bland babyface billed a "the blue chipper" going nowhere before getting injured and having to a break to heal. He returned and was added to the Nation of Domination as a heel which led to showing his cocky side and his charisma. That led to him becoming a megastar as the "People's Champ" and his rivalry with Stone Cold.

[@tonyo2675]

Daniel Bryant? It wasnt on the same level of Edge, but his career was thought to be over after the WWE run. Look at him now

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Luke Gallows

[@Xenorama]

leave us not forget Kane was also the Christmas Creature in Memphis!

[@logankerr8090]

Rock?? Rocky Maivia character was a dud

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Thank For the Top 10 Video 🙊🤯🥰😁👍👌💐🌟🥇🏆

[@danc3488]

JBL is the best example besides Cena. But goddamn, that Nazi salute he did in Germany damn near cost him everything.

[@kwetribute3838]

Most circumstances can be attributed to one factor: Vince's myopia.

[@lamjianhua2884]

No undertaker? He was literally buried alive in a cascade and it was set on fire. He was dead and came back after to have a successful career and became one of the best.

[@LegendKiller03000]

Drew McIntyre Also back in the day: Wendy Richter. Bob backlund

[@ChrisFactor]

DOPH?

[@Aragorn7884]

😂😂

[@matthewbrown591]

Doph ziggler

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Von Wagner and Robert Stone

[@MrCromocrunch]

I want to see LA Knight bring back the dummy button.

[@darickbonebrake6774]

God i still loved my old becky tho

[@splatninja9447]

Why does nobody ever mention dolph zigglers other nickname? Why was Mr. Ziggles forgotten?

[@MDestron2282]

I liked APA JBL. I hated him after he just became himself.

[@zanethind]

Now while yes LA Knight did dress up in a Halloween costume for NXT 2.0 at Halloween Havoc at least he was still LA Knight and even cut a nice promo that day but man he definitely did resurrect his character from that dreaded Max Dupriiiii! Manager gimmick. The man deserves a Wrestlemania match and a Wrestlemania main event match too that should be a damn classic. Plus he is a combo of the Rock and Stone Cold so him having a great Mania match shouldn't be a problem also the man deserves multiple different title runs

[@notdylanspack]

I agree with the Becky lynch take. She’s the GOAT

[@moonlightxlines]

Kind of confused on what the title is implying lol

[@anchitmahajan1901]

2:11 hey, nothing wrong with Ziggler, new Snow White name is Rachel Zegler 😅.

[@iamafriendsfan]

Bryan Danielson

[@rustyshackleford2792]

U missed the L in dolph when u flashed it on the screen.

[@user-ph4mv1mw3j]

Lita is the women’s GOAT

[@arthurj.downeyjr_2013]

No you called him Doph Ziggler

[@boyankovachev7982]

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[@bradleyrocks618]

I love Cody but I also love stardust lol.

[@Aragorn7884]

Who is this... "Doph" Ziggler you speak of? 🤔😅

[@cappyjones]

The cadence of your speaking and inflections on certain words is bizarre. 🙁

[@simplykaity_7053]

LA’s gimmick? It’s stolen, he’s literally a temu version of The Rock and Stone Cold.

[@Dr_1212]

Support all wrestling Haters suck

[@Deltrottersvan]

Support all wrestling (unless it's WWE) Haters (like you) suck

[@shawnevans5387]

Doph Ziggler

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Apollo Crews

[@valloth9813]

I love that I clicked on the video so fast it had No Views. (22 seconds.)

[@cliffordjackson3]

FACTS😂.

[@wwemasta]

Bro shut up jabroni

[@jeffro9252]

You must feel so special…

[@wwemasta]

@@jeffro9252 I'm pissed cos of la knight is in this video. la Knight is too old to be a superstar, he's like 41

[@valloth9813]

@jeffro9252 oh wow THE Jeffro9252 commented on my post. Wow what an insane day. Maybe.... the best day of my life.

[@Synonymzzz]

where is johnny drip drip

[@derekrichardson9105]

Calling Dolf "Mr. Ziggles!"

[@fasttrack70]

I loved becky back in the day before she blew up now cant stand her

[@user-mq6bi1fd3u]

Can we say HHH?

[@robbknight96]

HBK

[@craigcarlock8910]

Shorty g was by far the worst

[@elchomper.1063]

Cause he stole everything about him from WWE guys twenty years ago.

[@wjinthearea]

Why have you started speaking like this Simon?

[@ois9]

I really really dislike Simon. I don’t know why I don’t like him, it’s just I find him repulsive

[@Dairy-Queen22]

First

[@SHADOWZEROKYO]

Rhea is way!!! Better than Becky, if anything Rhea is getting more pops than any of the ladies. Shes legit hitting one of the greatest woman/ overall wrestlers, of all time.

[@LegendKiller03000]

Rhea is better than Becky. Better entertainer and all around superstar.

[@craigcarlock8910]

Cena was awful as well the doctor of thuganomics 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@rachelwrlddd]

i disagree that becky is the greatest WWE women’s wrestler ever, but you are entitled to your opinion 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@danielclark1304]

Wwe sucks. Youe attendance sucks hhh sucks your booking sucks

[@archangel2015]

Not Simon miller I’m so sick of him.

[@Metallizombie]

Simon Miller is amazing. Best part of this channel. He doesn’t spend 42 minutes on an apology circuit anytime he mentions the ultimate warrior.

[@boyankovachev7982]

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