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10 Weakest WWE Return Pops Ever - Jake Roberts! Evolution! D'Lo Brown! Lord Tensai?!

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🗓️ 21 January 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

I genuinely think the best moment in all of pro wrestling could be the return pop.

0:12.8

Nothing gets your goose bumps going like hearing the music of a forgotten hero before

0:16.4

everyone in the crowd goes nuts.

0:18.0

It's something only wrestling can pull off when it all comes together, it can be perfect

0:21.8

because the chill is just thinking about it.

0:23.5

However, what happens when it goes wrong or the intended effect is missed by a mar?

0:27.2

Well, you get the opposite of all this, namely you want to run and hide in the corner

0:30.4

because it's embarrassing for everyone involved.

0:32.2

The drunk aren't that away.

0:33.4

I'm Simon from What Culture.

0:34.7

This is the 10-weekest WWE return pop ever.

0:37.5

Number 10, Laila.

0:38.5

Nikki Beller had been WWE Divas Champion for just 6 days prior to Extreme Rules 2012

0:43.7

after beating Beth Phoenix, but was left wanting when a K-fabe injury pulled the glamour on

0:48.0

out of a rematch.

0:48.7

This meant Nikki's opponent was going to be a mystery.

0:51.3

So, when a familiar theme song hit and out came Laila, who just missed a full year of action

0:55.8

after suffering a double ligament tear, you would have expected some kind of reaction.

0:59.5

But no.

1:00.0

Laila did defeat Nikki on this night and held the Divas title 140 days.

1:03.7

Unfortunately did recover some of her lost popularity along the way.

1:06.8

But still, this wasn't the best.

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