They say that doctors know best when it comes to how long a superstar is out of action due to injury. While this is right for most of the cases, in certain situations, the doctors are proven wrong due to the sheer determination and hard work of the professional wrestlers. And such instances provide us with some memorable returns as well.
Seth Rollins recently made a triumphant return to the WWE programming way ahead of his schedule. We are going to list down some of such returns which made us believe that wrestlers are indeed capable of delivering miracles when it comes to their injuries.
Seth Rollins (2016)
We are going to start with the star that urged us to make this list, Seth Rollins. Rollins, who was on a dream championship run after winning the title back in WrestleMania 31, suffered a huge injury when he tore his MCL and ACL during a live show in Dublin. He was attempting a sunset flip and his knee buckled, calling for surgery.
His estimated time of return was around nine months with SummerSlam being the rumored return date. But Rollins surprised everyone and returned at Extreme Rules to deliver a strong message to Roman Reigns and apparently motion towards reclaiming the WWE championship that he never lost.
John Cena (2016)
Another recent return that features in this list is that of John Cena. Cena had a strong United States Championship run in 2015 but just when he seemed to be heading to WrestleMania, Cena required a shoulder surgery. Initially, the return date of Cena was undisclosed, but the Cenation leader made his return at WrestleMania to aid The Rock in fending off the Wyatt family.
Cena was expected to be out for at least five more months after his appearance at WrestleMania, but he announced that he would return to action on Memorial day this year and proved once again that he always wins his fights against injuries.
Kurt Angle (2003)
Kurt Angle is a beast when it comes to pushing his body to the limit. The guy won a Gold medal in the Olympics with a broken neck and with such miracles in his resume, returning earlier than expected from an injury lay-off was apparently like a cakewalk for him.
After the WrestleMania XIX main event with Brock Lesnar, Angle had to take time out for surgery. It was a serious neck surgery and it apparently would’ve kept him out of action for nearly a year. However, Angle made some alterations to the procedure and was able to cut short his absence to just three months, thus setting up a big return to SmackDown.
Edge (2009)
Edge has suffered a lot of injuries during his career and one of them was his torn Achilles tendon in July, 2009. It happened during a match against Jeff Hardy and the injury was supposed to keep Edge out of action for almost a year. However, Edge managed to push hard and make his return earlier.
Edge returned at the 2010 Royal Rumble where he entered as the 29th entrant in the match. The crowd was clearly marked out seeing Edge and he then went on to win the Royal Rumble match, the first in his career by eliminating John Cena. Edge, however, lost the title match to Chris Jericho at WrestleMania XXVI.
John Cena (2008)
This was perhaps one of the best returns in the history of WWE. John Cena, who is known to be a miracle worker when it comes to returning from injuries, blew the roof off the arena when he returned at the 2008 Royal Rumble. Cena had tore his pectoral muscle on October 1, 2007 and he was expected to be out for nearly seven months.
However, the return at the Rumble as the last entrant happened just four months later and this shocked everyone. Cena carried the momentum from his return and went on to win the Royal Rumble by eliminating Triple H.
