10 Royal Rumble 2018 takeaways

#3 Nostalgia has its place in WWE

Hurricane Helms was a crowd-pleasing surprise addition to the Rumble

Stand back, there's a Hurricane coming through!

The Rumble had many happy returns, with stars like Hurricane Helms, Beth Pheonix, Trish Stratus -- who entered the women's rumble at number 30 -- and Lita making returns to the ring.

Of all the stars who returned, Helms and Rey Mysterio are the most likely to stick around. Beth Pheonix is happily married to the retired Edge, Lita's body can't take a full-time schedule anymore, and Trish Stratus tired of the long road schedule years ago when she retired.

Hurricane has openly campaigned for a job on 205 Live on social media, and looks to be in good ring shape. Wrestling is a business that thrives on nostalgia and it's nice to see a homage to that in the Rumble.

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Chris has an English and Creative Writing degree, and is a published author with Simon and Schuster. He's ghost-written over eight million words in more than 500 books.
A long time wrestling fan, Chris is also a professional journalist who covers sports-entertainment. He's been writing for Sportskeeda since 2018.

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