5 major WWE returns that ended disappointingly

#3. Alberto Del Rio - 2015/16

Alberto Del Rio

Alberto Del Rio was fired from WWE in 2014 after getting into a physical altercation with an employee who he claimed made a racist joke. It wasn't the best terms to be let go of and it would only be a year later before WWE went calling for his services.

Just as John Cena was transitioning out to be a part-timer (and it was after this that his full-time run officially ended) and go and film a TV show, WWE needed to get the United States title off him. He held an "Open Challenge" at Hell in a Cell 2015 and Zeb Colter would come out and announce the return of Alberto Del Rio.

It got a great pop at first and fans were happy to see him win the United States Championship, but there was one major problem - none of it made any sense. Colter and Del Rio were previously bitter rivals and their alliance didn't click at all, and it ended abruptly. He would be in various forgettable storylines until the summer of 2016, after which he requested his release from his contract and was granted it. Underwhelming and forgettable, indeed.