5 times WWE Superstars faked the return of other wrestlers

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#2 The Festival of Friendship – WWE RAW, 2017

Kevin Owens demolishing Gillberg at Festival of Friendship
Kevin Owens demolishing Gillberg at Festival of Friendship

The Festival of Friendship is considered to be one of the most well-written WWE storylines of the last 10 years. Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens had formed an excellent partnership inside the ring that seemed to be based on real friendship instead of mutual gain. So, when Chris Jericho organized a Festival of Friendship in the lead-up to Kevin Owen’s match against Goldberg for the Universal Championship at Fastlane, it was nothing surprising.

At one point during the "Festival," Jericho implied that he had brought Goldberg and was calling him out to the ring for Owens to face. However, it turned out that it was just Gillberg that he was calling out. Gillberg was the Superstar hired by WWE during the Attitude Era to mock then-WCW’s Goldberg and he had made his entire career out of being a jobber Goldberg knockoff.

Gillberg came down to the WWE ring only to be absolutely demolished by Owens. Later on, Jericho would unfortunately find out that his friend had stabbed him in the back. Owens presented Jericho with a new "List of Jericho" as a gift, but it had only one name on it – Jericho’s own. He was then attacked and brutally beaten down by Owens then and there.

Chris Jericho attacked by Kevin Owens at Festival of Friendship:

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