9 Superstars who surprisingly returned to the WWE

#1 Bret Hart

By now, every wrestling fan will know about the infamous Montreal Screwjob with Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. While the jury is still out on whether it was a work or a shoot is still in the air. The infamous match between the two at Survivor Series in November 1997 in Montreal, would be Bret Hart's last match with the WWF as it was already known that he had agreed to a contract with WWF's biggest rival at the time WCW.

While the deal between Hart and McMahon would be that Hart would retain the WWF Championship at Survivor Series but lose the belt the following night on Monday Night Raw. McMahon, worried that his champion would appear with the belt on WCW's Nitro program, decided to call the finish of the match and have Shawn Michaels win the belt at Survivor Series instead. While Hart was always leaving the WWF, the incident seemed to put a bad taste in Hart's mouth, and many of Hart's friends would follow Bret out the door.

Hart would go on to wrestle for the WCW for several more years, often in the championship picture against the likes of Goldberg, Sting, Ric Flair as well as other former WWF superstars Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Lex Luger, and Sid Vicious. However, due to a concussion injury, WCW would release Bret Hart towards the end of 2000 as Hart had been unable to perform in the ring.

Despite his release and WCW's subsequent sale to the WWF, it would still take several years for Bret Hart to return to the WWF. Eventually, Hart would come back to the company in 2005 to collaborate on a DVD, Hart would be inducted into the Hall of Fame a year later in 2006, and would make his first appearance on Monday Night Raw in 2007, 10 years after leaving the company where many figured he would never return.