5 Failed Return Runs by Popular WWE Superstars

#1 Kevin Nash and Scott Hall (2002-2003)

NWO - The Biggest Disappointment of 2002.

Bringing the New World Order to the WWE after the Invasion storyline stands as one of the weirdest decision that WWE has ever taken. With the trio of Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall returning to the company after a gap of a decade, no one was going to boo them despite being heels, and this ended up bringing an end to NWO just months after its debut.

While this decision turned out to be good for Hulk Hogan, who won the Undisputed Title soon after WrestleMania X-8, the same can not be said about Hall and Nash. After turning on Hogan at Mania, Nash and Hall continued to portray heel characters until Hall was unexpectedly released from his contract following the Plane Ride from Hell, ending his second, disappointing run with WWE just 3 months after his return.

Nash, on the other hand, got injured during the Summer of 2002 and stayed away from the ring for almost a year. Upon his return, he had a horrendous feud with Triple H for World Title, wrestled a Hell in a Cell match, and Elimination Chamber match and a Hair vs Hair match before getting released from his contract later that year.

The two, however, were among the top superstars in WWE and WCW throughout the decade that preceded their return in 2002. In WWF, Hall, as Razor Ramon, was a then record four-time Intercontinental Champion and was regular contender for the WWF Title. Nash fared better than Hall, winning the WWF Title once, the Intercontinental title once and the Tag Title twice, before leaving along side Hall for WCW in mid 1996.

And we all know what they did and achieved in WCW. So, when you consider their career before their WWF return in 2002, their return run was a huge, huge bust.