5 former WWE superstars who were not asked to return for Raw's 25th Anniversary

Modified Jan 21, 2018 13:43 GMT

Raw 25 will be missing a number of famous faces

#1. CM Punk

Punk is definitely someone that the WWE Universe hoped would return

CM Punk walked away from WWE almost four years ago following the 2014 Royal Rumble and after he exposed the company and all of their shortfalls in an interesting episode of Colt Cabana's podcast later that year, it seems that Punk has moved forward into a career in MMA.

It has taken four years for WWE to stop the WWE Universe from chanting his name and for the company to move forward as well, which could be why the idea of bringing Punk back, even if he was open to a return wouldn't have been the best idea for WWE anyway.

Punk was never someone that the company could control when he had a mic so the idea of bringing him back to the company whilst he isn't under contract is something that WWE would never have been open to doing.

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Phillipa is a WWE writer for Sportskeeda. She is also a mother, wrestler, dancer, former actress and a Seth Rollins fan. She is a retired wrestler, dancer, and at one-time enjoyed boxing.

Phillipa has tried her hand at all aspects of the wrestling business in the past including booking, promoting, refereeing, commentating, ring announcing and wrestling.

Throughout her time in Sportskeeda she has become known for picking up botches and sharing them.

Phillipa's favorite wrestler is Seth Rollins, but will allow her head to be turned by any high-flying superstar.

She also once had a dream that Drake Maverick was her father, this is yet to be confirmed by the man himself. Outside of the world of spandex and screwjobs, Phillipa likes to watch football, supports Stoke City and is a huge fan of Judd Trump.

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Edited by Shiven Sachdeva