5 Best Surprise WWE Returns 

#2 John Cena- Royal Rumble

Cena showed superhuman healing abilities to return at the Royal Rumble in 2008

Love him or hate him, John Cena's commitment to the WWE throughout his career is commendable, and his superhuman spirit was on full display at the start of 2008 when, after picking up an injury that should have sidelined him for six months, the champ returned after just three.

Cena's return at the 2008 Royal Rumble was one of the biggest surprises in the history of the event. With 29 men already having entered, fans were baffled as to who the final competitor in the match was going to be. When Cena's music hit, fans who had hated him for the past several years, lost their marbles and blew the roof off Madison Square Garden.

If there was ever an example of just how popular John Cena is, then this is it.