In recent years the WWE has shown us that they love nothing more than a good old dose of nostalgia. Vince McMahon loves feeding the WWE universe some member berries and with Wrestlemania season, and the Raw 25th Anniversary show right around the corner, you can expect to see plenty of familiar faces back in the WWE in the coming weeks. While many of these faces will be just be showing up for one-offs and cheap pops, there will be a few who will be returning to the WWE for one last run. 2017 saw the returns of The Hardy Boyz, Shelton Benjamin and most notably, Kurt Angle. So just who will the WWE drag back for one last run in 2018? Hell, some of these faces might even be competing in this year’s Royal Rumble as surprise entrants. Let’s take a look at which superstars will be making a return to the company in 2018.

Batista

Batista recently mentioned on a podcast with JR that he has been talking to Vince McMahon and that he has expressed his desire to make a full time return to the company in the very near future. Batista’s last run in the company, back in 2014, is better off forgotten but this time, there is no Daniel Bryan standing in his way and you’d imagine that the company will have learned their mistakes from his last outing.

Batista has also publically expressed that if he were to return to the company, he would want to feud with his former tag-team partner Triple H, and while the fans may not be lining up to see these stars of yesteryear squaring up once again, it is a small price to pay for all the potential dream bouts Batista’s return could give us.

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The following matches are being rumored for the December 17th WWE Clash of Champions event:

WWE Title (Confirmed)
AJ Styles (c) vs. Jinder Mahal

Smackdown Tag Titles
Usos (c) vs. Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin

U.S. Title
Baron Corbin (c) vs. Bobby Roode

Randy Orton & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn

New Day vs. Rusev and Aiden English

Charlotte, Natalya & Naomi vs. Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan &Sarah Logan

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Welcome to SmackDown Live after a huge episode of Monday Night Raw!

Last night on Raw, Shane McMahon came to Monday Night Raw and brought with him the entire SmackDown Live roster, who destroyed everyone they came across backstage. It was a huge shot across the bow ahead of Survivor Series, where Team Raw will face Team SmackDown Live. Kurt Angle was not expecting the shots-fired by Shane McMahon, and it’s first blood to the blue brand. However, is Raw going to retaliate? Surely the red brand will want to extract revenge but will it be tonight? Also, are Shane and Kurt the team captain’s? That seemed to be the implication last night but I hope to get some confirmation on tonight’s show.

Elsewhere on tonight’s show, AJ Styles looks to make a mark on Jinder Mahal as he battles Sunil Singh. Styles’s WWE Championship challenge is impending but right now Mahal is focused on Brock Lesnar, which could leave Styles with a great opportunity to catch him off-guard. Styles has had a hard weekend, flying from South America to compete against Finn Balor, then he teamed with Rollins and Ambrose at the beginning of Raw, only to join SmackDown Live as they obliterated Raw. Styles could be exhausted from all the travel and fighting, but he should have enough in the tank to off one of the Singh Brothers, but two of them? Perhaps not.

A huge 8-man tag team match also features on tonight’s SmackDown Live. The Uso’s team with The New Day to take on Rusev, Aiden English, Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin. These 8 have had some troubles as of late and they look to settle their differences on tonight’s show. It will be interesting to see New Day and Uso’s teaming for the first time, which could signal a babyface turn for The Uso’s, and maybe even a heel turn for Gable and Benjamin.

Also on tonight’s SmackDown Live, a new episode of The Fashion Files, Shane McMahon returns to face Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, and Baron Corbin battles Sin Cara! Remember to download the Ringside Talk app and let us know your thoughts and feelings. Enjoy the show!

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Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley took to their Twitter accounts to react to their loss to Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin in the Hell in a Cell Kickoff Pre-show Show.

What's it gonna take for the #HypeBros to get back on track? @mojorawleywwe #HIAC pic.twitter.com/biTy8bXa1A

— Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) October 9, 2017

Staying Hyped isn't about always being energetic. It's about always coming back for more, even if the losses keep stacking up. @WWE #HIAC

— Mojo Rawley (@MojoRawleyWWE) October 9, 2017

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Here are the final betting odds for tonight’s WWE Hell in a Cell event:

WWE Championship
Jinder Mahal (c) -300 vs Shinsuke Nakamura +220

Hell in a Cell (Falls Count Anywhere)
Shane McMahon +300 vs Kevin Owens -420

Smackdown Tag Team Championships – Hell in a Cell
The New Day (c) +135 vs The Usos -175

WWE United States Championship
AJ Styles (c) -130 Baron Corbin -110

Smackdown Women’s Championship
Natalya (c) +300 vs Charlotte -420

Randy Orton -420 vs Rusev +300

Bobby Roode -1500 vs Dolph Ziggler +700

Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin -2000 vs The Hype Bros +1000

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There is speculation that Shelton Benjamin’s match with Chad Gable on tonight’s SmackDown Live may be pushed back to a later date or canceled altogether. With Benjamin living in the Houston area, he was not on the road with WWE when Hurricane Harvey hit the area.

Shelton posted the following on Twitter mentioning that the next few days will be a challenge:

To my fellow Houstonian. The next few days will be a challenge to say the least. Be smart Be safe & let's look out for one another.

— Shelton J. Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) August 27, 2017

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— Shelton J. Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) August 28, 2017

It is worth noting that WWE is still mentioning him involvement on tonight’s show on their WWE.com preview for tonight’s show.

“With Jason Jordan’s departure to Monday Night Raw, Chad Gable had been left wondering what was next for his burgeoning career. SmackDown LIVE General Manager Daniel Bryan had an answer for him, revealing that as part of the deal for Jordan, Raw GM Kurt Angle helped Bryan sign Shelton Benjamin to Team Blue. Furthermore, the former Intercontinental, United States and WWE Tag Team Champion was interested in teaming up with the Olympian.

Bryan arranged for the two to have their first match as a tag team tonight on SmackDown LIVE. How will the new pairing of Gable & Benjamin start off their tandem journey?”

Update: WWE posted footage of Shelton backstage at tonight’s SmackDown Live event. You can see it below:

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight is all about new beginnings as the #GoldStandard @Sheltyb803 prepares to make his #SDLive in-ring return! pic.twitter.com/YZ7NIOvGie

— WWE (@WWE) August 29, 2017

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There were reports surfacing online this week regarding Shelton Benjamin possibly returning to WWE, however that doesn’t appear to be the case.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Shelton Benjamin has not re-signed with WWE as of earlier this week. If his status changes, we will keep you updated.

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It was reported earlier this week via Pro Wrestling Sheet that WWE and Shelton Benjamin are in talks about a possible return to the company, however that may not be the case.

Shelton Benjamin addressed rumors about his return to WWE in a new video message. He mentioned that he has an upcoming commitment on June 30th for Great North Wrestling. He brought up how everywhere he looks, people are speculating on where his career is heading. He then proceeded to cut a promo on his opponent Amanuel Hassan without any indication or hints that he would be returning to WWE.

You can check out his video message below:

It is still very possible that the two parties are in talks about a return. If that is the case they are just trying to keep it a secret. We will keep you updated if we hear anything else regarding the situation.

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