WWE Royal Rumble 2016: 5 Returns That Could Boost WWE Ratings
By Carl Gac
IGN.com
With ratings numbers dropping to a record low, which wrestlers could be brought back in to boost the WWE tv ratings, via the Royal Rumble.
There’s been talk about the steady decline in the ratings numbers for Raw and SmackDown, the current ratings are the lowest in almost the last 20 years. With Vince McMahon apparently not concerned about the drop in numbers, a lot of fans are beginning to find themselves turning off to a product that has gone increasingly stale. There are wrestlers out their who could make a difference, men who were stars at one point who could become stars again given the opportunity.
Earlier in the year The Dudley Boyz returned to WWE and have been hugely popular since coming back, but who else from the past of WWE should make their own return to the biggest wrestling company in the world?
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The return of the Dudley Boyz was a shot in the arm for the tag team division in WWE, they went on to face The New Day for the tag team titles but haven’t quite been able to win that elusive next Tag Team Championship. With the 2016 WrestleMania being around the time of their 20th anniversary as a tag team, who could bet against them winning the belts.
But who amongst their peers could drop back into the current WWE Universe and make a difference to the struggling product? With the Royal Rumble just around the corner we look at 5 men who could boost the ratings for WWE if they were to return at the annual battle royal spectacular.
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