In the Raw after WrestleMania, WWE fans were astonished by the debut of Rusev in a segment featuring the New Day and Alpha Academy. The superstar re-signed with the Stanford giants at the start of the new year,

Fans already witnessed the return of Rusev, but another former AEW star made his return on "WWE SmackDown." Aleister Black appeared inside Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. He interrupted The Miz while he was venting about missing "WrestleMania 41."

Rusev made his long-awaited return to WWE during Monday Night Raw after a fiver-year stint at AEW. Fans were stunned by the unexpected mid-match return during a tag-team clash between Otis and Akira Tozawa and The New Day.