Kicking off with Matt Cardona’s return in January, WWE welcomed several familiar faces back to their roster in 2026, with Brie Bella returning at the Royal Rumble, Paige at WrestleMania and Baron Corbin and Big Cass arriving on SmackDown and Raw respectively over the summer.
They may not be the only stars we see make a return before the end of the year however, as speculation has been rampant regarding a few names in particular over the past few weeks.
Here are three former WWE stars that could potentially re-sign with the company:
Enzo Amore
We kick off the list with someone who – if reports are to be believed – has already re-signed with WWE: Enzo Amore.
PWInsider recently reported that the belief within WWE was that Amore signed a new deal with the company earlier this month, while Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer also described Enzo’s WWE return as a “done deal.”
Interestingly, it also appears Amore could be bound for WWE NXT rather than the main roster when he does join. With Amore’s former tag team partner Big Cass on Raw, many would have expected him a reunion to be on the cards, so this would be a surprising decision on WWE’s part.
Regardless of which brand he lands on, Amore will be a worthwhile addition to the WWE roster and someone that will certainly get people talking.
Donovan Dijak
Another tag team reunion WWE could make a reality is bringing Baron Corbin back together with former MLW tag partner Donovan Dijak.
Dijak departed WWE in June 2024, with the company opting not to renew his contract. He would then use that as motivation to embark on another memorable run on the indies, most notably in MLW, where he reunited with Baron Corbin (fka Bishop Dyer).
The pair formed The Skyscrapers and dominated the MLW tag division for almost a year as its tag champions before Corbin left the promotion to return to WWE in July.
While he continued with the promotion in the months that followed, Dijak just this week announced that he had finished up with MLW and was entering free agency.
There has not been in any word regarding WWE interest in re-signing Dijak as of yet, but given that Baron Corbin has nothing to do right now AND their tag division is struggling, they should probably consider giving “feasting their eyes” on Dijak.
Killer Kross
In the week since Killer Kross dropped the MLW World Championship to Josh Bishop on November 7, speculation has been rife regarding the former WWE star’s next move.
Naturally, with WWE bringing back other former talent this year, and Kross previously speaking publicly about his openness to a return to the company, most people’s minds immediately jumped to WWE potentially re-signing him.
These rumors are something PWInsider would kill off however, with Mike Johnson stating that WWE and Kross have not held any discussions regarding a return, and despite Kross dropping his MLW World Title, he is not in fact done with the promotion as of yet.
Amusingly not long after this report Kross shared pictures of himself working out with WWE’s CM Punk, Joe Hendry and Shawn Spears, which just got people talking once again.
It doesn’t appear that there is any substance to Kross returning to WWE just now, but if he continues to do what he’s doing outside the company, it wouldn’t be a massive shocker to see him brought back; whether for the main roster or NXT.
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