The return of the WWE brand split has yielded the retu𒁃rn of two former WWE stars to the💜 company. Rhyno and Curt Hawkins both are re-joining the company's main roster, and will be assigned to the Smackdown brand.
A former Hardcore Champion and United States Champion in WWE, Rhyno's first tenure with the company ended in 2005 but he made a return last year on a part-time basis, making sporadic appearances on both the main WWE roster and NXT. Most recently, Rhyno faced Samoa Joe on the Ju♏ly 20 episode of NXT. Prior to that, he aligned himself with the Dudleys and Tommy Dreamer as part of a faction of "ECW Originals" that feuded against the Wyatt Family ܫin the latter months of 2015.
Rhyno previously has held both ꦚthe ECW World Title and the NWA World Heavyweight T𝔉itle, winning the latter during a lengthy tenure in TNA. Outside of the ring, he is campaigning for a seat in the Michigan House of Representatives, and received an endorsement earlier this month from The Detroit News.
Hawkins makes his return to WWE after being releas🤪ed in the summer of 2014. Since then, he has compe𝔍ted under his real name, Brian Myers, and won the TNA Tag Titles last year with Trevor Lee. Myers also has appeared for Global Force Wrestling, PWG and Beyond Wrestling, among other promotions.
Hawkinไs spent most of his time on WWE's main roster as an undercard performer, reaching his highest level of prominence in 2007 and 2008 as part of the "La Familia" stable led by Edge and Vickie Guerrero. During that time he teamed with Zack Ryder to win the WWE Tag Titles.
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It has also been🌜 rumored that Jinder Mahal may also be returning t♓o the WWE.
By John Moorehouse
