Keith Lee made his surprise return to WWE television on this week’s Monday Night Raw, answering WWE Champion Bobby Lashley’s open challenge for a non-title match. Lee was last booked for a United States Championship match (then held by Lashley) at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view in February but was pulled from the show due to an undisclosed injury. Since then Lee has repeatedly stated on Twitter that he would return but always stopped short of saying why he was no longer on TV.

KEITH LEE IS BACK!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/lNti1nNzXS

The returning @RealKeithLee brought the power, but a crushing SPEAR seals the deal for the All Mighty #WWEChampion!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/Vx0B688H1F

Many of you are reminding me of this day a year ago. So much has happened since then, it feels so long ago.

Patience my friends….there is zero quit IN me. So don’t you quit ON me. I miss you. And I love you. pic.twitter.com/6nENf4KSNw