Not as terrible as most of wwe.com lists but they have to be leaving off a ton. I'd have to take 5, 6, 15, 19 off the list. I don't remember 18. 13 doesn't count. Also surprised they didn't put the Shield in their own list? Mankind?

What were the top 20 most memorable debuts in the history of pro wrestling? Let's look at the WWE.com list.

With the Wyatt family having debuted on this past Monday night's episode of Raw, and that debut having been done extremely well, all things considered, WWE.com has hit us with yet another countdown style list. This one deals with the Top 20 Most Memorable Debuts in the history of pro wrestling.

Let's get right to it:

20. Big Show at St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1999
19. Santino Marella on Raw in 2007
18. Booker T at King of the Ring 2001
17. Abdullah the Butcher at WCW Worldwide in 1991
16. Brock Lesnar on Raw in 2002
15. Great Khali on SmackDown in 2006
14. Vader at Great American Bash 1990
13. Goldberg on Nitro in 1997
12. Rey Mysterio on SmackDown in 2002
11. Sabu on ECW Hardcore TV in 1993
10. Eric Bischoff on Raw in 2002
9. Undertaker at Survivor Series 1990
8. Tazz at Royal Rumble 2000
7. Shockmaster at Clash of the Champions
6. Wyatt family on Raw in 2013
5. The Nexus on Raw in 2010
4. John Cena on SmackDown in 2002
3. Scott Hall on Nitro in 1996
2. Chris Jericho on Raw in 1999
1. Kane at Badd Blood 1997

All told, this list looks pretty damn good to me, save for Eric Bischoff at number 10 because I'm still bitter at all the wonderful storyline possibilities WWE shit down the toilet with that. I'm not sure I would put Cena's debut here, though it was done well even if it's a bit cringe-worthy to see his look back then. Also impressed the Shockmaster was ranked seventh, because that debut had to be at least somewhere in the top 10 and seven seems about right.

But nothing will beat "THAT'S GOTTA BE ... THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE!"

Right?



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I agree with the ones you said to take off.

Cactus Jack debut in WCW or Mankind in WWF belong on there. Shield too.

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Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, and \redacted/ debut on Raw was awesome too.

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Still wish the Rock would have toned it down for Y2Js debut. You have the rest of his career to verbally squash him, wait a week douchebag.

Khali

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

That was incredible

Also Rick Rude in WCW. That has to be on there.
I would also add Medusa in WCW throwing the WWE belt in the garbage.

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Houston Homer at CSFMBWA Burrito Blowout.

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Terry Funk's WWF debut was the best ever!

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Glacier

The buildup to that lasted for months, and they pretty much instantly buried him after that.

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Yeah, but that never happened. Remember?

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Let's do it for Johnny!

I agree! Jericho was awesome, but by the end of it he came off like a scolded 9 year old girl.

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Let's do it for Johnny!

Here's the Funk debut -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBZjbkl6Vug

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Outstanding

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Does Hogan's debut as a member of NWO not count? That would be my 1.

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Not really. He was already on the roster.

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It's a travesty that this is not #1.

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He and The Giant raped Hulkamania.

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I remember watching a scrambled version of this PPV back in the day, and I couldn't figure out what was going on. Why would this end Hulkamania? Wouldn't repeated chokeslams be more effective?

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And the Monster Truck battle that preceded that match was maybe the worst wrestling gimmick ever imagined (until the Yeti appeared 10 minutes later).

The Dungeon Of Doom was so full of bad...

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Giant "was knocked off the roof" was great.

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off the roof of the stadium (cobo maybe) and then came out for his match in the next segment.



Good call, I logged in to put the Gooker on the list. Maybe the worst debut ever, but definitely one the most memorable.

I think Lex appearing on Nitro at mall of America has to be on the list.

Hate to say it but the X-Pac debut (return, I guess) was pretty big too.

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