Favourite Debut

Sirsok

You cant beat the mad pop that a debuting wrestler seems to get at times.....What was your favourite wrestling debut of all time? Obviously Chris Jericho's was unreal but what about some others.

Have to say I loved DDP's WWE debut, when he pulled of the mask, its crazy.....was a big WCW fan back when i was a kid.

Lesnars was prob one of the most impressive debuts I've ever seen

also hard to imagine how taz was so over back then to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdx7g88Bm3g

D2D

Can't really be beat tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w20Ra5aVXiQ

drayme

Cena's was pretty great with Kurt Angle giving him momentum out of the box.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAJdjeV3ZuA

The debut of the NWA title on WWF TV was pretty great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doh1PMsLrzE

A lot of people have now seen this as a result of Savage's death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaUx99Z_J50

BROCK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnU6YcvKiw

Undertaker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE2llhJTxzk

This is ace and which recent promo does Heyman's promo remind you of? :pac::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYkcXzpvhlM

Rjd2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83oHI2QOTYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VyEIM5t_LQ

Eire-Dearg

The atmospheres were so good back in the day.

rossie1977

goldbergs wwe debut i thought was well done, scott hall redebut on nitro (not like it wasn't a turning point in pro wrestling history or something :P) but my favourite debut of all is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3CL28vgE4U

starviewadams

Stacy Keibler's was pretty good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cH2YT-zMRI

Charisteas

Despite being an Attitude Era Mark, this will go down as my favourite debut of all time, and arguably one of the best debuts in WWE history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLrUmWwvrYc

Cianan2

I quite liked this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4UXd2-Us5s

MitchKoobski

ECW crowd went nuts for him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSgiQEPYu4U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTqOv3gJbEg

MitchKoobski

Suprised nobody has posted this either, great debut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAJdjeV3ZuA

MitchKoobski

starviewadams wrote: »

Stacy Keibler's was pretty good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cH2YT-zMRI

The noise from the crowd here, when was the last time we heard something like that?

Charisteas

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Suprised nobody has posted this either, great debut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAJdjeV3ZuA

Somebody did post that, but I get the impression that person has been blocked by a few posters here.

Charisteas

MitchKoobski wrote: »

The noise from the crowd here, when was the last time we heard something like that?

Jaysus yeah I noticed that too, 10,000 people going crazy for a bit of leg :pac:

MitchKoobski

Charisteas wrote: »

Jaysus yeah I noticed that too, 10,000 people going crazy for a bit of leg :pac:

Sure those were the days before broadband and easily access porn videos.

drayme

Charisteas wrote: »

Somebody did post that, but I get the impression that person has been blocked by a few posters here.

Aye the cribbers and moaners from six months ago.

Why cant people just check whether it was posted?

drayme

MitchKoobski wrote: »

The noise from the crowd here, when was the last time we heard something like that?

I know you wont read this but Beth Phoenix vs Gail Kim on Superstars. It is fake crowd noise.

Rjd2's Masters post inspired these two:

Edge breaking Jose Estrada's neck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDaXpPBMhVo

From Edge's book :

My World Wrestling Federation TV debut took place on a raped Raw from Austin, Texas. It didn't turn out too well. Actually, it sucked. Because I was a tortured soul I was told my entrance was to be through the crowd. Okeydoke. I wrestled and occasionally let out a primal scream. I was lost and it showed. My opponent for the debut was one of the Los Boricuas, Jose Estrada Jr. I had a feeling throughout the day that he wasn't cool with the fact that he was putting me over. Knowing what I do now, I know he wasn't cool with it. The finish was supposed to be my downward spiral, one-two-three, and a nice debut for Edge. Instead, I knocked Estrada out with a hilo to the floor. After Timmy White told me he was on dream street I was visibly shaken. I won by a countout and left back through the crowd with J.R. annoucing what an inauspicious debut Edge had made. Wow, thanks for the morale booster. Just what I needed to hear at that point. Jose ended up with some pinched nerves in his neck, and eventually he came back for another short run with the company.

I dont think the people who have be on ignore will ever post this. :pac: All Japan Womens legend with a singles debut match so brutal it single handedly destroyed the mid 90s WWF women's division.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mp2kq7faE

This match is from December 11th, 1995 on Monday Night Raw. Word is that Vince McMahon was SO upset at the stiff style that Aja was showing here, that he decided to never use the women again, leading to Madusa never being on TV any more, thus leading to her dropping the title into the trash can on Nitro some time after. This is what Wiki says about that incident: The infamous stunt where Madusa dumps the WWF Women's Championship (the real title, too) in a trash bin at the 18th December, 1995 edition of WCW Monday Night Nitro.

Charisteas

drayme wrote: »

Aye the cribbers and moaners from six months ago.

Well six months ago you made your heel debut, but in fairness you have had a slight babyface push in the last couple of months. :pac:

Charisteas

MitchKoobski wrote: »

The noise from the crowd here, when was the last time we heard something like that?

drayme wrote: »

I know you wont read this but Beth Phoenix vs Gail Kim on Superstars. It is fake crowd noise.

I didn't know it was fake noise

drayme

Charisteas wrote: »

Well six months ago you made your heel debut, but in fairness you have had a slight babyface push in the last couple of months. :pac:

Such a load of crap though all the stuff I was put on ignore I was actually right on in hindsight. Eve did get revenge on Michael Cole like I said she would for example. Let's not forget the head the balls who thought head injuries weren't serious. Or that Jerry Lawler was somehow morally above approving a promo about his dead mother.

Charisteas wrote: »

I didn't know it was fake noise

Sure that is what got me into trouble with people initially questioning the whole everything was better back in the Attitude era.

It is grand Charisteas look at the crowd they arent going THAT crazy. Anyways Smackdown was taped then too so it isnt a true gauge of anything.

Jazzy

drayme wrote: »

Sure that is what got me into trouble with people initially questioning the whole everything was better back in the Attitude era.

sorry but everything was better back in the attitude era

Charisteas

The crowd were legitimately hot when The Radicalz make their debut, pretty sure no fake noise here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOodhyZq4Nk

GTR63

Got to say Kane's was a great Debut,it took nothing away from a great Hell in a Cell match.I remember Spanky had a great debut against Angle too,he did a unreal spinning facebuster to him.Pretty sure they debuted a few against Angle.Who better to start your career against really. Mankind made a good impact on his debut too.

Charisteas

GTR63 wrote: »

Got to say Kane's was a great Debut,it took nothing away from a great Hell in a Cell match.I remember Spanky had a great debut against Angle too,he did a unreal spinning facebuster to him.Pretty sure they debuted a few against Angle.Who better to start your career against really. Mankind made a good impact on his debut too.

Do you mean his TNA debut?

When I YouTubed 'Brian Kendrick Debut', this video is top of the list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O0w84O8ylk

-Kenny-

Gotta say this is just Unreal ! . If you watched WCW much as i did as a kid then to see the nWo and hear there music with a WWF logo down the bottom on the screen is just amazing !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7YI7ySPEb8

Garseys

Well the nWo debut was definitely surreal but this took the biscuit in terms of "Are you serious?"

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr0bk_bischoff-arrives_sport

Vince McMahon hiring the guy that almost destroyed the WWF.

GTR63

Charisteas wrote: »

Do you mean his TNA debut?

When I YouTubed 'Brian Kendrick Debut', this video is top of the list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O0w84O8ylk

I think his in ring debut was against Kurt in WWE,think he was doing a storyline trying to get a job doing anything & that was the 1st thing he did.His debut wasn't one of those all time great moments but neither were HHH,Austin or the Rock's debut.

drayme

I thought the NWO and Bischoff's debuts were handled pretty poorly. Rock ripped into them before they did anything and that promo was very meh.

Bischoff hugging Vince was ungodly stupid given past history.

Here is two debuts that got acts established well out of the gate:

Such a big fan of MNM's entire act:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uRAioic3M

Another fairly recent one. Alberto's entrance had a real wow factor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg61ThixSNo

eh i dunno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GD093idUXs

Remember this frightening the shoite out of me as a kid :pac:

chopperbyrne

Vader's official debut was at the Royal Rumble where the fans didn't really know whether to cheer him or boo him as he just beat up everybody, even Yokozuna who was a heel and had the same manager.

He tried to save his heel persona by going back into the ring after being eliminated, but the fans cheered it because it was exciting.

The next night on Raw however is probably the finest example of getting a guy over as a monster heel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1307mGSzOc0

Vader was so good. Arguably the best big man of all time and will hopefully go in the Hall of Fame soon because he deserves it. Check out his WCW, New Japan and his All Japan stuff.

Mabel

Gangrel

Always a striking entrance. I think his RAW debut was actually a better match than this one.

JP Liz V1

Kurt Angle's WWE Debut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTZ-b0jGbbQ

Tazz's WWE Debut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdx7g88Bm3g

drayme

Not only one of my favourite debuts but one of my favorite episodes of Smackdown. Rey first has a pretty good match with Chavo and then surprisingly establishes himself in the main event mix by leaping of the cage to make the save in the main event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBTjRdxC3Po

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THH61O5UsA4

Another Rey related debut here. One of the best things about the Monday Night War was that WCW would sign every and any piece of talent that WWF might ever be interested in. Also they would also chuck out dudes for the craic to see if they could move the ratings. Anyways here is Jack Evan's favourite wrestler Blitzkreig who literally no one knew about before his debut as he only at the time had less than a 100 matches and wrestled on tiny indies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMxN8WQ6XkE

A real head turning performance here.

Dancor

This

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055200697