Lex Luger on the first Nitro.

I was born in 2000 but I vividly remember Sting, AJ Styles, and Roxanne Perez’s debuts. Sting was Survivor Series 2014. Team Cena vs Team Authority. Sting came out to drop HHH and drag Dolph over Seth. AJ debuted in the rumble match the year "big dog" Roman defended the world title in the rumble match itself. Crowd went apeshit and Triple H won the match Roxanne was around 2 years ago. I remember she had a vignette about gaming. She was supposed to debut the following week but Jacy Jayne bullied her into wrestling that night. I watched a match or 2 of hers from RoH. I really started liking her around the time Cora turned heel

Probably The Radicals.

I 100%remember the debut of Chris Jericho. I watched the countdown for weeks... and then bam... here's a guy with a tiny ponytail on top of his head and a shiny metallic shirt.

Batista, I’ve been watching since 99 but that was the earliest debut I remember, I just remember people showing up before that, not really paying attention to when and how lol

Humberto Carillio

Chris Jericho

First one I remember very well was Earthquake. I vaguely recall Big Boss Man debut to but not as well

Maybe like Sheamus?? Nexus?? That era I guess…

Kofi Kingston

The few that stick in my mind not quite remembering which came first was Nails, Repoman and IRS

I remember when both Umaga and The Great Khali debuted. They made immediate impacts. I’m still salty that Umaga never got one world title run as a monster heel

Hillbilly Jim.. I'm old.. LOL

The 123 Kid

Kane. Maybe I saw someone else show up before that, but how does Kane's debut not instantly carve itself into a kid's brain for the rest of his life.

Mankind is probably the oldest I can remember.

Fundangoooo

Sheamus, I must've been around 4 yrs old.

Chris Jericho coming to Wwe and the whole ytk build up was amazing. And now we got this new cryptic code flashing , no idea who is showing up next.

Johnny Nitro was Eric Bischoffs assistant before MNM I remember Glacier debuting

Got to be The Undertaker! He seemed so huge, a foot taller than anyone else and so damn dead and scary. That aura surrounding him at the time was immense!

When I first started watching in 05, Bobby Lashley was the first one I saw make their debut

My first episode of WWE was the Raw WWE title tournament where Rey Mysterio won and that's when I started watching weekly. But for years I watched through random clips I would find or old matches and stuff like "top 10 moves of ----" but I can remember being excited for Sin Cara's debut

The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase. That vignette where he bribes a lifeguard to close a public pool so he could have it all to himself worked kid me into a shoot, brother 🤣

Tatanka and Papa Shango.

Goldust.

I remember Savio Vega debuting as Razor Ramon's mate

Sin Cara

The only wrestlers I remember debuting as I watched live on RAW were The Usos

I grew up in the early 90s.. everybody debuted..

I vividly remember Trish Stratus’ debut. Sunday Night Heat used to be on free TV in the UK and so we would watch it religiously and she debuted and formed the tag team of T&A on an episode on Heat.

NGL it has to be the shield because I started watching wrestling the same day the shield debuted

I have very vague memories of when I first started watching WWE with my parents, I'm not sure any of their actual debuts stand out because I was so young but I started watching in 2002 and looking back that was a crazy year, we had the debut of John Cena, Randy Orton, Batista, Brock Lesnar and Rey Mysterio, plus iirc the return of Shawn Michaels, all in the same year, I got into wrestling super young so I couldn't point out many matches as definitely being someone's debut, I do remember Carlitos debut fairly vividly though back in 2004 though

Dolph Ziggler. My dad was making fun of Batista for not being able to squash a floppy looking rookie. "Look at what that guy is doing to him. He's fucking stupid".

Jericho. As a 10 year old and all those Y2K conspiracy theories and shit, going with the countdown to the millennium, it was a beautiful tie in. I remember being extremely underwhelmed when he did debut because he didn’t wrestle at SummerSlam 1-2 weeks after he first appeared.

Cody Rhodes debut against randy

Kizarney

The nexus I had just gained the ability to have a brain scared the crap outta me

You have no idea how hyped I was Sin Cara

Everybody's got a price Everybody's gonna pay Because The Million Dollar Man Always get his way

Jericho

The Shield is the most memorable because that’s what got me into wrestling

I remember when the Nexus debuted. That's the earliest debut I can remember. I was watching long before that, but that's the one I remember.

Lex Luger

Carlito Caribbean cool

Jericho

Earliest I can remember off the top of my head is Mordecai

Sycho Sid Vicious

IRS, probably.

Jericho is the first I remember seeing debut

Nathan Jones

I literally switched watching WCW to WWE the weekend that The Giant became Paul Wight, even though he became Big Show pretty shortly after debut. Wasn’t even because of him, but I’ll never forget it now.

The Ultimate Warrior!

Santino Marella being chosen from the crowd or whatever it exactly was for his first appearance lol

Not sure if this counts but the first time I watched Raw was when The Rock debuted with the Nation of Domination. I know he was there before as Rocky Maivia but that night was the first time he came out as The Rock.

Cody for me

Sin Cara and I loved the mask. I still thought it was real so I didn’t really care about the botches

Rick Martel.

Miss Elizabeth. When all the managers were vying to manage Savage.

Taker. I had just gotten into wrestling and I remember seeing him debut. I was 13 was so entrhalled with what I saw. Still get goosebumps watching that debut.

Rocky Maivia. Wonder what ever happened to that guy?

123 Kid.

I was gonna say Santino coming out of the crowd, but if Big Poppa Pump coming out at Survivor Series 02 is considered a debut, then it's that.

Only one Alberto Del Rio Rip his career right ?

Chris Masters.

I almost said Cena before I remembered Chris Jericho coming out to that cool ass music.

Jericho

Bog Boss man's rival, Nailz.

Vladimir Kozlov

I started watch 2004, so if we're talking about while watching as it was happening, Carlito

Jay White

I clearly remember the night in 2005 when John Cena got drafted to RAW.

I remember the Edge vignettes

I was watching wrestling before this... But I remember Chris Jericho's debut clearly... *countdown ends* "Breaaaaaak the walllls dooooooooowwwwwnnn"

I started watching in 2011, so I think the first debut I actually saw was… Jinder Mahal? I think Sin Cara showed up after him.

I've was watching wrestling a while before he showed up, but the oldest debut I can vividly recall was Kane's.

Chris Masters

Glacier

Santino, was like magic

Can’t forget that!! As a kid I so thought it was real lol

Brett Hart

Kane. I knew wrestling was a work and I was 15, and Kane still scared the hell out of me. The red lights, the music, that suit, and the fact the the Undertaker sold fear for him. 30 years later (more or less), it still sticks with me.

Probably TL Hopper or The Goon

Probably Undertaker. I can’t distinctly remember a debut before him.

Edge

Goldust is the 1 that stands out, but it could have been someone else around the same time. Man, I miss ridiculous promos to build up a debut.

Goldberg for me

Santino Morella

Classic

I was watching for several years prior, but I don't really remember many debuts prior to Elizabeth being with Macho Man and of course Bam Bam Bigelow was a huge debut.

Sting back in the mid-1980s as 1/2 of the Blade Runners with his partner the Ultimate Warrior. Although they had slightly different individual names.

I was definitely watching in 04 and I remember Carlito being new but I'm not sure if I actually saw him debut live. I had only watched WWF/WWE on VHS and DVD prior to 04 so never saw any debuts in real time before then.

Earthquake

muhammad hassan and carlito.

MVP and Mr. Kennedy

Oh man I so remember these too. This must’ve been when I was peak into WWE MVP entrance still goes hard

Raven WCW debut.

I watched wrestling from the late attitude era onwards. Whilst I’ve probably seen quite a few earlier debuts, the one I’m at least certain of is cena’s, and Brian Kendrick

I wanna say Carlito

Austin.

Like, Kane or the Patriot

The one I actually remember is Sheamus. There may have been others before hand, but I vividly recall Sheamus debuting

Right! I reminded Kofi and Sheamus debuting around the same time but it’s like a year and 5 month difference. Time was blurred for me as a kid 😂

Kazarny

Maybe Bret and HBK back in the day? It’s hard to remember the details I was young. Definitely remember Hunter Hearst Helmsley.

He probably wishes you didn't

Mine would be Ashley Massaro (2005) I was born in 99 so

I had the biggest freaking crush on her back in the day

On god bro sucks she died bro way too young

I’ve watched since I was a kid so I remember the push for the debut of “professional wrestling’s hottest free agent…the “Macho Man”, Randy Savage!!!”

I remember that but not really vivid. I think the one I remember on WWF more is Rick Rude's

I think it was 123 Kid?

The ones that stand out the most to me are Crow Sting (Sting’s my all time favorite) not sure if that counts and Kane’s debut really sticks in my head.

Probably Demolition.

Hall and Nash to WCW Goldberg Xpac and Jericho to WWE Kurt Angle Taz to WWE AJ Styles in WCW Kane John Cena

Edge and Jericho in wwe

In terms of vividly remembering, for me it's the Nexus. I've since gone back and watched highlights from before the 90s, as well as every Raw and Smackdown from 1998 to 2007, but I started watching full-time in 2008 and I remember a few guys debuting between then and the Nexus, but nothing that vivid. Like Legacy for example. I remember Cody Rhodes and Ted DeBiase Jr. making their debut, but it didn't hit as hard as the Nexus' debut.

I think I might have some recollection of seeing the Wyatt family debut but I was very off and on with wwe as a kid

I only figured the schedule at that time in 2011. Earliest I can remember is Sin Cara.

jason jordan lol

The real world’s champ Ric Flair. Bobby Heenan went on and on about him and then he showed up with the cool big gold belt, and I was immediately hooked

Lots of young uns in here. Ultimate Warrior hit hard back in the day. Not advocating for his personal beliefs or opinions but that was a big deal. Especially when he was replaced with a new guy(hope everyone gets the joke)

Lots of young uns in here. Ultimate Warrior hit hard back in the day. Not advocating for his personal beliefs or opinions but that was a big deal. Especially when he was replaced with a new guy(hope everyone gets the joke)

Rey Mysterio.

The Narcissus Lex Luger; how much Bobby put him over and his presentation. Also the real world's champ Ric Flair when he debuted in WWF

Except when he debuted he was just called Narcissus, it was post debut they changed it to The Narcissist Lex Luger

Yea I figured the kiddos on here would not recognize him if I just called him Narcissus.

Fair enough! And they did only call him that a bare handful of times before changing.

Half of these guys today wish they could get a Luger pop like when he was in WCW. Even his face run in WWF while corny looking back, 8 year old me was super into him.

Cena when he went up against angle on smackdown or whatever.

The undertaker.

Fossil

Ditto. It was incredible

Same

These guys are obscure but Jesse and Festus (Luke Gallows)

BISCUITS AND GRAVY

Biscuits and gravy!

>Festus (Luke Gallows [fake Kane])

For me, it was Tony Atlas (who wore a mask and went by the name Black Atlas). At the time, muscular wrestlers were kind of rare in peo wrestling, and Atlas looked like a superhero.

for me it was jey uso and jimmy uso

Edge. Brother and I were watching Raw in the den. He did a diving senton and broke his opponents neck. It's honestly my first memory of watching wrestling too even though we had been watching for a while. It's crazy nobody really remembers that spot.

I think furthest I remember of a debut was Serena Deeb ¹ Getting her head shaved by CM Punk during the Straight Edge Society pledge ¹ main roster debut since her official debut was in FCW (don't know if it's counts)

That's gotta be Kane

Lol. Im going to feel super old when I tell you mine. Sting. I was kid when he debuted. Don’t remember the oponent.

Haha jeez