Uneventful debuts in professional wrestling

We’ve seen some of the best debuts in professional wrestling recently, debuts that created a huge buzz around the world, and helped the superstars in making a name for themselves. But every debut wasn’t as memorable, or remembered for the greatness, or the perfection in the execution and planning. In the history of professional wrestling, there were debuts that will be remembered for the wrong reasons, for the way they played out, and resulted in some of the most idiotic, non-sensical ways, or were the butt of all jokes. There were other debuts which were highly anticipated, but failed to deliver in more ways than one. In this article, I take a look at five such uneventful debuts in the history of WWE, WCW and TNA.

5. NWO in the WWE

When the New World Order faction took shape way back in 1996 at Bash at the Beach, it became the highlight of WCW’s history, and changed the fluctuating fortunes the company had for the better, and helped WCW beat the WWF for 84 straight weeks in ratings during the Monday Night Wars. Hogan turned heel, which shook the entire industry. When WCW folded, Vince brought the three members of the New World Order into the WWF/E as a way to overthrow Ric Flair, and the NWO made their debut at No Way Out, which coincided with the faction’s initials.

As the crowd eagerly waited to see their favorite rebels, out came Nash, Hall and Hogan to a massive pop. And what did these outlaws have in mind? Instead of throwing out a challenge about taking over the WWE, the faction thanked Vince McMahon for bringing them back. And not long after that, Hogan turned on his former partners. Vince buried the history of NWO in the WWE, and sadly, that was all he wrote.