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Post by jasond1743 on Nov 23, 2005 22:45:22 GMT -5
wow no one said my man hassan!
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Post by TheMediocreWarrior on Nov 23, 2005 23:33:04 GMT -5
I've never been excited for a WWE debut more than Tazz. They aired those promos for a couple of months and I first started getting into the IWC at the time so I kept thinking "oh man Tazz is going to kick ass". He made an awesome debut by beating Angle and I marked out. One year later he was eliminated from the Rumble in 3 seconds.
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Post by Ass Dan on Nov 24, 2005 22:06:18 GMT -5
Why hasn't anyone said Triple C yet?
He was brought in by vinettes that gave his attitude right away: Carlito = Cool. It was the SmackDown! after No Mercy 2004, and John Cena was in the ring, starting to make fun of Michael Cole. And then, all of the sudden:
*spit* I spit in the face...of people...who don't wanna be cool.
CCC comes out, says Cena isn't cool, and spits in his face. Later that night, he beats Cena to win the US Championship, instantly making him a star.
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Post by tamuthetongantiger on Nov 24, 2005 22:24:52 GMT -5
Flair had two great debuts in WWE/F. His first, as "the real world champion," was just built so perfectly by Bobby Heenan. His second, after the invasion debacle, was just hillarious. I loved Flair strutting out to inform Vince that, "I'm the consortium! Whoo!"
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Post by bob on Nov 24, 2005 22:36:25 GMT -5
I loved Boogeyman's debut.. other great ones were Jericho, The Radicals, Carlito
horrible ones: The Dicks, Rocky Maiva, The Gooker, Chris Masters
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Post by A Magician Named SHAKE on Nov 25, 2005 1:19:39 GMT -5
A debut I didn't like AT ALL was that of The Mexicools. I thought by that that it was going to be a totally racist stupid waste of talent, but so far so good.
I wonder if La Resistance's debut woulda been better if it hadn't been involved with Scott Steiner. Poor Frenchmen.
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Post by cashfire2003 on Nov 25, 2005 2:19:05 GMT -5
I'd have to say the best debut was Scott Hall walking out on moday nitro in 1996. Who could forget that?
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Post by joenewberry2 on Nov 25, 2005 2:28:15 GMT -5
Dibiase's debut with all his vignettes and paying people in the audience to do stupid human tricks. That was great stuff.
As mentioned, Flair's debut in WWF the first time was just great. When Bobby Heenan was running around on Prime Time Wrestling with the World belt, that was a mark out moment for me as a kid. Finally, my NWA champion was coming to teach the WWF guys a thing or two about real wrestling.
Undertaker's debut as the mystery partner at Survivor Series 1990 was just amazing because you could hear the audience just go quiet at his appearance. Not bored quiet, but in awe quiet.
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Post by frickinsweet on Nov 25, 2005 3:39:32 GMT -5
Cade and Murdoch could very well fall into the "failed" pile. They get a couple of vignettes at the local bar. Cade is the smooth-talking cowboy while Murdoch was the mean, crazy redneck. They were boasting about becoming the next tag team champions and starting a tag-team dynasty. They beat the tag champs in their very first match and go one to win the titles in less than a month. Ooooo, character development and perhaps a start to rejuvenating the declining tag-team division.
So do our cowboys get air time to establish their characters? Send them to do heelish things to opponents, like use the branding iron or hogtie them? Perhaps give us a reason to care? Wrong! They're largely ignored because 30 minutes airtime must be used to have Stone Cold stunner all McMahons and have McMahon pull things out of JR's ass and they must use 2-3 segments a week for HHH to beat the crap out of and piss on Ric Flair. That left the cowboys in Heat purgatory with no storyline and nothing to do until The Big Show and Kane squash them twice and render them to jobber status, losing all credibility in the process. Barring some miracle or at least move them to Smackdown, I see Cade and Murdoch heading off into the sunset soon.
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Post by Larryhausen on Nov 27, 2005 3:05:15 GMT -5
Flair had two great debuts in WWE/F. His first, as "the real world champion," was just built so perfectly by Bobby Heenan. His second, after the invasion debacle, was just hillarious. I loved Flair strutting out to inform Vince that, "I'm the consortium! Whoo!" You know, I clearly remember Flair's second debut. What was it, one night, one week after the end of the Invasion angle, MacMahon coming out, cutting generic MacMahon promo #473, blah, blah, blah. So I grab the remote, and was about one second away from changing the channel. Then out of nowhere comes the music, and I instantly go from laying on my couch half asleep, to jumping up and down like a maniac. I think I even ran up to my mom's room, kicked open the door, and woke her up. "MA!!! MA!!!! IT'S RIC F***ING FLAIR!!!!!!!!" and then ran out to the living room. That was one of my last three true mark-out moments. The other two were Hogan at WM this year, and the Rockers reunion match
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Post by ohnomellon on Nov 27, 2005 4:23:04 GMT -5
Remember when Rikishi debuted (not as Fatu or the Sultan)? He debuted on heat to little to no reaction. One month later he's getting mad over with Too Cool. Another month later he has a helluva match with Trips (going as far as to make me think he'd win the title).
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Post by tamuthetongantiger on Nov 27, 2005 4:43:54 GMT -5
Flair had two great debuts in WWE/F. His first, as "the real world champion," was just built so perfectly by Bobby Heenan. His second, after the invasion debacle, was just hillarious. I loved Flair strutting out to inform Vince that, "I'm the consortium! Whoo!" You know, I clearly remember Flair's second debut. What was it, one night, one week after the end of the Invasion angle, MacMahon coming out, cutting generic MacMahon promo #473, blah, blah, blah. So I grab the remote, and was about one second away from changing the channel. Then out of nowhere comes the music, and I instantly go from laying on my couch half asleep, to jumping up and down like a maniac. I think I even ran up to my mom's room, kicked open the door, and woke her up. "MA!!! MA!!!! IT'S RIC F***ING FLAIR!!!!!!!!" and then ran out to the living room. That was one of my last three true mark-out moments. The other two were Hogan at WM this year, and the Rockers reunion match See! Good call! I was lazing out during Raw that night too, not expecting Flair, who was obviously willing enough to come back before and then, after the problemtic invasion angle... The 2001 Theme? Thus Spake Flairathusta? Hell yeah! "I'm the consortium!" Whoo!
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Post by BoilermakersForBreakfast on Nov 27, 2005 4:58:36 GMT -5
Mordechai
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Nov 27, 2005 20:46:06 GMT -5
I taped Survivor Series '90 live on PPV, and Dibiase did NOT refer to Undertaker as Kane at any point. I remember "...by his manager, Brother Love...from Death Valley, I give you...THE UNDERTAKER" followed by Ted's badass laugh.
And though it was more of a return than a debut, Terry Funk attacking Ric Flair after he'd just won the title back from Steamboat at WrestleWar '89 was a thing of beauty.
Tony Schiavone ruined Rick Rude's WCW debut for anyone who hadn't figured it out by outright calling the "Phantom's" finisher the Rude Awakening.
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Post by BoilermakersForBreakfast on Nov 28, 2005 1:40:29 GMT -5
Tony Schiavone ruined Rick Rude's WCW debut for anyone who hadn't figured it out by outright calling the "Phantom's" finisher the Rude Awakening. He actually said that? Idiot.
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Post by meticulousmike on Dec 2, 2005 20:49:12 GMT -5
I liked Chris Jericos debut the countdown was pretty cool and Mr.Kennedy.....Kennedy he is awesome.
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 2, 2005 21:15:45 GMT -5
I was psyched when Scott Steiner debuted-i forget now what ppv it was but he beat the hell out of a couple bad guys-i can't remember them either-but i liked it
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 2, 2005 21:26:22 GMT -5
The Boogeyman's inring debut just now was pretty great, a little heavy on the smoke though during the entrance.
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Post by scbg on Dec 2, 2005 21:48:38 GMT -5
I was psyched when Scott Steiner debuted-i forget now what ppv it was but he beat the hell out of a couple bad guys-i can't remember them either-but i liked it GIMME THE F'N MIKE!!
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Post by Stu on Dec 2, 2005 22:59:22 GMT -5
I was psyched when Scott Steiner debuted-i forget now what ppv it was but he beat the hell out of a couple bad guys-i can't remember them either-but i liked it GIMME THE F'N MIKE!! It happened at Survivor Series 2002, and he beat up Chris Nowinski and Matt Hardy.
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