Most Disappointing Debut

['Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada]

Nathan Jones really sticks out for me. I was pumped to see this guy go out and demolish people. His vignettes were tremendous, and he had a really neat accent to go along with him looking like an absolute beast. They kept stretching out his debut, which pissed me off to no end.

Then, finally, we have the long awaited debut of Nathan Jones, the Colossus from Bogga Road, the man who allegedly tore the door to his cell off and threw it at the guards, and who physically looked like he could legitimately do that.

He came down and posed a bit, with his awesome didgeridoo theme music. He looked like he was going to kill someone.

And then he got his ass kicked by Hugh Morris for about three minutes before winning the match with the weakest boot to the face I've ever seen in my life. At least when Tomko did it and fell on his ass, it still looked a little impactful. This was like a light feather dusting in comparison.

In wrestling terms, this was roughly equivalent to sneaking downstairs on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus and seeing your dad eating the cookies.

[Johnny Danger (Godz)]

I'd have to say Eddie Guerrero in WWE. First match in, he breaks his arm doing a frog splash and screams PIN ME to Billy Gunn.

[Feargus McReddit]

Surely Sean O'Haire must have a high place on this list.

He had vignettes, disapeered for a while and the next thing you know, Piper is calling him out as the future of Wrestling.

Not that he was bad.....just that he didn't appear for yonks.

[Doctor Tull-eus S. Venture]

Jericho's WWF debut was simply awful.

;D

Actually, a Disappointing Debut for a great wrestler had to be for Ultimo Dragon'e entrance to the WWE.

All these cool vignettes with the different masks he wore and the awesome music, and he shows up on Velocity for a 3 minute match.

I understand that with his age, and his injuries, he's not capable of doing some of the stuff he used to, but damn, it could've been better than that.

Now, a hilarious debut for a wrestler who was doomed to fail from the first minute was the Machine (WCW). I remember watching the Nitro where he debuted against Page (not a bad way to start), then stood up, screamed, and jumped full bore onto the ropes to crotch himself during the match.

Very ridiculous. And Page breaking character by laughing made it even better.

[Hall & Oates+250 IQ=Hulk Down]

Glacier. Geeeeeez!

[Naniwa]

Buff Bagwell vs. Booker T in wwe
"we're gonna show 'em what WCW's all about!!!!"

[Loki]

Lex Luger...

After so much anticipation and fanfare, all we get is a bigger and gayer version of The Model, but without Martel's goofy mannerisms...

I had never seen Luger before, but I had heard wonders (from WWE promotional machine and from the then TV announcer) about him, and I knew he was kinda a big deal in NWA, so I thought he was going to be something special... I was hugely disappointed. And I've never changed my mind

[Gopher Mod]

Glacier, bar none. Went for nearly a year hyping him up to nothingness.

And as for Nathan Jones, I still blame Magnus Samuelsson for him not debuting sooner.

[skskillz]

I'd have to say Luger as well. I was really excited when he showed up in the WWF, but when Heenan unveiled "The Narcissist" at the '93 Rumble, it was a letdown. I wasn't a big fan of Luger in any incarnation he had, but he should have been pushed similar to Hogan or Warrior (minus the cheap USA gimmick) because he had the look to get over. He likely would have failed either way, but would it have been worse than riding a bus over the summer or looking at himself in a mirror as a gimmick?

[Red 'n' Black Reggie]

jesus, nathan jones' videos made me crap myself. the one where he said all this stuff about the police and what they did to him, and then goes "what would you do? heres what i did" and then his huge, eight foot arm comes through the door. i genuinely thought this bloke could be the next undertaker or something. say what you like about the bookers, but they built him up to be great. then he screwed it up.

other than that, seven. he had some really creepy vignettes hyping his debut, levitated to the ring and then broke character and told the bookers where to shove their facepaint.

[Bub (BLM)]

Tazz in the WWF. They brought him in fantastic, but then he went straight to shit.

[Chuckie Finster]

tull said:

Actually, a Disappointing Debut for a great wrestler had to be for Ultimo Dragon'e entrance to the WWE.

All these cool vignettes with the different masks he wore and the awesome music, and he shows up on Velocity for a 3 minute match.

I understand that with his age, and his injuries, he's not capable of doing some of the stuff he used to, but damn, it could've been better than that.

Now, a hilarious debut for a wrestler who was doomed to fail from the first minute was the Machine (WCW). I remember watching the Nitro where he debuted against Page (not a bad way to start), then stood up, screamed, and jumped full bore onto the ropes to crotch himself during the match.

Very ridiculous. And Page breaking character by laughing made it even better.

I believe the only two reasons Ultimo went to the WWE was to wrestle at Wrestlemania and it Madison Square Garder. Seeing as he did both at the same time, he had nothing else to do.

[MichaelRBoh]

Well i just think it might be the shockmaster

[MGH]

Glacier has to be up there.

[mo]

I was actually looking forward to Chris Master's debut, it looked so corny and cheesy I just had no choice but to be pumped for it...and I was pretty disappointed

[A Magician Named SHAKE]

tdog231 said:

tull said:

Actually, a Disappointing Debut for a great wrestler had to be for Ultimo Dragon'e entrance to the WWE.

All these cool vignettes with the different masks he wore and the awesome music, and he shows up on Velocity for a 3 minute match.

I understand that with his age, and his injuries, he's not capable of doing some of the stuff he used to, but damn, it could've been better than that.

Now, a hilarious debut for a wrestler who was doomed to fail from the first minute was the Machine (WCW). I remember watching the Nitro where he debuted against Page (not a bad way to start), then stood up, screamed, and jumped full bore onto the ropes to crotch himself during the match.

Very ridiculous. And Page breaking character by laughing made it even better.

I believe the only two reasons Ultimo went to the WWE was to wrestle at Wrestlemania and it Madison Square Garder. Seeing as he did both at the same time, he had nothing else to do.

It was a shame he tripped twice at Mania: Once on the stage cause of his cape then as he went to pose on the ropes. I mean, sure the guy made his dream come true, but two f-ups in a row has to suck.

[The Boss]

Bret Hart's WCW debute was pretty disapointing as well.

[Suck it Trebek!]

motakerfan said:

I was actually looking forward to Chris Master's debut, it looked so corny and cheesy I just had no choice but to be pumped for it...and I was pretty disappointed

Seconded, I've never found his physique to be remotely impressive compared to most of the roster.

And when in fictional form (action figures, video games, etc..) some others look better

[Dolph Zalgo]

I was somehow disappointed from Bret Hart in WCW. Very lame build-up for such a great star.

I was kind of disappointed by Glacier in the end. I totally marked for his entrance, but he was kind of going nowhere...

I was also disappointed by the debuts of the following wrestlers/gimmicks:

-Jimmy Wang Yang (a loss against Sylvan, wtf?)
-Kid Kash in WWE (*yawn*)
-The Great Khali (I did not expect him to be THAT bad)

[MolotovMocktail]

Simon Dean was very disappointing. Weeks of vignettes and hilarious promos, then he's jobbed into oblivion.