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Then-WCW Champion Booker T made his WWE debut at King of the Ring 2001 by attacking then-WWE Champion "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.8 s+ e, y& f2 a" f7 T1 F; @
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' Z* s' L5 s1 C% S& @WWE Hall of Famer Abdullah the Butcher made his WCW debut as a gift-wrapped present for Sting.
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Presumably still under WWE contract, Scott Hall made his WCW debut on Monday Nitro in 1996.$ a$ y1 P, J7 P( T: z7 j3 t1 R
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Sabu debuted on ECW Hardcore TV in 1993 while chained to a gurney.
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8 y5 J; X3 e; rVader's first WCW appearance was in a battle against Tom Zenk at The Great American Bash in 1990.
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When Brock Lesnar debuted the night after WrestleMania X8, he proved he would be unstoppable.
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, n4 r8 x @: v; J/ l6 tIn his WWE debut, Santino Marella was hand-picked by Mr. McMahon to battle Intercontinental Champion Umaga.
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The original NXT Rookies banded together as The Nexus in June 2010.
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Mr. McMahon shocked the world when he named Eric Bischoff as Raw's General Manager in 2002.: n' M/ d( M- |& u0 y
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In his 2006 SmackDown debut, The Great Khali decimated The Undertaker.
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: I8 N; R/ z3 h5 VRey Mysterio made a 2002 WWE debut on SmackDown in a bout with Chavo Guerrero.8 S) i8 ~4 K" d1 {: E L1 g
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Big Show shocked the world when he appeared through the ring canvas in an attempt to aid Mr. McMahon at St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1999.
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