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/ f# ~5 N2 \& J' F$ VThen-WCW Champion Booker T made his WWE debut at King of the Ring 2001 by attacking then-WWE Champion "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
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WWE Hall of Famer Abdullah the Butcher made his WCW debut as a gift-wrapped present for Sting./ T: u; D1 T& }5 e; Y3 H* \7 r
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. p5 X6 |6 A: w) A* T- kPresumably still under WWE contract, Scott Hall made his WCW debut on Monday Nitro in 1996.( x# G, `# M+ o0 s; @1 k# {+ d
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' i9 Q- Y# Z5 fSabu debuted on ECW Hardcore TV in 1993 while chained to a gurney.
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W7 {8 D# o0 J# N$ XVader's first WCW appearance was in a battle against Tom Zenk at The Great American Bash in 1990.
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/ s% Q; j& A+ P& j+ W4 D* x& ?When Brock Lesnar debuted the night after WrestleMania X8, he proved he would be unstoppable./ O& u2 h# F; D
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& o. |! H! G8 h; vIn his WWE debut, Santino Marella was hand-picked by Mr. McMahon to battle Intercontinental Champion Umaga.) i; D; q3 x2 D$ s" l
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The original NXT Rookies banded together as The Nexus in June 2010.- W8 m+ C" j% F9 C! s: _
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Mr. McMahon shocked the world when he named Eric Bischoff as Raw's General Manager in 2002.* x* e& L( D+ j, o8 S
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In his 2006 SmackDown debut, The Great Khali decimated The Undertaker.$ k* }- A; U, e/ a) M
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Rey Mysterio made a 2002 WWE debut on SmackDown in a bout with Chavo Guerrero.
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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.) l9 P1 N* j9 U8 l/ C5 D) S7 f+ e4 ] |
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John Cena made his debut answering an open challenge from Kurt Angle in 2002.- {) f4 Y3 `5 }- x
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The Undertaker first competed in WWE at Survivor Series 1990.
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3 p9 i! n9 Y& b9 L1 RAfter weeks of anticipation, Kane made his presence known to his brother - and the WWE Universe - at Badd Blood 1997.
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# x& ~+ R; o7 {# f8 V% o# pChris Jericho's 1999 WWE debut began with an outspoken interruption of The Rock.! v: ?% }& y& l! u3 i9 g ^5 |4 l
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