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: ^8 l2 i- u9 O) oThen-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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1 E. B- w6 f3 m- P: u. EPresumably still under WWE contract, Scott Hall made his WCW debut on Monday Nitro in 1996.- |4 \- y6 |" k" X) b
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Sabu debuted on ECW Hardcore TV in 1993 while chained to a gurney.; G& Y6 M, s& x7 V$ ^& ], [9 R
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Vader's first WCW appearance was in a battle against Tom Zenk at The Great American Bash in 1990.
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In 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.$ j4 s4 f+ G/ G6 p9 C4 U
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Mr. McMahon shocked the world when he named Eric Bischoff as Raw's General Manager in 2002.
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5 L8 R+ _7 Z. v3 \In his 2006 SmackDown debut, The Great Khali decimated The Undertaker.
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Rey Mysterio made a 2002 WWE debut on SmackDown in a bout with Chavo Guerrero.% J' s+ ^7 O1 A$ f0 z0 U9 n
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I0 H1 r9 V% v* @8 XBig 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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: A) u& l/ X8 ]1 pJohn Cena made his debut answering an open challenge from Kurt Angle in 2002.
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4 l' {( s4 @! \& _! y0 r9 `5 {" V: ]The Undertaker first competed in WWE at Survivor Series 1990.
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2 V% D3 b) Q) D; PAfter weeks of anticipation, Kane made his presence known to his brother - and the WWE Universe - at Badd Blood 1997.
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3 w" u O2 p/ g$ f) A0 {0 c9 ? ~' ?Chris Jericho's 1999 WWE debut began with an outspoken interruption of The Rock.0 d* d. r2 o# B' I- n) o3 s
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9 P( P- v! Z4 ]& [" l# _, n; WOn the July 8, 2013, epsiode of Raw, Bray Wyatt and his followers - Erick Rowan and Luke Harper - made their long-awaited debut and attacked Kane.
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* v a; i9 b6 G! V6 @6 }What's next for the eerie Wyatt Family? |
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