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[MUSIC]

>> YOU KNOW THAT FEELING WE ALL

GET WHEN WWE IS TOTALLY AWESOME?

>> OH, YES.

>> THAT FEELING OF FUN,

NOSTALGIA, THE ICONIC MOMENTS

THAT MADE YOU A LIFE-LONG FAN.

LIKE THE MOST AWESOME WWE DEBUTS

OF ALL TIME.

>> LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT HAM

HOCK.

>> FROM THE BIGGEST-

>> HE'S COLOSSAL.

>> -AND THE BEST.

>> THAT'S GOT TO BE KANE.

>> -TO BREAKDOWN THE WALL

BEGINNINGS.

>> RAW IS JERICHO.

>> THE ARRIVALS THAT USHERED IN

BOLD NEW ERAS.

>> RUTHLESS AGGRESSION.

>> AND CREATED LONG-LASTING

IMPACTS.

>> THE PHENOMENAL ONE IS HERE.

>> THESE ARE THE UNFORGETTABLE

EXPERIENCES THAT BRING US TO OUR

FEET.

>> WHAT?

>> TO CHANT IN UNISON, THIS IS

AWESOME.

[CROWD CHANTS "THIS IS AWESOME"]

>> WELCOME TO THIS IS AWESOME,

THE ONLY SHOW THAT CELEBRATES

THE MOST AWESOME EVERYTHING.

THEN.

NOW.

FOREVER.

TOGETHER.

I'M YOUR HOST GREG MILLER AT

GAMEOVERGREGGY ON TWITTER AND

INSTAGRAM.

TODAY, WE LOOK AT THE MOST

AWESOME WWE DEBUTS OF ALL TIME.

WHETHER IT'S A WILDLY RUMORED

ARRIVAL TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

OR A GIANT SURPRISE.

STEPPING FOOT ONTO THE STAGE FOR

THE FIRST TIME IS A FEELING LIKE

NO OTHER, FOR THE SUPERSTARS

THEMSELVES AND THE WWE UNIVERSE.

THEY SAY YOU NEVER GET A SECOND

CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST

IMPRESSION, AND THESE FIRST

IMPRESSIONS WERE TRULY

UNFORGETTABLE.

>> TREMENDOUS NEWCOMER HERE IN

THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION.

>> MAKING HIS DEBUT.

>> I NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

>> OH, TAKE A LOOK.

>> HOLY COW.

>> A DEBUT IS SO IMPORTANT.

WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY, YOU'RE

GOING TO IMMEDIATELY FEEL

SOMETHING.

>> I'M ABSOLUTELY IN SHOCK.

>> IT'S HIM.

>> THIS IS MY ONE CHANCE TO COME

OUT HERE AND REALLY INFLUENCE

THESE PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW

THAT I'M WORTH TUNING IN TO SEE

EVERY WEEK.

>> LASHLEY WITH A POWERFUL

SPEAR.

>> I WAS VERY NERVOUS.

PLUS, IT'S LIVE TV.

[BELL RINGS]

>> YES, YES, YES.

>> LUCKILY, WE DID ALL RIGHT.

>> SANTINO MARELLA, A COMPLETE

UNKNOWN IS THE COVETED

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION.

>> THE REAL WORLD CHAMPION, RIC

FLAIR.

[CROWD BOOS]

>> EDGE, SPEAR.

>> THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A FIRST

IMPRESSION.

>> HEY.

>> WHO THE HELL IS THAT?

>> WHO IS THAT?

>> WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S THE HOTTEST FREE AGENT,

BROCK LESNAR.

>> BUILDING AN INSTANT

CONNECTION IS THE SECRET TO A

GREAT DEBUT.

>> ROCKY MAIVIA AT THE TIME, THE

ROCK.

I WAS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

FOR HIS DEBUT.

YOU COULD TELL AUTOMATICALLY.

I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, THIS GUY CAN

BE A STAR."

>> NOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE THE

MAN RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S BLUE CHIPPER RIGHT THERE.

>> LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR SAMI

ZAYN.

[CROWD CHEERS]

[SAMI ZAYN'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> SAMI ZAYN DEBUTING.

>> BLUE THUNDER BOMB.

>> HE'S ONE OF THOSE CHARACTERS

THE FANS ARE SO CONNECTED TO, SO

HAVING HIM IN THE RING WITH JOHN

CENA WAS A HUGE DEAL.

>> IS THAT ELIAS?

>> NO, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT.

>> I WAS VERY PROUD OF EZEKIEL

WHEN HE SHOWED UP ON MONDAY

NIGHT RAW.

I KNOW HE CAUGHT EVERYBODY OFF

GUARD.

I CAN REMEMBER SEEING THAT WHOLE

CROWD LIGHT UP FOR MY DEBUT.

I AM ELIAS' YOUNGER BROTHER.

>> IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET

YOUR CHARACTER AND INFORMATION

ABOUT THAT CHARACTER ON TV WEEKS

IN ADVANCE, YOU BETTER TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF IT BECAUSE THAT'S A

BIG DEAL.

>> VIGNETTES HAD A LOT OF POWER.

IF YOU WERE IN THE SPOTLIGHT,

YOU WERE ON CENTER STAGE.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT MR.

PERFECT.

>> SAY HELLO TO RAZOR RAMON.

>> I BELIEVE THAT SCOTT HALL WAS

FROM MIAMI AND CUBAN.

ABOUT 20 YEARS LATER, I REALIZED

THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL, BUT

THAT'S WHAT THOSE VIGNETTES DID.

>> I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> GET THESE BRATS OUT OF THE

WATER.

>> THE VIGNETTES THAT THE

MILLION DOLLAR MAN DID WERE SO

BRILLIANT.

>> EVERYBODY'S GOT A PRICE FOR

THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN.

>> OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL CHAMPION,

KURT ANGLE.

>> WE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING THE

VIGNETTES.

PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT I WAS

AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION, BUT I'VE

HAD SUCCESS MY WHOLE LIFE.

THAT'S WHEN THE KURT ANGLE

CHARACTER WAS BORN.

>> THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING

THAT LET'S THAT DEBUT BUILD, SO

WHEN IT FINALLY HITS, IT'S A

MOMENT YOU NEVER FORGET.

>> LOOK AT MYSTERIO.

>> OH, MY GOD.

A CROSSBODY FROM THE TOP OF THE

CAGE.

>> MY DEBUT ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW

I REMEMBER LIKE PULLING OUT THE

PHONE AND I WAS JUST LIKE, "YOU

KNOW WHAT?"

JUST TOOK HIM OUT, AND IT JUST

SET THE TONE FOR ME.

>> AUSTIN THEORY IS WISE BEYOND

HIS YEARS.

>> STEPHANIE ANNOUNCED ME.

>> BECKY LYNCH.

>> AND THAT WAS HOW IT STARTED

AND THE CROWDS CHANTING, THIS IS

AWESOME.

[CROWD CHANTS "THIS IS AWESOME"]

>> TO DEBUT ATTACKING JOHN

CENA.

>> BIG E LANGSTON PLANTING CENA.

>> I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE THINGS

WORK OUT THAT WAY.

>> THIS MAN, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, IS GOING TO BE A

FUTURE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION.

HERE IS DREW MCINTYRE.

>> THE MORE IMPACTFUL YOUR

DEBUT, THE MORE YOU GIVE PEOPLE

SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.

>> I CAN ASSURE YOU THE PARTY

HAS JUST BEGUN.

>> NOBODY KNEW I WAS ABOUT TO

DEBUT.

>> WHO THE HELL?

OH, MY GOD.

THAT IS SOLO SIKOA.

>> IT WAS A SHOCK FOR EVERYBODY.

NOBODY SEEN IT COMING.

>> BEING ABLE TO GRAB THAT

ATTENTION QUICK, IT MAKES THAT

LONG JOURNEY THAT YOU PLAN ON

GOING ON VERY EASY.

>> WHAT A WAY TO MAKE YOUR

DEBUT.

>> LET'S START WITH ONE OF THE

MOST OMINOUS AND AWE-INSPIRING

DEBUTS OF ALL TIME.

ENTERING THE ARENA AT NEARLY

SEVEN FEET AND OVER 300 POUNDS

WITH A MENACING, BRUTING

APPEARANCE, HOLLOW DARK EYES,

AND A HAUNTING STARE.

THE UNDERTAKER WAS UNLIKE

ANYTHING THE WWE UNIVERSE HAD

EVER SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ENTER THE

DEADMAN.

>> THE UNDERTAKER, OBVIOUSLY,

ONE OF THE MORE FAMOUS DEBUTS

YOU CAN THINK OF.

>> UNDERTAKER'S DEBUT WAS ONE

THAT I THINK STANDS OUT IN

PEOPLE'S MINDS BECAUSE OF THE

CHARACTER.

>> THE IDEA CAME UP WITH THE

MYSTERY MAN FOR THE SURVIVOR

SERIES WITH TED DIBIASE.

>> WE GOT AN ACE UP OUR SLEEVE.

HE'S THE MYSTERY PARTNER.

WHO'S THE MYSTERY PARTNER?

WHERE IS HE FROM?

HOW BIG IS HE?

WHAT CAN HE DO?

>> A LOT OF TIMES WHEN A MYSTERY

PARTNER IS ANNOUNCED, IT'S

SOMEBODY THAT WE ALREADY KNOW.

THE UNDERTAKER WAS NOT ONE OF

THOSE PEOPLE.

>> AS USUAL, THE MILLION DOLLAR

MAN HAS DONE THINGS IN GRAND

FASHION, AND I PROMISE THIS TO

BE A BIG, VERY BIG SURPRISE.

>> SURVIVOR SERIES, 1990.

NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> I WILL INTRODUCE TO YOU NOW

MY MYSTERY PARTNER FROM DEATH

VALLEY, I GIVE YOU, THE

UNDERTAKER.

[UNDERTAKER'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> THE UNDERTAKER, THE MYSTERY

PARTNER IS NOW REVEALED.

>> I NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

>> TAKE A LOOK.

>> HOLY COW.

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT HAM

HOCK.

>> HIS ENTRANCE WATCHING THAT

FROM THE RING IS JUST

IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST

TIME.

>> 320 POUNDS, LOOKS TO BE.

6'9", 6'10", SOMEWHERE IN THAT

NEIGHBORHOOD, ROD.

>> IT WAS SUCH A UNIQUE

PRESENTATION.

>> THOSE SLOW METHODICAL

MOVEMENTS, THE COMPOSURE, AND

EVERYTHING WAS BY DESIGN WHEN HE

MADE HIS DEBUT.

IT WAS VERY POWERFUL.

>> THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS

SO CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT

THIS WAS GOING TO BE A FORCE TO

RECKONED WITH.

>> I JUST THOUGHT THIS GUY IS

SCARY.

HE'S BIG, HE'S PALE, HE JUST

CHOKES PEOPLE, HE'S EXPLOSIVE

OUT OF NOWHERE.

>> IN THE UNDERTAKER'S DEBUT

MATCH, HE WAS PUTTING DOWN

MULTIPLE HALL OF FAMERS.

>> OH, JEEPERS.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

HE'S UP RIGHT ABOVE THAT TOP

ROPE.

>> YOU KNEW YOU HAD JUST

WITNESSED SOMETHING PRETTY

SPECIAL.

THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A

MAJOR IMPACT IN WWE.

>> I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN

SO DRAWN TO A CHARACTER SO

IMMEDIATELY.

>> THAT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL

MOMENT FOR ME.

IT WAS A DIFFERENT CHARACTER AND

I THINK THAT'S WHY IT RESONATED

SO WELL WITH PEOPLE.

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO

EXPLAIN WHAT HIS DEBUT MEANT TO

THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE DO.

WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT WHEN YOU

SAW THAT GUY WALK OUT THAT HE

WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF IF NOT

THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

>> AGREE.

TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THAT

SIZEABLE OF AN IMPRESSION ON DAY

1, AND THEN TO HAVE IT LAST FOR

THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

TRULY, TRULY INCREDIBLE.

LIKE THE UNDERTAKER, OUR NEXT

DEBUT ALSO FEATURES A SUPERSTAR

IN THE MOUNT RUSHMORE

CONVERSATION, BUT THAT'S WHERE

THE SIMILARITIES END.

WHEREAS THE DEADMAN'S ORIGIN WAS

SILENT BUT DEADLY, THIS NEXT

SUPERSTAR'S ARRIVAL WAS IN YOUR

FACE AND ALL ABOUT RUTHLESS

AGGRESSION.

>> WHO AMONG YOU HAS THAT ONE

SINGLE INGREDIENT?

WHO HAS ENOUGH RUTHLESS

AGGRESSION?

WHO AMONG YOU IS THE NEXT

LEGEND?

>> MR. MCMAHON LAYING IT ON THE

LINE.

>> HE BASICALLY CHALLENGED US

ALL TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND

REALLY TAKE THAT SPOT, TAKE THAT

BRASS RING.

WHO'S GOING TO HAVE THAT

RUTHLESS AGGRESSION THAT HE WAS

LOOKING FOR?

>> VINCE MCMAHON GAVE THE SPEECH

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO STEP UP,

SOMEONE TO SHOW THAT RUTHLESS

AGGRESSION, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE

LONG FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

>> I AM ISSUING A CHALLENGE TO

ANYONE IN THAT LOCKER ROOM THAT

I'VE NEVER WRESTLED BEFORE TO

COME DOWN HERE AND FACE KURT

ANGLE.

[JOHN CENA'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> TAZZ, I KNOW THIS KID.

THIS IS JOHN CENA.

ONE OF THE MANY YOUNG TALENTS

WHO COULD BE LOOKING TO KNOCK ON

THE DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY.

>> JOHN CENA COMES OUT IN A VERY

GENERIC OUTFIT.

>> I HAD A RIDICULOUSLY

SELF-MADE HAIRCUT AT THE TIME.

IT IS THIS BUTCHERED LIKE GELLED

THING BECAUSE I HAD A TON OF

FINE STRINGY HAIR ON THE TOP OF

MY HEAD AND THE SIDES WERE

SHAVED.

>> KURT DOESN'T LOOK IMPRESSED.

>> WHEN JOHN CENA FIRST DEBUTED

IN WWE, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE

JORTS, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE

SNEAKERS, HE DIDN'T HAVE

ANYTHING THAT MADE HIM STAND OUT

FROM ANY OTHER WWE SUPERSTAR.

>> WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU?

>> I'M JOHN CENA.

>> THE ONE QUALITY THAT JOHN

CENA HAD TO TAKE ON KURT ANGLE.

>> WHAT IS THE ONE QUALITY THAT

YOU POSSESS THAT MAKES YOU THINK

THAT YOU CAN WALK OUT HERE AND

COME INTO THE RING AND FACE THE

VERY BEST IN THE BUSINESS?

>> RUTHLESS.

>> RUTHLESS.

>> RUTHLESS.

>> AGGRESSION.

>> AGGRESSION.

>> AGGRESSION.

>> RUTHLESS AGGRESSION.

>> OH, MAN.

>> THE CENA KID TAKING ANGLE

DOWN.

>> HE HAD IT.

HE DID HAVE IT.

>> HAMMERING AWAY ON THE OLYMPIC

CHAMPION.

THIS KID HAS GOT THE GUTS.

HE CERTAINLY HAS THE WILL TO WIN

AS HE'S DEMONSTRATING HERE.

>> WHEN CENA DEBUTED AND SAID

THE RUTHLESS AGGRESSION LINE, I

THINK THAT WAS, "HEY, WE'RE

STARTING THIS NEW CHAPTER NOW.

IT'S CALLED RUTHLESS

AGGRESSION."

JOHN CENA WAS THE GUY FOR THAT.

>> ONE WAY TO MAKE A BIG SPLASH

WHEN YOU'RE DEBUTING IS TO GO

AFTER A TOP DOG.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JOHN CENA

DID ON SMACKDOWN.

>> IF THAT IS YOUR DEBUT, YOU

GOT TO BRING IT.

YOU HAVE TO BE THERE READY TO GO

TOE-TO-TOE WITH KURT ANGLE, AND

CENA WAS.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT RECOGNIZING

THAT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

>> YOU HAVE TO EARN YOUR SPOT TO

BE IN THE RING WITH KURT ANGLE,

AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE

PUTTING JOHN CENA IN HIS DEBUT

MATCH IN THE RING WITH KURT

ANGLE WAS A HUGE DEAL.

RIGHT AWAY, EVEN AS A KID, I

KNEW I HAD TO PAY ATTENTION TO

THIS GUY.

>> YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE TO

MAKE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION.

ANGLE AGAIN GOT THE SHOULDER UP.

>> DOUBLE CHICKEN WING.

LOOK AT THIS.

KURT FLOATING OVER.

>> SHOULDERS ARE PINNED, AND

KURT ANGLE HAS PINNED JOHN CENA.

[BELL RINGS]

>> WIN OR LOSE, YOU WANT TO

LEAVE AN IMPRESSION.

CENA DID THAT.

>> THAT NIGHT HE EARNED MY

RESPECT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK

HE WAS GOING TO LAST.

JOHN IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT

YOU GIVE HIM A CHALLENGE, HE'S

GOING TO STEP UP TO IT.

HE'S NOT ONLY GOING TO DELIVER,

HE'S GOING TO HIT A HOMERUN.

>> IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF

JOHN CENA SEIZING THE

OPPORTUNITY AND DOING WHATEVER

IT TAKES.

IT MAY RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS, BUT

IT'S GETTING THE JOB DONE, AND

THAT'S WHAT HE DID.

>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME, KID?

>> JOHN CENA.

>> JOHN CENA.

NICE JOB.

>> AMAZING HOW JUST ONE RUTHLESS

SLAP WOULD ALTER THE CAREER

TRAJECTORY OF ONE OF THE

GREATEST TO LACE UP A PAIR OF

BOOTS, OR REEBOK PUMPS.

THINGS WOULD COME FULL CIRCLE

MORE THAN A DECADE LATER FOR MR.

HUSTLE, LOYALTY, AND RESPECT,

WHEN HE WOULD GO ON TO ISSUE A

CHALLENGE OF HIS OWN, AND ONE

MAN WASTED NO TIME IN ANSWERING

THE CALL.

>> KEVIN OWENS DEBUTING IN NXT

WAS A PERFECT MEETING OF THE

WORLDS BECAUSE OF HIM COMING

FROM THE INDEPENDENT SCENE AND

HAVING THAT REPUTATION WITH A

FAN BASE WHO WATCHED NXT AND

WANTED KEVIN OWENS.

>> I CAME HERE FOR ONE REASON,

THAT'S TO GET TO THE ABSOLUTE

TOP.

>> HE SHOWED UP, HE TURNED ON

SAMI ZAYN BECOMING THE NXT

CHAMPION SHORTLY AFTER THAT.

>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, KEVIN

OWENS.

>> THE REFEREE DETERMINED THAT

SAMI ZAYN WAS UNABLE TO

CONTINUE.

KEVIN OWENS HAS CAPTURED THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> BY THE TIME HE MADE HIS DEBUT

ON THE MAIN ROSTER, IT WAS TO NO

SURPRISE A BIG DEAL FOR

EVERYBODY.

>> THIS CHAMPIONSHIP REPRESENTS

OPPORTUNITY, SO THE JOHN CENA US

OPEN CHALLENGE STARTS NOW.

YOU WANT SOME, COME GET SOME.

>> WHO'S IT GOING TO BE?

[KEVIN OWENS' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

THIS IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING.

>> OH, BOY.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT IS

THE NXT CHAMPION, KEVIN OWENS.

>> THAT IS THE LAST THING I

EXPECTED.

>> THIS GUY IS BAD.

>> I WOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF, BUT

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO I AM, DON'T

YOU?

WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR LITTLE US

OPEN CHALLENGE, MY ANSWER IS NO.

YOU AND I, WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT

SOMEDAY.

IF YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE ME

ALL FIGURED OUT YOU'RE GOING TO

REALIZE- >> OWENS WITH A CHEAP

SHOT, AND LOOK AT THIS.

THE POP-UP POWERBOMB.

OWENS POP-UP POWERBOMB TO CENA.

AN EMPHATIC BRASH, RUDE, IN YOUR

FACE STATEMENT FROM THE NXT

CHAMPION, KEVIN OWENS.

>> KEVIN OWENS WANTS TO MAKE A

NAME FOR HIMSELF, AND KEVIN

OWENS JUST DID.

THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE AN IMPACT.

>> THE ONE WORD I CAN USE IS

SURREAL.

ALMOST LIKE AN OUT OF BODY

EXPERIENCE TO JUST SEE IT HAPPEN

AND JUST TAKE IT ALL IN.

>> COMPLETE DISRESPECT FOR THE

UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WHEN YOU SEE A CHAMPION FROM

NXT SHOW UP, WHETHER IT'S RAW OR

SMACKDOWN, IT SOLIDIFIES THEM AS

A PLAYER.

>> I'M THE GUY WHO BEAT JOHN

CENA ON HIS FIRST NIGHT.

>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A

STATEMENT TO LET JOHN CENA AND

EVERYBODY IN THE LOCKER ROOM

KNOW KO IS HERE.

>> THE CHAMP IS NOT THERE.

THE CHAMP IS HERE.

>> KO CERTAINLY PROVED HE WAS

READY FOR THE RAW BRAND TO TAKE

NOTICE.

POP-UP POWERBOMB ANYONE?

HE WAS BRASH, BOLD, AND READY

FOR A FIGHT, WHICH BRINGS US TO

OUR NEXT DEBUTANT WHO QUITE

LITERALLY HAS FIGHTING IN HER

DNA.

BECOMING THE FIRST UFC WOMEN'S

CHAMPION AND DOMINATING THE

COMPETITION IN HER STELLAR MMA

CAREER.

A LONG TIME WWE FAN, RONDA

ROUSEY TEASED AUDIENCES AT

WRESTLEMANIA 31 BY STEPPING INTO

THE RING ONLY STOKING THE FLAMES

THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD

OFFICIALLY CROSSOVER AND ENTER

THE WORLD OF WWE.

>> THIS FOLLOWING CONTEST IS THE

FIRST EVER 30-WOMAN ROYAL RUMBLE

MATCH.

>> THIS IS A VERY BIG

PAY-PER-VIEW.

NOT ONLY ARE WE MAKING HISTORY

WITH THE FIRST EVER WOMEN'S

ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH, WE'RE THE

MAIN EVENT.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, 30

WOMEN WILL COMPETE IN A ROYAL

RUMBLE MATCH WITH THE ULTIMATE

PRIZE AT STAKE, A GUARANTEED

OPPORTUNITY AT WRESTLEMANIA.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN'S

RUMBLE TO BE HISTORIC AND HAVE A

MOMENT, AND THEN IN THAT MOMENT

YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST

FEMALE STARS, PERIOD, IN THE

WORLD WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR.

>> THERE WERE RUMBLINGS FOR A

WHILE THAT RONDA WAS IN TALKS

WITH WWE.

YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS TRUE OR

WASN'T.

>> I REMEMBER BEING AT THE ROYAL

RUMBLE IN 2018, AND RONDA WAS

SENDING INSTAGRAM POSTS FROM

ANOTHER COUNTRY.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF SUSPICION.

I HAD TAKEN DIFFERENT PICTURES

AND VIDEOS SHOWING THAT I WAS

SOMEWHERE THAT I WASN'T.

>> ASUKA IS GOING TO

WRESTLEMANIA.

>> WHAT MAKES RONDA ROUSEY SO

SPECIAL IS SHE'S AN ATTRACTION.

SHE'S A STAR, AND IT GOES TO

SHOW THAT SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT

IS WHERE EVERYONE WANTS TO BE.

[RONDA ROUSEY'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> WHAT?

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> WHEN HER MUSIC HIT, THE PLACE

WENT CRAZY.

>> THE RUMORS ARE TRUE.

RONDA ROUSEY IS HERE.

>> SHE WAS A TRAILBLAZER IN HER

OWN RIGHT.

FOR HER TO MAKE THE JUMP TO WWE

WAS SUCH AN ICONIC MOMENT.

>> TALK ABOUT MAKING A

STATEMENT.

THE CROWD WENT ABSOLUTELY

MENTAL, AND IT WAS JUST SO

ELECTRIFYING IN THAT BUILDING.

>> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY

INCREDIBLE.

>> "ROWDY" RONDA ROUSEY IS HERE.

>> HUGE MOMENT FOR HER AND JUST

HUGE FOR THE WHOLE ROYAL RUMBLE

IN GENERAL.

WHEN YOU GET A HUGE STAR LIKE

RONDA ROUSEY TO COME IN AND MIX

THINGS UP LIKE THAT, IT'S ONLY

GOING TO BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

INVOLVED.

HOW DO YOU FOLLOW UP SUCH A

GREAT DEBUT?

HOW ABOUT AN IN-RING DEBUT AT

WRESTLEMANIA?

>> WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE ONE OF THE

BIGGEST STARS IN THE WORLD HAVE

HER WRESTLEMANIA DEBUT.

>> IT'S ONE THING TO SAY,

"RONDA'S GOING TO DO THIS.

RONDA ROUSEY'S GOING TO BE A

WRESTLER."

ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE IS A

WRESTLER, AND ALL OF SUDDEN

SHE'S GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA.

NOT SOMETHING YOU STUMBLE UPON

ALL THE TIME, SO IT'S VERY, VERY

SPECIAL.

>> HERE COMES ROUSEY.

>> HER FIRST MATCH, SHE WAS JUST

SO NATURAL IN THERE.

IT JUST LOOKED LIKE SHE'S BEEN

DOING THIS FOR YEARS.

>> RONDA ROUSEY IS UNLEASHED.

>> THE MOMENT THAT I REMEMBER

THE MOST JUST HER JUST LIKE

LIGHTING UP TRIPLE H.

>> RONDA ROUSEY IS SQUARING OFF

WITH A 14-TIME WORLD CHAMPION.

ROUSEY UNLOADING ON TRIPLE H.

>> SHE SHOWN HERSELF AS A FORCE

TO BE RECKONED WITH.

>> ARE YOU SERIOUS?

>> RONDA WANTS TO TEAR

STEPHANIE'S ARM OFF.

>> OH, MY GOD.

STEPHANIE TAPS.

ROUSEY MAY HAVE BROKEN HER ARM.

>> ON HER VERY FIRST MATCH, HER

DEBUT, IN THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE

MATCH IN FRONT OF NEARLY 80,000

PEOPLE AT THE MERCEDES-BENZ

SUPERDOME, IT WAS LIKE PURE

MAGIC.

NOBODY COULD BELIEVE IT WAS

HAPPENING, AND THE MEDIA JUST

BLEW UP.

>> AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

NIGHT FOR THIS YOUNG LADY, AS

SHE EMBARKS ON HER CAREER HERE

IN WWE.

>> PEOPLE TRY TO GET ME TO RANK

MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS ALL THE TIME.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE FUNNEST DAYS

OF MY LIFE.

>> WHILE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FUN

FOR RONDA, I DOUBT TRIPLE H AND

STEPHANIE MCMAHON WOULD AGREE.

NOW, FROM THE BADDEST WOMAN ON

THE PLANET TO THE WORLD'S

LARGEST ATHLETE, WHO'S GIGANTIC

DEBUT WOULD SEND SHOCKWAVES

THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY DURING

THE HEATED ERA OF THE MONDAY

NIGHT WAR.

>> HOW MUCH MORE CAN THE BOSS

TAKE, KING?

>> OH, NO.

>> STUNNER.

AUSTIN STUNS MCMAHON, AND NOW A

LITTLE BIT OF LIP SERVICE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

MY GOD, KING.

THAT'S PAUL WIGHT.

>> YES.

>> HE'S HUGE.

>> THE BIG SHOW ALSO KNOWN AS

PAUL WIGHT COMING UP THROUGH THE

RING AT THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY

MASSACRE.

HUGE.

NO PUN INTENDED.

>> AT THE TIME, IT WAS VERY MUCH

A WWE AND WCW.

YOU WERE KIND OF A FAN OF ONE OR

THE OTHER.

>> IN WCW, THE GIANT WAS

OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>> HE WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT YOUR

AVERAGE COMPETITOR.

>> OH, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF HIM.

>> 500 POUNDS OF PURE MAN WITH

BIG OLD LONG HAIR, THE GOATEE.

>> HE JUST LOOKED LIKE A STAR.

>> LOOK AT THE EASE OF THE SLAM.

>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE WWE

SAW.

YOU HEAR RUMBLINGS HERE AND

THERE, AND THERE ARE RUMORS THAT

THE GIANT WAS LEAVING WCW.

HERE WE ARE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY

MASSACRE, CAGE MATCH.

"STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN AND

VINCE MCMAHON.

YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> A STEEL CAGE MATCH IS UNIQUE

BECAUSE YOU CAN WIN BY PINFALL

OR SUBMISSION, BUT THE WAY A LOT

OF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO WIN IS BY

ESCAPE.

>> YOU SEE AN ACTUAL SANCTIONED

MATCH.

VINCE HAS NOWHERE TO GO.

HOW IS VINCE GOING TO GET OUT OF

THIS ONE?

>> STUNNER, STUNNER.

>> MCMAHON THROUGH HIS SCHEMING

FOUND A WAY SOMEHOW.

>> HE MAY BE DEAD, AND NOW A

LITTLE BIT OF LIP SERVICE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

MY GOD, KING.

MY GOD.

KING, THAT'S PAUL WIGHT.

>> YOU SEE THE BIG-ASS PALM COME

UP.

PEOPLE ARE GOING, "WHO THE HELL

IS THIS?"

MICHAEL COLE'S GOING- >> IT'S

PAUL WIGHT.

THAT'S PAUL WIGHT.

PAUL WIGHT IS HERE.

>> THIS GUY'S GOT TO BE OVER

SEVEN FEET TALL.

>> HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS

GOING TO DO, AND HE COMES OUT

AND HE ATTACKS "STONE COLD"

STEVE AUSTIN.

>> HE'S IMMEDIATELY ALIGNED WITH

MR. MCMAHON, WHICH IS A REALLY

BIG DEAL AT THE TIME.

>> YOU KNEW THE BOSS HAD TO HAVE

SOMETHING UP HIS SLEEVE.

>> HE SHOWED "STONE COLD" STEVE

AUSTIN HIS POWER.

>> AUSTIN MANHANDLED.

AUSTIN INTO THE CAGE.

THE CAGE GAVE WAY.

AUSTIN'S OUT OF THE CAGE [BELL

RINGS]

>> AUSTIN'S OUT OF THE CAGE.

>> WHAT?

>> HE ALSO ACCIDENTALLY WON THE

MATCH FOR HIM.

>> HE THROWS STONE COLD INTO THE

CAGE SO HARD THAT THE CAGE OPENS

UP, AND STONE COLD FALLS OUT AND

WINS THE MATCH.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

>> HE'S COLOSSAL.

>> SURE, STONE COLD WON THAT

MATCH, BUT WHAT EVERYONE

REMEMBERED WAS THE DEBUT OF THE

BIG SHOW.

>> YES, IT'S HARD TO FORGET 7

FEET, 500 POUNDS OF PURE MASS.

A TRUE GIANT IN AN ABSOLUTELY

HUGE DEBUT, EVEN IF IT DID END

UP BACKFIRING ON THE BOSS IN

THAT MATCH.

LET'S JUST MAKE THIS A THEME,

SHALL WE?

OUR NEXT MONSTROUS HUMAN, AND I

MEAN THAT IN THE NICEST WAY

POSSIBLE, OR WAS THE YIN TO

UNDERTAKER'S YANG.

THE LONG FORGOTTEN BROTHER TO

THE DEADMAN, KANE WAS RAGE

PERSONIFIED.

HIS ARRIVAL ON THE SCENE WAS

NOTHING SHORT OF EXPLOSIVE.

>> FOR MY MONEY, KANE HAS THE

BEST DEBUT IN THE HISTORY OF

WRESTLING.

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO

BACK A FEW YEARS.

>> KANE AS AN ENTITY HAD BEEN

BUILT UP FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE

WONDERFUL FAMILY-OWNED FUNERAL

HOME, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEONE

BURNED DOWN THE FUNERAL HOME.

>> PAUL BEARER IS TELLING THE

STORY OF UNDERTAKER'S PAST,

WHICH WE HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT

BEFORE.

WE FIND OUT UNDERTAKER HAS A

BROTHER.

>> PAUL BEARER STARTS TAUNTING

ME THAT MY LITTLE BROTHER WHO WE

THOUGHT HAD DIED IN A FIRE IN

THE FUNERAL HOME WHEN WE WERE

KIDS IS ALIVE.

>> KANE IS ALIVE, UNDERTAKER.

>> THIS GUY IS ACTUALLY

UNDERTAKER'S LONG-LOST BROTHER

WHO HAD BEEN BURNT IN A FIRE,

AND THEN HAD BEEN WATCHING FROM

AFAR, AND THIS JEALOUS RAGE AND

ENVY HAD BEEN BUILDING UP.

>> THIS IS SOME WILD -- RIGHT

HERE.

>> WHAT COULD THE BROTHER OF THE

UNDERTAKER LOOK LIKE?

>> WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE

KANE?

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE MAN

HIMSELF?

>> THERE WERE SO MANY LEVELS TO

THIS STORY BEFORE HE EVEN

DEBUTED.

>> WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY FOR

HELL IN THE CELL.

>> TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN

LEAVES.

NOBODY CAN GET IN TO DO

ANYTHING, AND THAT WAS THE

PREMISE OF HELL IN A CELL.

>> THAT WHOLE MATCH WAS ACTUALLY

BUILT AROUND MY DEBUT.

>> ALL THIS CHAOS, AND SHAWN

MICHAELS AND THE UNDERTAKER JUST

THROWING EACH OTHER FROM PILLAR

TO POST.

>> THIS IS TRULY HELL IN A CELL

FOR SHAWN MICHAELS.

>> RIGHT WHEN THE MATCH IS ABOUT

TO END.

>> IT'S ALL OVER.

NOW WILL COME THE TOMBSTO-- NO.

[KANE'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

>> OH, MY GOD.

WAIT A MINUTE.

IT'S PAUL BEARER.

>> OUT COMES THIS HORROR MOVIE

MONSTER.

>> RED FROM HEAD TO TOE.

ONLY ONE ARM EXPOSED, ONE HAND

GLOVE, AND THAT MASK THAT DIDN'T

TAKE THE SHAPE OF ANY PARTICULAR

FACE.

>> I WAS WATCHING THIS

ENTHRALLED.

I WAS LIKE, "WHO IS THIS?"

>> THAT'S GOT TO BE KANE.

>> THAT'S GOT TO BE KANE.

>> THAT'S GOT TO BE KANE.

>> THAT'S GOT TO BE KANE.

>> THAT'S GOT TO BE KANE.

>> OF COURSE IT'S KANE.

WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE?

THANKS, VINCE.

>> OH, MY GOD.

HE JUST RIPPED THE DOOR OFF ITS

HINGES.

>> YOU COULD SEE IT IN MY EYES

LIKE, "HOLY CRAP.

THIS IS MY BROTHER THAT I

THOUGHT WAS DEAD."

>> THE UNDERTAKER LOOKING INTO

THE EYES OF THAT GIANT WHO

STANDS IN FRONT OF HIM.

UNDERTAKER SET UP FOR THE

TOMBSTONE DRIVEN DOWN TO THE

CANVAS.

>> SHAWN IN THAT POOL OF BLOOD

COMES CRAWLING AND COVERS HIM.

[BELL RINGS]

>> PAUL BEARER SAID THAT KANE

WAS ALIVE, AND NOW WE KNOW HE

IS.

>> PROBABLY ONE OF THE COOLEST

DEBUTS I'VE SEEN.

>> IT WAS ALMOST LIKE YOU JUST

HIT A HOMERUN IN THE WORLD

SERIES.

>> LAYING OUT THE UNDERTAKER IN

YOUR DEBUT MOMENT, GAME OVER.

WHO STANDS A CHANCE?

>> WAIT, WAIT, THAT'S GOT TO BE

KANE.

CLASSIC ANNOUNCE CALL.

I'M SORRY.

I HAD TO DO IT.

THE BIG RED MONSTER WITH AN

AWESOME DISPLAY OF POWER, WHICH

PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATES THE BRUTE

STRENGTH AND SHEER FORCE OF ONE

BILL GOLDBERG.

BURSTING ON TO THE SCENE AT WCW

IN 1997.

THE FORMER NFL ATHLETE AMASSED

AN UNHEARD OF WINNING STREAK

THAT MAXED OUT AT 173 WINS

BEFORE FINALLY TAKING THAT FIRST

L.

WHEN THE MONDAY NIGHT WAR ENDED,

THE SPECULATION WOULD BEGIN.

WHEN WOULD GOLDBERG SHOW UP IN

WWE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO

WOULD BE NEXT?

[CROWD CHANTS "GOLDBERG"]

>> BILL GOLDBERG HAD TO BE ONE

OF THE MORE VISUALLY IMPOSING

FIGURES EVER WITH HIS NECK, HIS

TRAPS, HIS DEMEANOR, AND OF

COURSE HIS FEATS OF STRENGTH.

>> BILL GOLDBERG IS FOR REAL.

WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A MAN QUITE

LIKE THIS.

>> I'D TAKE GOLDBERG OVER

GODZILLA.

>> 155 AND 0.

>> THE FIRST UNDEFEATED MAN IN

THE HISTORY OF THIS SPORT TO

EVER WIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> GOLDBERG WAS ON TOP OF WCW

FOR SO LONG UNTIL VINCE MCMAHON

PURCHASED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

WRESTLING.

>> I, VINCE MCMAHON, BOUGHT MY

COMPETITION.

THAT'S RIGHT, I OWN WCW.

>> THE MONDAY NIGHT WAR WAS

OVER, AND A LOT OF WCW'S TOP

STARS HAD ALREADY FOUND THEIR

WAY TO WWE, BUT THERE WAS ONE

THAT HAD NOT STEPPED FOOT IN A

WWE RING.

THAT SUPERSTAR WAS GOLDBERG.

>> THE RAW AFTER MANIA IS ALWAYS

CHAOTIC.

YOU ALWAYS EXPECT SURPRISES.

YOU ALWAYS EXPECT A CRAZY CROWD.

>> WE SEE THE ROCK.

>> THE ROCK IS BEING HONORED IN

THIS ROCK APPRECIATION NIGHT.

>> THIS IS HIS NIGHT.

>> HE'S STANDING IN THE RING AS

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR HIM

TO DO.

>> AT 30 YEARS OLD, THE ROCK HAS

DONE IT ALL.

HE NOW SAYS IT'S OVER.

>> WHAT?

>> THEN THE FANS START CHANTING

GOLDBERG.

[CROWD CHANTS "GOLDBERG"]

>> NOW WHAT?

>> HEY, DON'T THINK YOU'RE COOL

JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE ROCK'S

ACCOUNTANT IRA GOLDBERG.

OKAY?

TAX SEASON, THAT'S COOL, NO

PROBLEM, BUT LISTEN-- >> WELL,

THAT IS HIS ACCOUNTANT, IRA

GOLDBERG, SO THAT WAS

FORTUITOUS.

>> THE ROCK WILL TELL YOU THIS

RIGHT NOW--

[GOLDBERG'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> WHAT?

>> GOLDBERG'S MUSIC HIT AND

EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.

IT WAS LIKE, "UH-OH".

>> WAIT A MINUTE.

LOOK.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> LOOK.

>> WHERE IS HE?

>> IT'S GOLDBERG.

>> I KNOW IT'S GOLDBERG, BUT

WHERE IS HE?

OH, MY GOD, HE IS HERE.

>> HUGE PYRO, STANDING THERE IN

THE SMOKE, INHALING THE SMOKE.

>> HE'S STANDING IN THE

FIREWORKS, JR. >> HE STOPS FOR A

MOMENT, BLOWS IT OUT.

>> GOLDBERG IS HERE AND GOLDBERG

HEADED TO THE RING.

>> BECAUSE HE IS IN REAL LIFE A

FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON.

>> YOU'RE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE THE

ROCK VERSUS GOLDBERG?

THIS IS A DREAM MATCH I NEVER

THOUGHT THAT I WOULD GET TO

SEE."

>> SO, ROCK, YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHO'S NEXT, EH?

>> OH, NO.

>> YOU'RE NEXT.

>> WHAT?

>> OH, GOD.

>> OH, IS THAT SO?

LOOK OUT.

>> GOLDBERG TAKING DOWN THE

ROCK.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> GOLDBERG JUST SPEARED THE

ROCK.

>> HE SPEARS ROCK, BREAKS ROCK

IN HALF.

>> EVERYBODY'S USED TO THE ROCK

BEING THE BIG DOG.

WELL, GOLDBERG'S A BADASS.

>> GOLDBERG HAS SAID THE ROCK IS

THE NEXT VICTIM.

>> ROCK.

IS ROCK ALL RIGHT?

>> GOLDBERG MAY HAVE BROKEN THE

ROCK IN HALF.

>> GOLDBERG, WHO WAS THE FACE OF

THE MONDAY NIGHT WARS ON THE WCW

SIDE AGAINST THE ROCK, THAT'S

ABOUT AS BIG AS A DEBUT AS IT

GETS.

STATUS ON NIGHT ONE.

AGAIN, IT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF

THAT FIRST IMPRESSION AND HE

NAILED IT.

NEXT, IN OUR MOST AWESOME DEBUTS

WAS A SURPRISE THAT NO ONE

THOUGHT WOULD EVER COME TO

FRUITION.

WHEN IT DID, IT WAS SIMPLY

PHENOMENAL.

>> WELCOME TO THE ROYAL RUMBLE.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES.

WE GOT WRESTLEMANIA, WE GOT

ROYAL RUMBLE.

>> HERE WE GO.

RUSEV AND ROMAN REIGNS START

THINGS OFF IN THE 2016 ROYAL

RUMBLE MATCH.

>> I THINK THE THING ABOUT THE

ROYAL RUMBLE OF WHY EVERYBODY

WANTS TO BE IN IT, WHY IT'S SO

SPECIAL, WHY IT'S SO CAPTIVATING

IS THE MYSTERY.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO

COME OUT.

>> NOW RUSEV SENT OVER THE TOP

ROPE AND HE'S ELIMINATED.

WE NOW AWAIT ENTRY NUMBER THREE.

>> WHO'S IT GOING TO BE?

>> THE RUMORS AROUND WHAT PEOPLE

TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS

INDUSTRY IS VERY IMPORTANT

BECAUSE IT HELPS BUILD THESE

SORT OF MOMENTS LIKE WHAT

HAPPENED AT THE 2016 ROYAL

RUMBLE.

[AJ STYLES' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> CAN IT BE?

AJ STYLES "THE PHENOMENAL ONE"

IS HERE.

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE WORD

'PHENOMENAL' SHOWED ITSELF AND

EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING AND

EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME WENT

NUTS, BECAUSE PHENOMENAL MEANS

ONLY ONE THING, AJ STYLES IS

HERE.

>> IT HAS BEEN RUMORED FOR WEEKS

THAT THE HOTTEST FREE AGENT IN

SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT WAS HEADING

TO WWE.

>> EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO

HE WAS, YOU'RE LIKE, "THEY DON'T

WANT NONE.

THEY DON'T WANT NONE."

YOU GET INTO THAT HOP.

>> THAT REACTION, IT WAS SO

UNBELIEVABLE.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE EXPECTED

THAT.

>> WHEN HE MADE HIS ENTRANCE, IT

SHOCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR HIM

TO MAKE THE JUMP TO WWE >> AJ

STYLES IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT

DESPITE NEVER STEPPING FOOT IN

THE WWE RING AT THAT POINT HAD

BUILT UP SUCH CREDIBILITY ABOUT

HIMSELF THROUGHOUT SEVERAL

DIFFERENT WRESTLING COMPANIES.

>> A STAR AROUND THE WORLD.

>> AJ STYLES IS DOING THE

UNTHINKABLE BY EVEN SHOWING UP

IN THE WWE.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE

ABOUT TO SEE.

>> AS A FAN, I WAS EXCITED

BECAUSE NOW HE GETS TO PROVE HOW

GOOD HE IS TO THE WORLD AGAINST

THE BEST, AND HE DID IT THE DAY

HE WALKED IN.

>> HERE WE GO.

ROMAN REIGNS GRABBING AJ STYLES,

LOOKING TO ELIMINATE HIM RIGHT

OUT THE BOX.

OH, NO, STYLES.

LOOKS LIKE HE WAS LOOKING FOR

THE STYLES CLASH THERE.

STYLES CAUGHT HIM.

>> WITHIN 30 SECONDS, WE KNEW

EXACTLY WHY THIS GUY WAS A BIG

DEAL.

HE'S BOUNCING OFF ROPES, HITTING

PELE KICKS, HITTING PHENOMENAL

FOREARMS JUST ALL OVER THE

PLACE, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE,

"OH, OKAY.

THAT'S WHY THEY CALL HIM

PHENOMENAL.

THIS GUY IS DOPE."

>> AJ STYLES, HE LIVES UP TO THE

MONIKER, PHENOMENAL.

YOU KNEW THAT THIS GUY WAS GOING

TO BE A BIG-TIME PLAYER IN THE

WWE FOR THE YEARS TO COME.

>> IT WAS CLEAR THEN THAT

EVERYBODY KNEW WHO HE WAS AND IT

WAS A REALLY COOL WAY TO MAKE A

DEBUT AS PART OF THE ROYAL

RUMBLE LIKE THAT.

>> NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO

HAPPEN AND JUST PRAYING THAT

SOMEONE WOULD KNOW ME AND THEN

WALKING OUT AND THAT REACTION.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT

I'LL NEVER FORGET.

[CROWD CHANTS "AJ STYLES"]

>> WE WON'T EVER FORGET IT

EITHER, AJ, WHAT AN IMPACT.

THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE ALONE

WAS AMAZING, BUT THEN THE

PHENOMENAL ONE DELIVERS AN

INSANE PERFORMANCE.

IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER,

EXCEPT MAYBE A DEBUT WITH AN

ELEMENT OF SURPRISE MIXED IN

WITH SOME MYSTERY, A DASH OF

VIOLENCE AND A PINCH OF

DESTRUCTION, AND A THOROUGHLY

MESMERIZED CROWD.

THE HOUNDS OF JUSTICE TRULY

KICKED THE DOOR IN FOR THEIR

DEBUT.

CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST

HISTORIC AND TALKED ABOUT OF ALL

TIME.

[SHIELD'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> THIS IS A TRIPLE THREAT

MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WHEN WE GO BACK TO SURVIVOR

SERIES 2012, WE WOULD GET A

DEBUT THAT WOULD SEND SHOCKWAVES

THROUGHOUT WWE FOR A DECADE.

>> RYBACK'S UNBELIEVABLE.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> WHAT IN THE WORLD?

WHAT IS THIS?

>> WHO THE-- WHAT THE-- WHAT IS

THIS?

>> OUT OF NOWHERE, THREE

SUPERSTARS WHO WE HAD NEVER SEEN

JUMPED OUT OF THE CROWD AND MADE

THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN.

>> WHAT IS GOING ON?

THESE THREE GUYS JUST CAME

RUSHING THROUGH THE CROWD.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE.

>> YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE

ALIGNED WITH.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE

WORKING FOR.

THEY'RE JUST THREE GUYS THAT POP

OUT OF THE CROWD DRESSED IN RIOT

GEAR THAT CAUSE CHAOS.

>> THIS COMES OUT TO BE ARGUABLY

THE GREATEST FACTION OF ALL

TIME.

>> ROMAN REIGNS, SETH ROLLINS,

AND DEAN AMBROSE, THIS PACK OF

WOLVES.

>> THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MAULING

OF RYBACK.

AN ABSOLUTE PACK MENTALITY.

>> YOU KNEW THESE GUYS THEY'RE

GOING TO BE VERY DANGEROUS.

>> WHAT ARE THESE GUYS DOING?

>> NO WAY.

>> RYBACK SENT THROUGH THE

TABLE.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> THE SHIELD'S DEBUT WAS COOL

BECAUSE NOBODY SAW IT COMING.

THREE LADS FROM NXT ATTACKING

THE TOP SUPERSTARS TO REALLY

MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.

>> WE WERE JUST IN FULL-ON

ATTACK MODE.

>> FOR THREE UNKNOWNS TO COME

OUT OF NXT AND INSERT THEMSELVES

INTO THE MAIN EVENT PICTURE JUST

LIKE THAT, IT'S UNPRECEDENTED.

>> WE PUT A STAMP ON WWE.

THE SHIELD IS HERE TO STAY.

>> COMING FROM THE CROWD, IT

REALLY SEEMED CHAOTIC.

YOU HAVE ONE NIGHT TO PROVE WHAT

YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE REST

OF YOUR CAREER, AND THAT'S WHY

THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL FOR SO LONG

AND WHY WE STILL TALK ABOUT IT

TO THIS DAY IS, BECAUSE THAT

DEBUT NIGHT MEANT SO MUCH.

>> I DARE YOU TO FIND ANYONE AS

SUCCESSFUL AS THE THREE OF THOSE

GUYS HAVE BEEN FROM A SINGLE

DEBUT.

YOU WON'T FIND ONE.

>> FOR THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT

CAME TOGETHER FOR A PURPOSE, AND

IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO LOOK BACK

AT IT NOW.

LOOK AT ALL THREE OF US.

>> THE HOUNDS OF JUSTICE ARE

UPON US.

>> THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED TO

DO AND THEY LEFT A LASTING

IMPRESSION AND BECAME A PROOF

THAT YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE

AN ALL-TIME GREAT IMMEDIATELY

BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY STARTED.

>> THOSE THREE MEN MAY HAVE

AFFECTED THE LONG-TERM HISTORY

OF THE WWE TONIGHT.

>> THIS IS THE FUTURE.

>> YOU HAD THREE ABSOLUTE

HOMERUN STARS MADE FROM THAT

DEBUT.

>> BELIEVE THAT AND BELIEVE IN

THE SHIELD.

>> OH, I BELIEVE.

I BELIEVE.

NOW, THROUGHOUT THE SHOW, WE'VE

RELIVED THE ABSOLUTE BEST DEBUTS

OF ALL TIME BUT, IF ONE WERE TO

STAND OUT AS THE MOST AWESOME,

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THIS NEXT

DEBUT REMEMBERED AS MUCH FOR THE

UNBELIEVABLE BUILD-UP AS THE

REVEAL ITSELF.

LET'S GET TO IT.

[ROBOTIC COUNTDOWN SOUND]

>> IN THE SUMMER OF 1999, A

COUNTDOWN CLOCK STARTED PLAYING

ON WWE TELEVISION THAT SAID

COUNTDOWN TO THE MILLENNIUM.

>> THEY DO THE COUNTDOWN FOR

WEEKS AND I REMEMBER WATCHING IT

AS A KID.

I'M LIKE, "WHAT THE HELL IS

COMING?

WHAT IS THIS?"

>> FOLKS, THE MILLENNIUM

COUNTDOWN CONTINUES.

IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO

SEE WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.

>> THERE WAS LIKE A NICE

MYSTIQUE TO IT.

YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHO

IT WAS FOR EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD

START GUESSING.

>> HELLO?

YOU'RE ON.

>> YES.

THIS MILLENNIUM COUNTDOWN THING?

>> I SAY IT'S THE REEMERGENCE OF

DR. TOM PRICHARD MYSELF.

I THINK YOU'VE BEEN HOLDING OUT

ON US.

>> HEY.

YOU NEVER CAN TELL, MAN.

>> YOU NEVER CAN TELL.

THERE YOU HAVE IT.

>> IT WOULD JUST KIND OF SHOW UP

AND THEN, AS IT BECAME MORE

FREQUENT, PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE,

"OKAY.

WHAT'S THIS MILLENNIUM THING?

WHAT'S GOING ON?"

>> I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE IN

CHICAGO, OF COURSE, THE

COUNTDOWN.

WE COUNTED IT DOWN.

IT'S GOING TO BE, OF COURSE, RAW

IN CHICAGO, 10 O'CLOCK.

THE MILLENNIUM IS COMING.

[RAW'S MUSIC PLAYS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> IT'S COUNTING DOWN.

TONIGHT, WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO

UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW

MILLENNIUM CLOCK.

>> THE ROCK, THE BIGGEST STAR IN

WWE, IN THE RING, WITH A

MICROPHONE IN HIS HAND.

>> BIG SHOW, CHECK YOUR BIG FAT

ASS DIRECTLY INTO THE SMACKDOWN

HOTEL.

>> THE BIG 10 COUNT COMES ON, 9,

8.

>> THE ROCK PACING AROUND THE

RING BECAUSE OF THE ANTICIPATION

HE HAD AS WELL.

HE LOOKED ANGRY.

WHO WAS GOING TO STEAL MY

SPOTLIGHT?

>> TWO, ONE.

THE LIGHTS GO OUT.

[EXPLOSION SOUND]

[CHRIS JERICHO'S MUSIC PLAYS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> LIGHTS, SPOTLIGHT, ARMS OUT,

AND CHICAGO LOSES IT.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> PEOPLE GO CRAZY.

I WENT CRAZY.

I REMEMBER WATCHING IT AT HOME.

>> WELCOME TO RAW IS JERICHO.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> HE'S GOT THE ROCKSTAR PANTS

AND WHATEVER SHIRT THAT WAS IT

LOOKED COOL, MAN, AND HE HAS A

STUPID PONYTAIL ON HIS HEAD.

>> CHRIS JERICHO HAS COME TO

SAVE THE WWE.

[MUSIC]

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> YOU CAN CARE LESS ABOUT

EVERY SINGLE IDIOT IN THAT

DRESSING ROOM AND ESPECIALLY

THIS IDIOT IN THE CENTER OF THE

RING.

>> HE DEFINITELY HELD HIS OWN

WITH SOMEONE LIKE THE ROCK AND I

THINK HE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF

ON NIGHT ONE.

>> TELEVISION RATINGS DOWNWARD

SPIRAL.

>> WHICH WASN'T TRUE.

>> MAINSTREAM ACCEPTANCE

NONEXISTENT.

>> WHICH ALSO WASN'T TRUE.

>> NOW THAT THE Y2J PROBLEM IS

HERE, THIS COMPANY WILL NEVER

EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST

GLORIOUS MOMENTS THAT ANYONE

COULD HAVE FOR THEIR DEBUT

UNTIL--

>> HOW DARE YOU LITTLE

JABRONI COME ON THE ROCK'S SHOW

AND NOT EVEN HAVE THE CLASS TO

INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> IT WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST

MOMENTS IN WRESTLING.

>> WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

>> I TOLD YOU-- >> IT DOESN'T

MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> AFTER IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT

YOUR NAME IS, AND IT ERUPTS THE

BUILDING.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> THE ROCK IS GOING TO LUBE

HIS SIZE 13 BOOT REAL GOOD, TURN

THAT SUMBITCH SIDEWAYS, AND

STICK IT STRAIGHT UP YOUR CANDY

ASS.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> SUCH A FUN BACK AND FORTH

WITH THE ROCK, AND HE'S STILL

THE BAD GUY, SO HE WAS VERY

ENTERTAINING, BUT THE ROCK STILL

GOT THE W IN THE END AS HE

SHOULD.

>> CHRIS JERICHO, HE LET IT

KNOWN FROM DAY ONE, I'M COMING

FOR THE TOP GUY.

>> JUST EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT

GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS EVERY TIME.

TO ME, THAT IS THE BEST DEBUT

THAT'S EVER HAPPENED.

>> ALL HAIL THE AYATOLLAH OF

ROCK 'N' ROLLA.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WAS

IN THE ROSEMONT HORIZON, NOW

KNOWN AS THE ALLSTATE ARENA THAT

NIGHT, AND I AM NOT KIDDING YOU

WHEN I SAY THAT JERICHO'S DEBUT

ON AUGUST 9TH, 1999, CHANGED MY

LIFE.

IT'S WHY I AM THIS DEDICATED TO

WWE YEARS LATER.

IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT THE WWE

UNIVERSE TO THIS DAY WIDELY

REGARDS IT AS ONE OF IF NOT THE

ABSOLUTE GREATEST DEBUTS OF ALL

TIME.

WE HOPE YOU'VE HAD AS MUCH FUN

AS WE'VE HAD IN THIS LOOK BACK

AT SOME OF THE MOST AWESOME

DEBUTS IN WWE HISTORY.

I'M KINDA FUNNY'S GREG MILLER,

AND UNTIL NEXT TIME, IT'S BEEN A

PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU.

>> ON THE NEXT THIS IS AWESOME,

THE MOST AWESOME WRESTLING VIDEO

GAMES OF ALL TIME.

>> WHAT A PAYBACK.

>> RELIVE THE GREAT GRUDGE

MATCHES THAT BROUGHT YOU AND

YOUR BUDDIES TOGETHER FROM

ARCADE STAPLES TO CONSOLE

CLASSICS TO CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED

AND THE HIDDEN GEMS.

>> PILEDRIVER.

>> THESE ARE THE ICONIC TITLES

THAT TURNED US FANS INTO

LIFELONG GAMERS.

NOW, CLEAN OUT THOSE CARTRIDGES

AND JOIN US ON THE NEXT

THIS IS AWESOME.

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