10 Wrestlers With Incredible First Years
4. Yokozuna - WWE
An unexpected hit when Vince McMahon felt WWE desperately needed another monster, Yokozuna won his first Royal Rumble, headlined his first Wrestlemania and Summerslam Pay-Per-Views, ended Hulkamania, and became the best believable heel champion WWE had rolled the dice on since the 1984 expansion.
Winning the Royal Rumble less than four months into his WWE tenure, he then brutalised Hacksaw Jim Duggan in a fabulous TV angle, and smashed Bret Hart to bits in their emotive Wrestlemania contract signing.
Now an established threat, he survived the farcical circumstances behind his ludicrously short first WWF Title reign at Wrestlemania 9, and was deemed acceptable by Hulk Hogan to legdrop him right out the company.
Yoko wore it well, gleefully squashing the Hulkster to set up his grandiose programme with new American Hero Lex Luger, who could only defeat him by count-out in Summerslam 93's laboured finale.
Whilst not always a guarantee to deliver in-ring, he more than fit the bill as an unbeatable beast for his first year. Bret Hart's climactic World Title victory over him at Wrestlemania 10 sticks long in the memory thanks to Yokozuna's noble run with the gold.