10 Most Epic WWE Debuts Ever

11. Honourable Mention: Santino Marella

Although it might not be 'epic' in the way that Shinsuke Nakamura's recent SmackDown Live arrival was, it'd be impossible to list WWE's most memorable debuts without at least touching upon Santino Marella, who's first night in WWE was both riotous and ridiculous in equal measure.

On 16 April 2007, a curiously fedora'd Vince McMahon issued an open challenge to the WWE fans in attendance. The seemingly unstoppable Umaga had been on a roll of late, and after having captured the Intercontinental Championship from Jeff Hardy, he was chosen to be Mr. McMahon's enforcer during his feud with current President of the United States Donald Trump. Trump chose upcoming prospect Bobby Lashley, and the two men became embroiled in a feud over whose patronal billionaire was the best.

Seemingly confident in his enforcer's abilities to remain dominant, Vince offered the RAW locker room an Intercontinental title match against Umaga, but nobody was interested. So McMahon turned to the audience, and picked Santino from the crowd to take part in the match instead.

'The guy in the brown shirt' entered the ring to a huge ovation, and quickly built up some offence against the Samoan Bulldozer. So McMahon made the match 'No Holds Barred', which allowed Bobby Lashley to make the save, destroying Umaga with a chair and draping a dazed Santino over his body for the pinfall and the title.