15 Wrestlers WWE Debuted In The WORST Way Possible

15. Mordecai Huffs And Puffs

Debut: Suspected Undertaker foe and new monster Mordecai appeared in numerous vignettes before finally debuting in-ring at Judgment Day 2004. Seeking the right opponent to bounce around for the newcomer, WWE handpicked respected tag star Scotty 2 Hotty, and hopes were high that Mordecai would go from strength to strength after scoring a decisive win on pay-per-view.

Why It Was Bad: The debut outright sucked.

Mordecai's match vs. Scotty only lasted around three minutes, but it was punctuated by too much selling from the so-called monster heel. In interviews since, Kevin Fertig (the dude behind the character) has explained that he was caught between trying to work 'Taker's original, slow-moving 'zombie' style and wrestling at a quicker pace. In the end, he just didn't look all that special, his bouts sure didn't stand out from anything else on the card, and thus Mordecai was judged on one match.

Huffing and puffing against somebody like Scotty wasn't a great sign. Judgment Day happened in May, then Mordecai was put back in developmental by July. He got off to a rough start with his first match, and things didn't improve from there. Both Michael Cole and Tazz tried their best to put him over someone fans should care about at JD, but it was an uphill battle for the announcers and one they were never winning.

WWE didn't do Mordecai any favours by putting his first match on pay-per-view or by formatting it so that Hotty got some licks in. If anything, the ex-Too Cool star should've been mincemeat within seconds so Mordecai's Razor's Edge style finish looked killer. Being so middle of the road in vignettes and getting stuck between styles mid-match was a death knell for the gimmick.