8 Disastrous WWE Debut Matches

8. Chris Masters

Vignettes hyped the incoming 'Masterpiece' for weeks, showing his undeniably impressive physique and likening it to great works of art. That was all well and good, but a good body does not a good wrestler make. The question was, could the young Chris Masters get it done in the ring, as well as in the gym?

The world found out on the February 21st, 2005 episode of Raw, when Masters went one-on-one with the underrated Stevie Richards. Richards was on something of a career downslide at this point, mainly being used on Heat or as an enhancement guy. It was pretty obvious who was going over in this one.

The match was typical squash match fare, with Masters looking big and strong and dominant and Richards getting one or two little hope spots en route to staring at the ceiling. What makes it is a disastrous debut for Masters was the fact that, towards the end of the contest, he completely obliterated Richards' face with an overly stiff Polish Hammer.

You could hear the sickening impact and it became very apparent that Richards was in trouble. The move had actually moved his nose to the side of his face and broke his orbital bone. Needless to say, when you're a young, green guy that WWE have plans to push, it pays take care of the more experienced guys putting you over.

Masters didn't do that here. He was reckless (he has said in previous interviews that he was sick during the day), almost ending the career of a co-worker right off the bat.