Ranking What Was Really The Best Wrestling Debut Every Year 1990-2021
32. 1990 - The Undertaker
Revealed as his team's mystery partner by Ted DiBiase at Survivor Series, the Undertaker - who was in his mid-20s at the time - radiated a sinister aura against a cartoonish backdrop.
He possessed a sense of presence well beyond his years. It's impossible to grasp in retrospect that he was green at the time. He'd only been in the business for three years, and has since revealed that he was barely trained.
He didn't need to do much in the ring. His character work almost forbade it. Still, his timing worked in beautiful synergy with Koko B. Ware's vastly underrated ability. A stoic 'Taker only had to sidestep as Koko crushed his larynx off a totally committed bump on the ropes.
Fun fact: both the Undertaker and his storyline brother struggled with the hard camera on their debuts...