10 Best WWE Main Roster Debuts Of Former NXT Wrestlers

7. The Wyatt Family

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The Wyatt Family might be falling apart at the seams at the moment, but they were one of the most dominant stables in WWE history until John Cena got his grubby mitts on them. Having ruled the roost in NXT for a while, a series of creepy Family vignettes started appearing on Raw in May 2013. They depicted the group’s backwoods upbringing through a series of dark, grimy filters, and intrigue levels were through the roof by the time they made it to live television.

The Wyatt Family’s debut came on July 8th. Kane had just defeated Christian in singles action when one final Wyatt Family video aired, announcing that finally, they were here. Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan, and Luke Harper made their way to ringside, and the latter duo destroyed the Big Red Machine. They almost decapitated Kane with the ring steps in the process, all while their leader watched on from the comfort of his rocking chair.

It was always going to be difficult for the Wyatts to live-up to their pre-debut hype, but they did just that. As Bray posed over Kane and declared “down with the machine,” it felt very much like the landscape was changing in WWE. A new threat had arrived, and they had gone right after one of the most fearsome wrestlers in the company from day one. It immediately put the Wyatt Family on the map as a force to be reckoned with, and pinpointed their charismatic leader as a future star.

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