10 Best WWE Royal Rumble Debuts
Is EC3 the latest in a long line?
The Royal Rumble - whether in the eponymous headline match or the stacked under-card - has traditionally been a good place for wrestlers to take their first steps in a WWE ring.
It's right at the beginning of WrestleMania season, for one thing, giving debutants the chance to put themselves straight in the thick of major storylines ahead of a potential starring role on the Grandest Stage of Them All.
Moreover, it also represents a rare opportunity to lock horns with some of the industry's biggest names on your first night in the company. Rubbing shoulders with future (and, in some cases, current) Hall of Famers, after all, is a privilege that you have to wait months for in normal circumstances.
This year, there are no obvious candidates to make their WWE bow - but the rumour mill has, as ever, churned out a couple of long-shots, perhaps the most exciting of them being Ethan Carter III, a man who was recently liberated from his Impact contract.
If EC3 is planning to pop up on Sunday, he can perhaps derive some inspiration from these guys...
10. Giant González (1993)
Giant González sucked. He sucked in the ring. He sucked on the mic (he never really spoke but that's usually a good sign that someone sucks on the mic). Even his costume - a full-body suit emblazoned with the physique of a much more impressive athlete - sucked.
That said, his debut wasn't totally awful. Actually, it was kind of cool to see someone who towered over The Undertaker - and not just by a little but by a lot - sharing the the ring with WWE's resident giant.
Despite not being an official participant in the 1993 Royal Rumble, the massive Argentine, formerly of WCW, came down to the ring under the direction of Harvey Wippleman to kill the Deadman's hopes of taking home the spoils - just because.
Inevitably, this ended up being the high point of the ex-basketball player's run in WWF. He was beaten by disqualification by 'Taker a couple of months later at WresteMania IX, marking perhaps the worst match in the Phenom's entire 21-match run on the Grandest Stage of Them All.