10 Wrestler Debuts That Blew Us Away

3. The Radicalz - Raw (31 January 2000)

When Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero showed up in the WWF, WCW was on its downswing. Still, they were a relatively formidable opponent. Then in one night they lost four of their best workers, including their Heavyweight Champion. WCW's loss was Vince McMahon’s gain, as he quickly signed the four and had them debut on Monday Night Raw in short order.

The 31 January, 2000 Raw started off pretty much like any other episode, with the Tag Team Champions the New Age Outlaws set to defend their titles against Steve Blackman and Al Snow. After a couple of minutes of action, four familiar men walked through the crowd and politely sat down in the front row to watch the show.

The camera cut back to them a few times, with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler expressing shock over why they were in the arena. They soon found out. When Road Dogg took a swing at Benoit, all hell broke lose and the four free agents gave a beating to the Tag Champs. The crowd ate it up and the group delivered one of the most memorable openers in the history of Raw.

Ross went a little overboard by referring to the wrestlers as “radical” five times, but it was the company's way to give this new stable a name and a mission. Though it's still a bit of a wonder how they already had their own theme music.