10 Wrestlers That Became Stars In ONE SECOND
4. Rhea Ripley (NXT, August 28th 2019)
An amazing debut that had a significant and poignant outcome, Rhea Ripley's August 2019 arrival in NXT took a relatively unknown NXT UK Champion and turned her into a major player that could somehow dethrone an unstoppable champion.
Shayna Baszler had luxuriated in her position as an unbeatable NXT titleholder up to that point, but was cut off by Ripley's music, and physically stopped from speaking when 'The Nightmare' took the mic.
Getting right to the point, she said, "I know what you're gonna say. You're gonna say you've beaten everybody here. But you haven't beaten me, b*tch".
The typically-unflappable Baszler was stunned into silence, and bailed from the scene in an attempt to save face on the night. It was an impeccable bit of business, as profoundly proven several months later.
Their long-awaited title fight on December 18th resulted in NXT's only ratings victory over AEW Dynamite. After months of desperately trying to grab for it with weekly hot-shotting, the culmination of a months-long arc got them the result.