10 Wrestlers With Incredible First Years

5. Randy Savage - WCW

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After being considered past-it by Vince McMahon in WWE, Macho Man Randy Savage shockingly marched into WCW with a chip on his shoulder and a point to prove.

Rolling back the years, Savage immediately made his presence felt in the diabolical main event scene, carrying nightmarish matches with then-WCW overlord Hulk Hogan and his army of useless cronies to something just about acceptable.

It was clear from his first night in the company that Randy was a man reborn, and with a reinvigorated fire to the in-ring performances he had so desperately missed, he spent his full first year in WCW having endless fantastic contests and looking half his age.

Alongside Hogan, Savage was a vital tool in Eric Bischoff's bold expansion plans for the brand, bringing mainstream fame, industry pedigree and a healthy Slim Jim endorsement into the fold.

Debuting proper in December 1994, Savage would celebrate his first full time year back in the ring with a deserved World Title win in December 1995, winning WCW's first ever chaotic World War 3 sixty man three-wing Battle Royal, and go on to do some of WCW's best ever house show business as Champion in early 1996.

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