10 WWE Debuts That Were DOOMED From The Start
2. Tensai
Matt Bloom has been a vital cog in the WWE machine in recent years, serving as the company's head trainer. You may have known him by one of his many in-ring names. Prince Albert or A-Train will probably ring a few bells, but Bloom's rebrand as Lord Tensai may not be on as many people's radars.
Vignettes began to air in the first quarter of 2012, using traditional Japanese music, while showing an incense-charged altar and a bald figure with Japanese writing on the back of his head. So far, so fine, but the man in these promo videos was from Peabody, Massachusetts and a recognisable former Intercontinental Champion.
Debuting the evening after WrestleMania 28, on the same Monday Night Raw that saw Brock Lesnar return to WWE, Tensai came to the ring and defeated Alex Riley, and bizarrely even beat John Cena in an Extreme Rules match mere weeks after redebuting. However, the man formerly named after a penis piercing rarely got any kind of reaction and was dropped after a few months of indifferent reaction from the WWE Universe.