10 WWE Legends Who Had AWFUL Pay-Per-View Debuts

3. The Dudley Boyz (Unforgiven 1999)

In the original ECW, Bubba-Ray and D-Von Dudley were foul-mouthed, violent, confrontational and (above all else) threatening to everyone. They were a throwback of sorts to a time when tag teams could realistically dominate top singles stars because of their teamwork, and they didn't take a back seat for any other duos.

When they signed for WWE in August 1999, they had to eat some sh*t and learn to like it, most notably during their pay-per-view debut at Unforgiven the next month.

Against WWE stalwarts Faarooq and Bradshaw, The Dudleyz were stripped of the aura they'd spent years building in ECW. During the short, TV-style match, they came across as just another tag act instead of a viable threat to anyone; Bubba's lame stutter gimmick didn't help. That only made the Boyz look like idiots.

Fans barely registered a response to the match at all, and that's something The Dudley clan can't have been used to. They'd been working wild brawls to big reactions in the land of extreme, so it must've been quite the shock when The APA pasted them stiffly to mild, rather unenthusiastic cheering before jobbing them out.