For all intents and purposes, Hideo Itamis entry into WrestleMania 31's Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal was not so much a debut as it was a special appearance. Nevertheless, Itamis brief foray into the battle royal was at WWEs biggest show of the year, so it kind of has to count. Itami lasted just a few minutes and got to unleash a flurry of kicks, but he ultimately was tossed by eventual winner Big Show. He got a big reaction (both during his offensive attacks and at his elimination), so that can be deemed a success. Sadly, his unceremonious elimination raised questions of why WWE even bothered to put him in the match in the first place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02HcQZAE-BE Still, Hideos debut can be deemed a bigger success than the others listed before him, and you can grade this one as incomplete since we know hell be back in a WWE ring sometime soon after he returns from injury.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
