15 Wrestlers WWE Debuted In The WORST Way Possible

Debut: WWE authority figure Adam Pearce was minding his own business and being filmed doing little of note when a sharp-suited fella burst into his office and started making demands. He introduced himself as Max Dupri, and he was here to facilitate the rise of something called Maximum Male Models. Pearce learned that Sonya Deville was the one who rubber stamped that deal, and he wasn't willing to honour it.

Why It Was Bad: This happened on the 20 May 2022 SmackDown, which means it's been almost three years since Dupri was born on WWE screens. Think about everything LA Knight has achieved in that time period. He's headlined opposite Roman Reigns, won multiple United States Titles and generally become one of the most over acts in the entire company. Could he have done that as a manager?

Not a chance.

Hype for the Maximum Male Models stuff began in mid-April, but it wasn't until May that fans got to hear more from Dupri. Looking back, Knight was hating every second of this, but it was Vince McMahon's brainchild and thus had to be done. Man, McMahon really had lost it towards the end of his run as WWE's main decision maker, eh?

Knight had excelled on NXT and clearly has charisma coming out of his ears, but Vince thought he'd work best as a heel manager instead of as a full-time wrestler. Triple H changed that by September when he had LA split from MMM and re-embrace his Knight persona. About time too. Max Dupri was rotten, and his debut (whilst done to the best of his abilities) proved why it didn't have a hope in hell of connecting with the audience.