9 Wrestlers Who Won Titles On Their Debuts

3. Paige (WWE Divas' Championship)

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Prototypical 'anti-Diva' Paige could have devoured the whole world when she made her step up to WWE's main roster. Sadly, her feast would never be more bounteous than her very first night.

Technically, the Brit wasn't competing in her first match for the company when she surprisingly usurped AJ Lee the night after WrestleMania XXX; she debuted as NXT Women's Champion, after all. All the same, the typical pattern reserved for Full Sail graduates generally sees matriculation result in a soft reset. Paige took all of a few minutes to adapt to the rarified air, and she soon reached the same heights as her Performance Center days.

In many ways, it was the beginning of the end for the old Divas division. Unfortunately, personal misfortune would prevent Paige playing any major part in the revolution which followed.

 
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