Ranking 20 WWE Debuts And Returns In 2019

8. Kairi Sane

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After her April callup to the main roster, Kairi Sane looked like she was destined for great things in WWE.

Sane won the inaugural Mae Young Classic and was a former NXT Women’s Champion, making her someone to bet on. And her teaming with Asuka early on gave hope that she’d get time to shine.

And then the Kabuki Warriors disappeared from WWE programming for two months. They would have four televised matches from July through September, and Sane’s 2019 was looking lost. Then suddenly, the Warriors won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship at Hell in a Cell, turning heel in the process.

Suddenly, the Japanese duo has been all over WWE programming, even winning a main-event TLC match at the eponymous PPV earlier this month. Sane has been along for the ride for all of this, making her 2019 a success.

Of course, we should note her injury at TLC, where she purportedly suffered a concussion, though nothing has been confirmed, other than the fact she’s been pulled from all in-ring action for the rest of the year.

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