Ranking All 15 WWE Debuts & Returns From 2025

7. Rey Fenix

When the Lucha Bros left AEW and made their way to WWE, critics questioned whether they both would be extremely successful, especially after the company made the decision to split them up as singles acts.

Both men are extremely athletic and gifted wrestlers, with Penta being the better showman and Rey Fenix being the highlight reel-generating superstar. While Penta’s debut year was a resounding success, the jury is still out on Fenix.

Debuting a few months after his brother, Fenix has found it difficult to really get his footing on SmackDown. He had a singles match at WrestleMania 41 (losing to El Grande Americano) and formed a surprisingly successful tag team with Andrade heading into the summer. But as a singles wrestler, he hasn’t won a televised match since May, losing to Sami Zayn and Talla Tonga.

Fenix has teamed with Je’Von Evans and Shinsuke Nakamura this fall, and he was on the losing side of a traditional Survivor Series elimination match last month.

The end result is that Fenix – a wrestler how came in with such a high ceiling – has been mired in a midcard morass and has not broken free from the pack. And just when it looked like the Lucha Bros would reunite – albeit in AAA – Penta went down with a shoulder injury. Thus, Fenix closed out 2025 with a “passing” grade, but nothing more.