Ranking All 15 WWE Debuts & Returns From 2025

3. Penta

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Perhaps the only truly good thing to come out of Raw’s debut on Netflix, Penta has been a revelation for WWE this year.

Before he injured his shoulder last month, Penta was something of a workhorse, wrestling televised matches nearly every week this year. His booking was confusing at times: the luchador feuded with the New Day for way too long and was part of a rotating cast of babyfaces who battled The Vision during its formative days. He also vied for the Intercontinental Championship but was unable to unseat Dominik Mysterio.

Still, Penta remained a popular fixture with a presence and charisma that kept fans firmly in his corner. It’s not hard to envision him wearing IC gold when he returns from injury.

Plus, there’s that little matter of a tag team with his brother, Rey Fenix. When the Lucha Bros finally team up in WWE, it’s a safe assumption that they will make a mad dash for the tag titles.

In WWE, you can’t always measure success by a wrestler’s win-loss record, and that’s especially true for Penta. You have to call his debut year an unconditional success, with potential for more good things in 2026.

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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.