Ranking All 15 WWE Debuts & Returns From 2025

12. Giulia

How does one of the most highly touted WWE signings in recent memory and someone who held the NXT Women’s Championship in March fall this far down on this list?

WWE has seemed to do everything in its power to keep Giulia down on its lists, as the internationally renowned wrestler came to the company with all the requisite hype, only to fizzle out as 2025 unfolded.

Giulia won the NXT Women’s Championship just four months after debuting in the developmental brand. Her reign would be cut short by injury, but upon returning, she almost immediately was promoted to the main roster. She landed a spot in the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (which she lost), but she captured the Women’s United States Championship in June.

Saddled with an “official representative” in Kiana James, Giulia held the US title for more than four months but did nothing really of note until she lost the strap to Chelsea Green in November. She hasn’t wrestled on television since then.

One could argue that landing a major PLE spot a month into her run and holding a title for half the time she’s been on the main roster are indicative of a successful debut year, but for all the hype and her excellent resume, she has been little more than midcard fodder, barely wrestling one match a month on television and feeling far from an essential part of SmackDown.