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Best "Debut" Match

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#1 ·
After everyone swooning about Nakamura's match with Sami on Friday, I was wondering...where does it rank with other debut matches? Is it the best? Certainly one of, but what are your thoughts?

Classic debut matches:

Nakamura/Zayn (Takeover Dallas, Nakamura WWE debut)
Rey/Angle (Summerslam 2002, Rey WWE debut)
The Shield/Bryan, Ryback and Kane (TLC 2012, Shield main roster debut)
Owens/Cena (EC 2015, Owens main roster debut)
Kane/Mankind (Survivor Series 1997, Kane debut)
Nash and Hall/Luger, Savage and Sting (Bash at the Beach 1996, Outsiders debut)
Hart/Flair (Souled Out 1998, Bret Hart WCW debut)
Taker, Honky Tonk Man, DiBiase and Valentine/Hart, Koko, Neidhart and Dusty (Survivor Series 1990, Taker's debut)
 
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#5 ·
Quite honestly, it ranks alongside any you could care to name. He showed more charisma in that one match in a tiny arena than the main full-time roster have shown in the last 12 months combined. Nakamura Styles (I know it's already happened elsewhere) has the potential to be an all-time classic match for the ages.
 
#6 ·
Mysterio had a few matches before he faced off with Angle. Although their match at SS was still very good.
 
#9 ·
Classic debut matches:

Nakamura/Zayn (Takeover Dallas, Nakamura WWE debut)
Rey/Angle (Summerslam 2002, Rey WWE debut)
The Shield/Bryan, Ryback and Kane (TLC 2012, Shield main roster debut)
Owens/Cena (EC 2015, Owens main roster debut)
Kane/Mankind (Survivor Series 1997, Kane debut)
Nash and Hall/Luger, Savage and Sting (Bash at the Beach 1996, Outsiders debut)
Hart/Flair (Souled Out 1998, Bret Hart WCW debut)
Taker, Honky Tonk Man, DiBiase and Valentine/Hart, Koko, Neidhart and Dusty (Survivor Series 1990, Taker's debut)
Rey debuted on Smackdown a few weeks earlier against Chavo Guerrero. The Summerslam match was excellent though.

Haven't seen all the matches in your list, but surely Nakamura has to top it. Recency bias, maybe, but who has ever set the MOTY bar in their debut? Owens and Shield had excellent matches, but I honestly can't think of a better WWE match this year than Zayn vs. Nakamura.
 
#10 ·
Yeah Rey's debut was against Chavo on Smackdown.


I think Nakamura's had the best WWE debut match ever, tbh. Closely followed by Shield's main roster debut against Hell No/Ryback. I thought the Shield's debut match would never be topped until Nak/Zayn happened.
 
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