5 Worst debuts in WWE history

Bizarre doesn’t always make for a great debut

#3 Fake Diesel/Razor Ramon

Imitation isn’t always the most sincere form of flattery

The departures of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash from WWE left fans disappointed and seeking alternatives to the product. As many will recall, WWE soon began teasing the return of both characters, which once again sparked interest from their fan base, who wanted to see what would eventually materialise.

After teasing the return of both 'characters', it was Glenn Jacobs and Rick Bognar who arrived on Raw, portraying 'Diesel' and 'Razor Ramon' respectively. It left a bitter taste in the mouth of fans that the characters weren't being played by the same men who had portrayed them previously.

While it may work on soap operas for one actor to replace another actor, it doesn't work for a weekly program with a live audience. As it turned out, Jacobs would later go on to become Kane, a character that has been around for an incredible twenty years.

For Bognar however, it didn't bode as well.

Once the Fake Razor character flopped, he didn't appear on WWE television again. It would have been interesting to see what could have happened if there was some effort put into this different spin on the characters, or if they could have moved away from it into new directions

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