5 WWE Superstars who made their in-ring debuts at SummerSlam 

There are several WWE stars who have made their in-ring debuts at SummerSlam
There are several WWE stars who have made their in-ring debuts at SummerSlam

#4. Darren Young - SummerSlam 2010

Before his first appearance at SummerSlam, Darren Young made his debut in WWE as part of NXT's first season where he was working under the leadership of CM Punk. Despite having the former World Champion as his mentor, Young was still eliminated from the competition ahead of the final.

Despite not winning the competition, Young still made his debut on RAW a few weeks later, destroying the ringside area and attacking John Cena, CM Punk, and the crew who were in the arena at the time.

The Nexus took over RAW in the weeks that followed but while the team was booked in a handicap match against Cena on RAW, Young wasn't part of the match since he suffered injuries the week before when he was attacked by the former World Champion.

This meant that Darren Young didn't make his in-ring debut until SummerSlam when The Nexus were booked into a seven-on-seven elimination match, which included the return of former Nexus member Daniel Bryan.

Young was the first person to be eliminated from the match at SummerSlam after he tapped to Daniel Bryan in under a minute, so it appears that his long-awaited in-ring debut didn't exactly go to plan.

Luckily, Young had a number of other matches at SummerSlam throughout his career that were a little longer.

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