5 WWE superstars who won a championship in their first match

Both Santino Marella and Paige are retired at this point.
Both Santino Marella and Paige are retired at this point.

#4 Carlito (WWE United States Championship)

Carlito never achieved the success WWE and fans expected him to. He had no dearth of charisma and was an excellent in-ring talent. A member of the famed Colon family, Carlito won the WWE United States Championship in his debut by defeating John Cena.

When he debuted on Raw a year later, he repeated the accomplishment by winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship from Shelton Benjamin. The company clearly had high hopes for Carlito, but he had a variety of personal problems that led to him moving down the card and eventually getting released.


#3 Christian (WWE Light Heavyweight Championship)

Christian Cage has been enjoying a late-career revival since joining AEW. He spent much of his prime years retired, but has more than made up for it by winning the Impact World Championship. However, Captain Charisma is still most famous for his WWE career that rarely saw him ascend to main event status.

On his debut in 1998, Christian won the The company's Light Heavyweight Championship from Taka Michinoku. He soon formed an association with fellow vampires Edge and Gangrel, and later became a pioneering tag team wrestler and a successful singles performer.

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