Rating the 6 Best WWE debuts of the past decade

#5 Shinsuke Nakamura

The King of Strong Style had a masterclass on his first night with WWE

While the majority of instances on this list were a big surprise, this one wasn't, as WWE built up the dream debut of Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn weeks in advance, and it worked.

The atmosphere in Dallas was absolutely electric (not just because of this match, but it was extra special for this one), and after 15 minutes of back and forth wrestling between the two men, the crowd completely bought into the King of Strong Style.

Despite where his career has gone since leaving NXT, this was the best debut in NXT history from an in-ring standpoint, as Zayn and Nakamura put on arguably the greatest match in NXT history, on Nakamura's first night.

He'd have some other great matches in NXT, but nothing compared to this, and when we look back on it, there will likely never be a perfect storm like this again.