6 WWE stars who made their in-ring debut at WrestleMania 

WrestleMania 34 is now less than five weeks away and it's clear that former UFC Champion Ronda Rousey will be making her in-ring debut at the event. Whilst Rousey is definitely the most high profile signing that has ever debuted at the biggest event of the year, it seems that she definitely isn't the only Superstar to have done so.

Over the past few decades, there have been a number of men and women who have stepped into WWE ring for the first time at the Showcase Of The Immortals. Whilst there are also a number of celebrity stars like Floyd Mayweather and Snooki who have wrestled their only matches at WrestleMania, this list consists of contracted WWE Superstars who were part of the company but had never wrestled on the main roster until they were given their shot at WrestleMania.

There are also the likes of Baron Corbin, Hideo Itami and Killian Dane who made their main roster debuts in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royals at the past three WrestleMania events.

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#6 Tori

Tori was unable to defeat Sable in her debut match at WrestleMania XV

Tori was hired by WWE back in 1998 and debuted as someone who seemed to be interested in Sable. At the time, she was the WWE Women's Champion and it seems that she wasn't interested in making friends with the newcomer.

After helping her to victory at The Royal Rumble, Tori tried to befriend Sable but she continued to humiliate the former bodybuilder, which led to a change of attitude. Tori then decided to challenge Sable to a match at WrestleMania XV for the Women's Championship.

This was officially Tori's first wrestling match, she was unable to find a way past the Women's Champion, but she was still given the opportunity to test her mettle for the first time at the biggest event of the year.

#5 Sunny

Sunny made her in-ring debut at WrestleMania 25

Sunny is still widely considered to be the first ever WWE Diva, she was famed for her talents when managing tag teams to Championships, but during her tenure with WWE she never actually stepped in the ring herself.

Sunny left WWE back in 1998. She then made a shock return at WrestleMania XXV to participate in the battle royale to crown a Miss WrestleMania. This was the first time the WWE Hall of Famer had ever been part of a wrestling match as a participant and it was at the biggest event of the year.

This was also the last time that Sunny made an appearance on WWE TV, but she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame two years later in 2011, by the entire women's division.

#4 Sting

Sting made his in-ring debut at WrestleMania 31

Sting was a legend in WCW and there were rumors for a number of months back in 2014 that 'The Icon' was set to make the switch over to WWE after a lengthy spell in Impact Wrestling.

These rumors paid off at Survivor Series when Sting made his first appearance and cost The Authority their match and their job when he interfered in the match and attacked Triple H.

This then led to Sting taking on the WWE COO at WrestleMania 31 where members of the NWO and DX were able to return and become part of the match before Triple H picked up the win. Sting only went on to have a few matches in WWE after this with his last one taking place at Night of Champions later that year when he was defeated by Seth Rollins in his quest to become WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

#3 Big E

Big E debuted in a tag match at WrestleMania 29

Big E debuted in WWE as Big E Langston and was a former NXT Champion when he made his way to the main roster back in December 2012. This was just months before the following year's WrestleMania and because of his alliance with Dolph Ziggler, be became his partner for the biggest event of the year.

Ziggler and Big E unsuccessfully challenged Team Hell (Daniel Bryan and Kane) for the Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 29. Big E then went on to wrestle his first singles match the following night on Raw.

#2 Fandango

Fandango made his in-ring debut at WrestleMania 29

After being seen as Johnny Curtis on NXT for a number of years, the star was brought up to the main roster under the Fandango gimmick, where he made his debut back in March 2012.

Chris Jericho had built a feud up with the dancer in the weeks prior to WrestleMania 29 and this then led to Fandango making his in-ring debut as part of the show. Fandango so far is the only person in history (apart from Baron Corbin when he debuted and won the Andre The Giant Battle Royale) who has won his debut WrestleMania match.

Of all the wrestlers on this list who debuted at WrestleMania, Big E and Fandango are the only ones who are still wrestling for WWE full-time.

#1 Lana

Lana debuted at WrestleMania 32

Lana has been part of WWE for a number of years now, but she was only ever seen as a manager for her husband Rusev. This all changed at WrestleMania 32, two years ago when Lana was finally able to prove that she also had what it takes to be a serious in-ring performer.

Lana debuted in the 10-Diva tag match on the pre-show which pitted Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Eva Marie, Natalya, and Paige up against Emma, Lana, Naomi, Summer Rae, and Tamina. Brie Bella forced Naomi to tap, ultimately making Lana lose her official in-ring debut.

Lana has only wrestled a handful of matches over the past two years, as it seems that WWE has realized that she is much more useful as a manager than a wrestler.