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You only get one chance to make a good first impression. That's the saying, right?

Well, these pro wrestlers did, but that initial bow in front of fresh eyes ended up being the

apex of their entire runs in WWE, AEW and WCW. So let's dive in folks, I'm Gareth from Whatculture

Wrestling and here are 10 wrestlers who peeked in their first match. 10. Fandango

The dancing gimmicks Raw after WrestleMania 29 experience was bizarre. Fans and attendants

belting out his catchy theme tune, and the song even charted in the UK for a period.

What's more, Dango had beaten none other than Chris Jericho on WWE's grandest stage.

He'd never top that, of course. The only way was South of Vince McMahon's new ballroom

denta, chiefly because the boss and his creative salts didn't really have any follow-up plan in mind.

Now they just had Jericho put Fandango over, they realised that the hokey gimmick,

like most OTT characters, had a definite shelf life. Fandango continued showing potential in ring,

but many of 29 was very much the peak of his entire WWE run. At least he'd earn critical

praise for his work alongside Tyler Breeze, though. My oh my, those fashion foul skits were a

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