We all know that a debut in WWE can make or break you. I mean, go back to a WrestleMania 41. Joe Hendry turned up and totally changed the game. I know everybody wanted to talk about him being buried, but go look at the statistics and numbers. I think he's going to do all right. Sadly though, this is not always the way, and while I'm sure the intentions are good, poor individuals get saddled with such stupid gimmicks, well, it's already the beginning of the end. So let us go through 15 of these. My name is Simon Miller. Sit down and let's go. Number 15, Mordecai huffs and puffs. So Mordecai, when he was coming into the WWE, got the big old treatment because there were a ton of vignettes, and it was made very clear eventually. This guy is wanting to go face to face with the Undertaker. I mean, that's not a bad plan to have. Judgment 8 2004 is when he popped up in the ring for the first time and he took on Scotty 2 Hotty. Of course, he got the decisive win on pay-per-view and everybody was like, all here we go because while mordecai versus scotty too

hot he only lasted around three minutes there was an issue in the sense that management felt like the

heel had sold too much especially because he was meant to be a monster in interviews ever since the

real-life kevin furtig who was behind the character explained that he was caught between trying to work

and undertake a slow place oh my gosh i a zombie now, while also accepting it was 2004, we've got to pick it up the pace. In the end, it just meant that he didn't come across as the special entity that the hierarchy had hoped, and you know the deal. If you don't do exactly what you're meant to do on day one, well, it's a little bit of an upwards battle. Judgment Day went down in May, and if you can believe it, Mordecai was back in developmental by July. I mean, that's like two months. It's only fair to say that Michael Cole on Taz on commentary did their best to get him over, and also he really should have been given a round too. I mean, you know what can happen sometimes. You try and hit a home run and instead

you strike out. W.W.E did not do Mordecai any favours either, though, because surely somebody

must have gone to Scotty too hotty and said, hey, bro, you've got to get some licks in. And

imagine it the other way. Mordecai gets in the ring and he hit that weird razor's edge

style finish within 10 seconds, more people probably would

have taken notice. The gimmick was always going to be a struggle too because it was so much like

the dead man. And yeah, soon after this he was gone. It was not ideal. Number 14, Johnny Curtis

literally cries over spilled milk. Original NXT rookie Johnny Curtis made his first main roster

appearance in a backstage skit

on the 3rd of June 2011 episode of Smackdown. All of this was supposed to bring a closure to his NXT story arc and give us a wink-wink-nug-nudge that maybe one day he was going to come Van Dango. I mean, he wasn't quite the ballroom dancer yet, but even then, surely we could get this correct. Well, the answer is no.

Because on this Smackdown debut, he bemoaned the fact he wasn't getting a promised tag title

shot alongside our truth by quite literally crying over some spilled milk. That's right, he was

given a gag, and nobody thought this was funny. Curtis even had to pour this milk into a big saucer

and then tip it over. And yes, he was actually pretending to cry. What's even worse is that if you didn't watch NXT, you'd have no idea what the narrative between Curtis and our truth was. So you'd just be slapped there scratching your head. How could you possibly have invested in it? The date is important because in 2011, Vince McMahon was desperate to try and show that all of his wrestlers did have some sort of personality. And yes, most of the time we did have to have awkward skits like this. Most of them did feel forced. And if you wonder where the stereotype of, why can't NXT rookies get caught up properly? Well, it all started around here. To say it was counterproductive as an understatement, which is why it is a plus he found

Fandango.

I hate to think what would happen otherwise.

Number 13, Sincara botches his entrance.

Sincara is always going to be a fascinating case study when it comes to the W.

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