AEW did him so well. I think his record when he retired was like 28-0 in AEW. He had relevant matches. He made Darby so much better. Sting in AEW was literally perfect.
@@AAAHH As far as prestige and accolades go, its not debatable. If you are looking at singles recognition in a vaccuum then I'll bring up the US Championship. Honestly, its tiring the amount of "un(der)appreciated" wrestlers just because they never won the big one.
@@tiptoptoe2968 for real, kids these days think everyone needs to win the "big one" they forget that wrestlers are just characters and titles are just an extension of their character. For example it is just stupid and weird to put the title on the fiend bray wyatt.
Punk made all other debuts pale in comparison but on a talent end getting Claudio and Danielson was the icing on the cake, but like punk they will be wasted
Agreed, Noone thought anyone would debut after the first PPV and having him against Jericho is exactly what AEW needed, Not alot of people remember but they were each others last Feud in WWE too, the last year or so in WWE Dean/Moxley didn't do anything but Shield stuff and help Roman and Seth with their feuds and Jericho just disappeared, he was there on Raw and then poof, just gone.
One of the greatest tragedies of AEW's history (aside from the obvious REAL tragedies like the death of Brodie Lee, obviously) was the fact that they weren't able to debut Sting in front of a full arena. Could you imagine the sound if he'd made his return both from retirement for the first time in 6 years and to TNT for the first time in almost _20_ years in front of a packed house? It would have blown the roof off. The 1000 or so people they managed to get in there at the time did their best, but it really was one of the most shocking moments in AEW's history. Also, honestly I would have dropped Buddy Matthews from the list while keeping Keith Lee on (all respect to Buddy, he's great, but we kind of all knew he was coming) in favour of fitting William Regal in here somewhere. I know he's not an active wrestler, but his debut at Revolution was AMAZING.
I respect and the love hell out of sting. Let's be real , who doesn't? It's STING . IT'S THE STINGER. Dude's a legend in this business. My point is his appearances should be made more special and few and not on every week's free television. I get it stinger's there every week to help put Darby over and he's been very successful. But I really think he should make only ppv appearances . His age doesn't favor him for weekly tv either.
@@Stratta2003 wasn’t spoiled nothing was confirmed until punk showed up Tony could’ve completely swerved us and it would’ve been talked abt forever even if punk still signed but later down the line
After all this time, I *STILL* get chills every single time I see that CM Punk return & debut. Simply done, but *MASTERFULLY* executed. Top 10 greatest moments in wrestling history, period. Greatest return of all time.
@@MrML4L Nah I think Punk is one the best of to ever do it, the problem is he's... well a PUNK and no matter how good you are if noone can stand you personally they don't want to work with you.
Dam....Sting's entrance gives me goosebumps EVER TIME I watch it. Whoever composed this music for him is genius. This man is a icon....a LEGEND.......there IS NO OTHER......
I know people trash talk AEW because they make it their hobby to talk about WWE, but we can definitely see that AEW is doing something right when it gets so many talents to switch. And it's not only money.
Stings return was absolutely epic because I thought the injury in WWE was it but he came back put 3 years in when he had nothing left to prove he really is the ICON
Mox will always be the #1 for me. Time in the business where no one knew wtf was going on, and with the odd way WWE handled his release, his debut was a true surprise and they didnt need to do it in his home town to get a crazy reaction
The Sing one, It’s been repeated about 5 times through all the various wrestling promotions all over. The CM Punk one is different as he was done with wrestling for so long.
I'd put Mox as Number two because when he debuted he kinda put AEW on the Map for many fans that didn't know it before,but Number 1 hands down to CM Punk
Keith Lee still has time. I really think he could come back and have a monster run as world champ, maybe even do a double turn and make him heel after everything Swerve did to him. Like Hangman but no forced racism undertones.
Punk’s debute was huge, but in fairness it was in Chicago 😅 Sting had me sitting there in awe. Jeff took me back to my childhood. Danielson and Cole in the same night had me near enough convulsing on the floor. I can’t help but think Edge would be top 3 for sure
Sting should've been top 2. They needed ratings during the shutdowns. If it was done with a full arena it would easily make the top 2. Still the best debut in my opinion.
WWE was pissed off with the Malakai Black situation. They fucked up and brought him up to the main roster under a NXT contract, and those have a 30 day non-compete thing instead of 90.
Keith Lee has world Championship potential imo also I think CM Punk’s AEW debut was announced and imo it’s better when they’re not announced and are a complete surprise
My List : Top 10 1) CM Punk 2) Bryan Danielson 3) Jon Moxley 4) Samoa Joe 5) Sting 6) Jeff Hardy 7) Cesaro 8) Adam Cole 9) Malakai Black 10) Christian Cage
I think the only debuts that actually worked out were Daniel Bryan, Moxley, and FTR. The others either are just floundering, Spend More Time injured or fired.
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Nothing beats Jeff Hardys debut, Matt getting beat up and he is just dancing on the way to the ring 😂
Yeah where's Jeff now?
😂🤣😂🤣
Dancing in a jail cell after lasy dui hahah
@@tylerfahnestock50
Ah yes being edgy 💯💯👌👌
@@tylerfahnestock50 someone’s cool aren’t they?
Sting just can't stop, what a legend. He looks like he still has the desire and the ability. I'm all for it
This is right,sad he retired but he saw his time and knew when to stop.
AEW did him so well. I think his record when he retired was like 28-0 in AEW. He had relevant matches. He made Darby so much better. Sting in AEW was literally perfect.
Just like Trump even at 78 !
I really liked Cesaro's debut as well. Always been a fan of his in ring work, he was def unappreciated in WWE.
WWE Tag Team Champion > ROH World Champion
@@tiptoptoe2968 eh somewhat
@@AAAHH As far as prestige and accolades go, its not debatable. If you are looking at singles recognition in a vaccuum then I'll bring up the US Championship.
Honestly, its tiring the amount of "un(der)appreciated" wrestlers just because they never won the big one.
@@tiptoptoe2968 fr
@@tiptoptoe2968 for real, kids these days think everyone needs to win the "big one" they forget that wrestlers are just characters and titles are just an extension of their character. For example it is just stupid and weird to put the title on the fiend bray wyatt.
Jeff Hardy is funny as hell because if I had to rescue someone important I certainly wouldn’t be dancing on the ramp lol 🕺
I was laughing at that lol
Lol
Gotta get lose before the fight…
He was just stretching on his way to beat some ass.
Lmao that emoji looks like his dance 😂
Moxely's reaction has been hands down the best until Punk debuted
Punk made all other debuts pale in comparison but on a talent end getting Claudio and Danielson was the icing on the cake, but like punk they will be wasted
@@williamwest9204 you did not just say punk was wasted lol
You're right Moxley's debut was the best.
@@switchblade6well from the looks of things now punk wasted his own career
Punks was the best you broke niggas
Moxley's return will always be a game-changing revolution , others were heavily rumored and fans wanted returns . MOX return was just NEEDED !
Agreed, Noone thought anyone would debut after the first PPV and having him against Jericho is exactly what AEW needed, Not alot of people remember but they were each others last Feud in WWE too, the last year or so in WWE Dean/Moxley didn't do anything but Shield stuff and help Roman and Seth with their feuds and Jericho just disappeared, he was there on Raw and then poof, just gone.
"my brother is getting his ass beat.... let me dance to my theme song real quick tho" - Jeff Hardy probably
🤣
Lil bro thinks its real 🙄
One of the greatest tragedies of AEW's history (aside from the obvious REAL tragedies like the death of Brodie Lee, obviously) was the fact that they weren't able to debut Sting in front of a full arena. Could you imagine the sound if he'd made his return both from retirement for the first time in 6 years and to TNT for the first time in almost _20_ years in front of a packed house? It would have blown the roof off. The 1000 or so people they managed to get in there at the time did their best, but it really was one of the most shocking moments in AEW's history.
Also, honestly I would have dropped Buddy Matthews from the list while keeping Keith Lee on (all respect to Buddy, he's great, but we kind of all knew he was coming) in favour of fitting William Regal in here somewhere. I know he's not an active wrestler, but his debut at Revolution was AMAZING.
U right, Stings debut would’ve been so much better with a full crowd
Well, in an equally fitting tragedy, Undertaker retired in front of no fans. They both got robbed, twice over. And for us it was three times.
@@samoanjoseph1457 true
@@ltsports6125 God imagine if it was in JCP country the pop would have been enormous
An honorable mention was that pandemic show. The debuts of Brodie Lee and Matt Hardy; now that was also a true shame.
The pop of the crowd during Edge's return to WWE and CM Punk's debut to AEW had me on my seat but AEW won on the pop contest for sure!
CM punk in wwe
You would have thought Michael Jordan in his prime had returned to the United Center when CM Punk returned.
I think hes about to go heel. Cant wait
Cm Punk is washed up now.
@@KadariusGreen your momma's washed up punks still the best in the world
Nah Jordan would've been louder
It's ridiculous how overrated he is. Personally never liked nor cared about him myself.
CM PUNK POP WILL NEVER GET OLD
Not anymore he is back in wwe
And now he’s in WWE … with an even bigger POP
@@TheHarchilkarHis WWE pop as summerslam wasn't bigger than this.
One of the all time pops in wrestling history no matter what company bar none
Y'all need a new pair ears
Standing in the same ring as Sting and the Hardys had to be the greatest moment in Darby's life. Next to the first time he tapped Gigi Dolan.
I loved the adam cole and bryan Danielson debut, it was shock after shock and such a good way to end the ppv
I respect and the love hell out of sting. Let's be real , who doesn't?
It's STING . IT'S THE STINGER.
Dude's a legend in this business.
My point is his appearances should be made more special and few and not on every week's free television.
I get it stinger's there every week to help put Darby over and he's been very successful.
But I really think he should make only ppv appearances . His age doesn't favor him for weekly tv either.
I think he is the best debut in AEW
would've been sting if the full crowd was there
dude is like a million years old
I don't respect Sting. I think he's easily one of the top 3 most over rated wrestlers and I've literally never been entertained by him for one second.
@@redrick8900 That's...some harsh criticism. Would like to hear that top 3 list though, followed by your top 3 favorite.
Genuine curiosity here.
Edge ❤
AEW = All Elderly Wrestlers
@@husrebel494 lmao underrated comment
69 likes
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I haven’t ever cared for Punk, but that reaction was deafening.
It’s his hometown and it was spoiled for months over twitter
Same
Actually I don't like punk the person but liked the reaction a lot
@@Stratta2003 wasn’t spoiled nothing was confirmed until punk showed up Tony could’ve completely swerved us and it would’ve been talked abt forever even if punk still signed but later down the line
You can’t even hear his theme song
You AEW fans are so full of it and ungrateful. He came to your rinky dink company and you loved it.
I would have to say Sting 's debut was the most shocking to me. I saw nothing on him joining AEW
After all this time, I *STILL* get chills every single time I see that CM Punk return & debut. Simply done, but *MASTERFULLY* executed. Top 10 greatest moments in wrestling history, period. Greatest return of all time.
And a year later he's gone and won't ever return to AEW because they realized that the Punk half of his name was the truth.
@@TheREALOC1972 Then, now, forever overrated.
@@MrML4L Nah I think Punk is one the best of to ever do it, the problem is he's... well a PUNK and no matter how good you are if noone can stand you personally they don't want to work with you.
@TheREALOC1972 He has elite mic skills but he's definitely not an ATG in the ring.
A cool finisher was all he really had.
@@TheREALOC1972you were simultaneously proven right and wrong lmao
Jeff Hardy would be the sort of guy to dance his way down even if his brother was being killed
No matter what happens to AEW in the near future, I'll never forget these moments and Goosebumps along this ride.
Dam....Sting's entrance gives me goosebumps EVER TIME I watch it. Whoever composed this music for him is genius. This man is a icon....a LEGEND.......there IS NO OTHER......
I know people trash talk AEW because they make it their hobby to talk about WWE, but we can definitely see that AEW is doing something right when it gets so many talents to switch. And it's not only money.
Most of these guys aren't impressive.
Cm punks return will be number 1 for a long time. That roof literally blew off.. amazing
Not anymore he is back in wwe
Yup. I was a mile away from the arena that night and you could hear them chanting his name.
Stings return was absolutely epic because I thought the injury in WWE was it but he came back put 3 years in when he had nothing left to prove he really is the ICON
Mox will always be the #1 for me. Time in the business where no one knew wtf was going on, and with the odd way WWE handled his release, his debut was a true surprise and they didnt need to do it in his home town to get a crazy reaction
CM punk will be the greatest for a very long time, but Sting gave me a chill that will never repeat...
The Sing one, It’s been repeated about 5 times through all the various wrestling promotions all over. The CM Punk one is different as he was done with wrestling for so long.
nah mox is better
I still get goosebumps when I hear Living Colour kicks on. ❤❤
I'd put Mox as Number two because when he debuted he kinda put AEW on the Map for many fans that didn't know it before,but Number 1 hands down to CM Punk
1- Sting
2- Moxely
3- Adam.cole babe
4- CM Punk
5- Black
6- Jeff
Rest don't care about
Keith Lee was the biggest name in WWE a while back and soon as he’s get released he goes to AEW & you don’t ever see or hear from him it seems :(
the guy is ill. Like, nearly died.
STING'S DEBUT WAS THE FN' BEST MOMENT IN AEW HISTORY, FOLLOWED CLOSE BY BRYAN DANIELSON'S DEBUT
Aew=All Ex Wwe
Underrated 😂
LMAO
And they get treated better😆
😢 That makes sense
WWE = All Ex ROH/PWG
The lights are out….as we can all see. Classic commentary 👍👍
AEW has come a long way 👏🏾
Incredible company, last 5 years have been amazing
The debut of Matt Hardy was great unfortunately it took place in an empty arena!
My friend was was there for Punks debut. Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston also walked passed him whe was in line at the merch stand
Damn that cm punk pop was like a damn late 90s attitude pop. That's impressive 😂
Missed opportunity to put the danhausen debut at #1 as a swerve 🤣
4:41 THE SHIELD REFERENCE
It's crazy my dad's favorite wrestler was sting and here he still is throwing down
Keith Lee still has time. I really think he could come back and have a monster run as world champ, maybe even do a double turn and make him heel after everything Swerve did to him.
Like Hangman but no forced racism undertones.
5:37
*of course*
That Kieth Lee throw 😳
Okay but, Punk gave me chills.
Sting entrance in wwe still gives me goosebumps
Huh well looks like I’m going to start watching AEW, it gives me early 2000’s TNA vibes. And that’s what I grew up watching more than WWE.
All Out 2021 was something special. Possibly one of the best PPV’s of all time.
😂
Best of AEW? Yes. All time? No
"Oh my God, For the love of God it's Bryan Danielson!" 😭👍
- Jim Ross
Real good name change real original lol Daniel Bryan, Bryan Danielson 😂😂😂
@@MoreMopar74Bryan Danielson is his real name lol
Punk’s debute was huge, but in fairness it was in Chicago 😅
Sting had me sitting there in awe.
Jeff took me back to my childhood.
Danielson and Cole in the same night had me near enough convulsing on the floor.
I can’t help but think Edge would be top 3 for sure
Thank you
Adam cole & brayn Danielson
Their debuts Are from another world
Jeff,matt and sting have the most experience I bet the new wrestlers love learning from them
hahahahaha Many of the AEW wrestlers have publically said that they take advice from no-one
Add saraya to the list. That was wild
That cm punk debut was something else
Sting was wrestling when I was a child in the 80’s and he still looks damn good. The makeup helps a bit.
Sting should've been top 2. They needed ratings during the shutdowns. If it was done with a full arena it would easily make the top 2. Still the best debut in my opinion.
The Landscape of AEW changed after Moxley debut. Basically Jericho Omega and Moxley put AEW on map.
JR goes crazy in these fr
Keith Lee one of my favs
His theme absolutely slaps
Amazing debuts for AEW.
Punk's return was honestly insane. I wish his time in AEW ended on a better note but dear god what a cool moment we all got
Might have to start watching AEW. The crowd pops are much bigger than WWE currently.
Here's the thing CM Punk was literally a full on Wrestling Return!
Crazy to think CM Punk has the best Debut in AEW and best Return in WWE
Na im dying man “Jeffreyyy Neroo Hardyyy” while he’s dancing away to the ring 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't care how punk went down in aew and the politics behind it all that pop still sends chills down my spine
great job man 😋😍
How many guys on this list were straight out of their WWE 90 or 30 day no competes?
Exactly. Just about all of them
Well imagine not being able to work and feed your families for 90 or 30 days. I'm sure you'd start working as soon as you could
WWE was pissed off with the Malakai Black situation. They fucked up and brought him up to the main roster under a NXT contract, and those have a 30 day non-compete thing instead of 90.
William regals debut should've been #1
Saraya aka Paige should have been in the list. Her return got crowd so much excited.
AEW makes every arena look small
Their too big for small building, but not always huge for massive arenas. Cry about it.
Sting will always be my #1 my fiancé looked at me like I was crazy when I popped out of my recliner
WCW LIVES
You’ve got that right, pal… :(
Keith Lee has world Championship potential imo also I think CM Punk’s AEW debut was announced and imo it’s better when they’re not announced and are a complete surprise
Cm punk is back in wwe
Me my brother and my cousin witness Kieth’s lees debut
Alll I can say is we basked in his glory
people were saying keith lee is such a megastar
turns out he is just a jobber in both companies
Jeff Hardy: my brother is getting beat up? I think I have time for some dance moves 🕺🕺🕺
aew: ITS BRIAN DANIALSON me: nah it’s Daniel Brian
The crowd noise of jeff hardy 🤯after all these years 🔥
i think redbeard one of the greatest
Tbh Daniel theme hit hard asf
My List : Top 10
1) CM Punk
2) Bryan Danielson
3) Jon Moxley
4) Samoa Joe
5) Sting
6) Jeff Hardy
7) Cesaro
8) Adam Cole
9) Malakai Black
10) Christian Cage
you might just call that list : TOP 10 WWE debuts in AEW , KEKW.
Aew needs more recognition it's awesome
THE BEST DEBUT WAS CM PUNK IN TERMS OF ENERGY AND STING IN TERMS OF CHILLS
cm punk mid
@@bacon-pb4rq whether you like him or not (seems like not) his debut was bananas had people crying and the pop was massive.
@@bacon-pb4rq bacon is mid
@@baseballno3214 lmfao 🤣
@@bigtruckk1 yeah his debut was crazy
CM Punk best debut
wwe really dropped the ball when they released Keith Lee and Dean ambrose
They tried to sign Ambrose. They did not drop him. When his contract was up he would no resign
Keith Lee for sure
2:07 number 7 will not forget
Cm punks return just hits different
Wwe return is way better aew debut
I think the only debuts that actually worked out were Daniel Bryan, Moxley, and FTR.
The others either are just floundering, Spend More
Time injured or fired.
Moxley debut should be the number one without doubt
The Greatest
Bruh JR wasn't excited for any of these 😂
Make - sting vs undertaker , Match of the century
AEW had the opportunity and the ruined almost every one. Now look at them.
All Gold from WWE is now on AEW
Danhausen was my favourite the reveal was brilliant, no lights out a creative way and it's not mentioned yet CM punk who fired gets top spot
AEW really needs to get some electricians in to fix those lights that keep malfunctioning.
The sound the audience made when punk's music hits was one of the loudest sounds ive ever heard on a wrestling show.
Alternative title: greatest former wwe superstars debut in aew😂
Wwe=ex roh wrestlers
my favorite debuts are Cm Punk And Jeff Hardy
Cm punk is back in wwe way better than aew debut