10 current WWE Superstars and what happened on their WWE debut (Part 2)

#9 Kurt Angle (1999)

Kurt Angle returned to WWE in 2017

After 36 dark matches throughout 1999, Kurt Angle finally made his televised debut when he defeated Shawn Stasiak with an Olympic Slam at the Survivor Series pay-per-view in November of the same year.

The build-up to the match centred around a series of interviews with an obnoxious Angle, who was referred to as “the most celebrated real athlete in WWE history” before his debut.

During the match, the 1996 Olympian received boos from the crowd and he was told by the referee, who had communication through his earpiece, to tell the audience, “You do not boo an Olympic gold medallist”.

Angle did just that, instantly becoming a mega heel, and the rest is history!