5 NXT debuts that rocked the WWE Universe

4. Kevin Owens

May 18, 2015 was huge landmark in the career of Kevin Owens. Owens, then the NXT Champion, debuted on Monday night Raw and established himself as the top heel of company in a tremendous fashion. How does one do it? Why, by taking out the top guy, of course.

John Cena, then the united States Champion, was cutting a promo as only he could. He had the crowd enthralled and revved up for a huge match in matter of minutes. As John Cena waits for his opponent, out comes Owens with his NXT championship belt across his shoulders with a relaxed stride.

He then proceeds on to have a war of words with Cena, an accomplished mic worker, all the while maintaining his arrogant ease posture. The war of words ends when Owens cheap-shots Cena and powerbombs him to the shock of the entire arena.

Kevin Owens looked at ease all the way with a superstar as big as Cena on his debut. He was stupendously arrogant and came off as a jerk with ease. These endearing(!) qualities made the crowd acknowledge him as a top heel in a matter of minutes. That was one powerful debut which still lingers in the memory of WWE fans.