5 Times WWE Superstars lost their debut match

#2 Chris Jericho loses to Road Dogg on WWE SmackDown

August 9th 1999, RAW. 21 years ago today the “Countdown to the New Millennium” ended with the debut of "Y2J" Chris Jericho, one of the greatest moments in the history of the WWE. @IAmJericho @TheRock pic.twitter.com/FPENpuHRsU

— WWE Today In History 🌐 (@WWE__History) August 9, 2020

That's right, WWE served Chris Jericho a loss in his first match with the company. The Ayatollah of Rock 'N Rolla, who had one of the greatest debut moments of all-time against The Rock, lost to Road Dogg.

Now, he wasn't beaten by the DX member, per se. Jericho drove his opponent through a table with a powerbomb, earning himself a DQ loss. At least Jericho wasn't pinned or submitted.

However, it was still terrible to see him lose his first match in WWE.

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#1 Sting loses to Triple H at WWE WrestleMania 31

The #MondayNightWars were revisited at @WrestleMania as @Sting took on @TripleH! http://t.co/7xLq7xb3D6 #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/chaALy7e8c

— WWE (@WWE) March 30, 2015

The Icon, the Franchise Player of WCW. He's the man called Sting, and he was horribly mistreated by WWE. We saw Sting debut with the company at Survivor Series 2014 when he helped Team Cena defeat Team Authority.

Nearly coming back from a 3-1 disadvantage all on his own, Ziggler found himself in the ring with Seth Rollins. Unfortunately, The Authority was around ringside and continuously saved The Architect from elimination. Once the referee was knocked out, Sting appeared.

He laid out the Authority and placed Ziggler on Rollins, essentially ending The Authority's reign over WWE. At least, he did for a month. Rollins would threaten to break the neck of then-retired WWE Hall of Famer Edge, forcing John Cena to bring The Authority back.

At WrestleMania, Triple H got his revenge on Sting, beating him in his first match in WWE and his only match at a WrestleMania event. It was a...strange call to say the least, with many fans believing it was WWE trying to "confirm" their victory over WCW in a war that had been dead for fourteen years at that point.

Sting would go onto have a 2-2 record, beating the Big Show in a singles match and joining John Cena to beat Seth Rollins and the Big Show in a tag team match. Rollins would beat Sting to retain the WWE Championship in a bout that would see the legend seriously injured.

Though Sting announced his retirement at his 2016 WWE Hall of Fame induction, he'd return to action with AEW. Thankfully, the Stinger hasn't missed a step.