Most important wrestler to debut post-2000?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Gohan3k kinda sad that its been 9 years and only 3 - 5 names are coming up i mean how many names would come up if you asked about 1990 - 1999

Actually, thinking about it, who was the most important wrestler to debut between 1990 and 2000? A lot of those guys are still writing their legacies. You'd think The Rock would take the cake, but you also have guys like Goldberg, who did business for a while, and sort of created the "big, rushed push" a lot of guys get that set the pace for molds like Brock Lesnar and John Cena later on. There are also guys still writing their legacies, like Kurt Angle, Edge and Chris Jericho.

But then you go back to the 80's and get names like Stone Cold Steve Austin making it easier again. Then the 70's again get interesting. Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Bret Hart all debuted in the 70's.

It's quite interesting to look at those names listed with their debuts, and then really think about when they peaked as major performers. It wasn't until the following decade in most of their cases. Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Randy Orton or whomever really got a quick path to the World Title.