Thought of the Day: The Other Rookie Class
So I’ve been doing more of the 1999 Raw’s and EGADS the talent that came through around that time.I know we always talk about the Class of 2002 with Cena, Orton, Lesnar, Mysterio and Batista. That’s very good, but consider who WWE brought in from February 1999-January 2000:
Big Show
Chris Jericho
Kurt Angle
Dudley Boyz
Chris Benoit
Eddie Guerrero
Five World Champions and the most decorated tag team of all time. It might not have the marquee value of 2002, but this is one of the best years for talent acquisitions of all time and has to beat anything else for second place.
Nah, this year takes the top spot as far as marquee talent is concerned; this is the year that also crippled WCWs future. How they lost Giant, Jericho and the Radicalz all in less that 365 days is beyond me.
Out of those 6 you mentioned, only Angle was the legit rookie.
I think he meant talent acquisition from his last sentence.
I feel like the third best has to be a more recent year:
Is 2012 the third best year?
-all the Shield
-Cesaro
-Damien Sandow (not counting earlier run)
-Big E
You could also say 2015:
-Becky Lynch
-Sasha Banks
-Charlotte
-Kevin Owens
-Sami Zayn
If A.J. Styles had debuted one month earlier (instead of Rumble 2016), I think 2015 might be third place easily.