{"id":4958,"date":"2017-05-24T22:44:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T02:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2017-05-25T08:04:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T12:04:16","slug":"coming-soon-15-longest-debut-vignettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/05\/24\/coming-soon-15-longest-debut-vignettes\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: A Sweet 16 of the Longest Debut Vignettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since <strong>Rock N&#8217; Wrestling<\/strong> combined in the early 1980&#8217;s, pro wrestling has used video vignettes to hype up debuting or returning performers, mostly in larger televised promotions like the <strong>WWE, WCW<\/strong> and <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong>. Sometimes, they&#8217;re intriguing concepts that draw you into a debut, sometimes they&#8217;re more confusing and off putting than if they&#8217;d just debuted naturally. Ever since the early April Superstar Shake Up in the WWE this year, we&#8217;ve been seeing vignettes teasing the\u00a0<em><strong>Smackdown Live\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>arrival of &#8220;The Ravishing Russian&#8221; <strong>Lana<\/strong>, in what appears to be a singles character removed from <strong>Rusev<\/strong>, and presumably as a singles wrestler in\u00a0<em>Smackdown&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>Women&#8217;s Division. But after the fizzle of\u00a0<strong>Emmalina\u00a0<\/strong>still fresh in our minds, it&#8217;s not unreasonable to see why the WWE Universe is approaching this with jaded anticipation and why it feels like it&#8217;s already been five months of vignettes (it&#8217;s been just over a month).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lana is ready to make her mark on SmackDown: SmackDown LIVE, May 2, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BKAlT5EMtPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But unlike like Lana&#8217;s five week series of pretty much the same vignette, there have been\u00a0<em>much much\u00a0<\/em>longer build-ups for characters in the WWE Universe history books. While there were some trailblazing ones that introduced the likes of <strong>Mr. Perfect<\/strong> in the late 80&#8217;s WWF, or <strong>Edge\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Val Venis<\/strong>\u00a0in the Attitude Era, these vignettes only ran for three or four\u00a0weeks until they debuted &#8211; granted, there was also some similarly lengthed set ups for <strong>Mordecai<\/strong>, <strong>Waylon Mercy<\/strong> and <strong>Adam Rose<\/strong> that had less than legendary marks on the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at fifteen of the longest running vignettes &#8211; from initial vignette to actual televised debut (often, these characters would debut weeks earlier on Live Events) &#8211; all of which are around\u00a0the two months mark. Some of them introduced some legendary Superstars. Many were just legendary failures.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>HONORABLE MENTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>THE WYATT FAMILY<\/strong>, 43 days<br \/>\n<em>May 27, 2013 to July 8, 2013<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Wyatt Family<\/strong> was a slow morphing group in <strong>NXT<\/strong>, starting originally with <strong>Bray Wyatt<\/strong> and his right hand man, <strong>Eli Cottonwood<\/strong>. Cottonwood wouldn&#8217;t last long and he was soon replaced by <strong>Luke Harper<\/strong> and <strong>Erick Rowan<\/strong>, capturing the NXT Tag Team titles. On May 27, 2013, vignettes began to appear on WWE television to signal the imminent arrival of NXT&#8217;s twisted cult of Wyatt. It was just over a month a half but man, did it start something cool.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bray wyatt 1st promo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XI4e4gqu8e0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>THE SWEET 16<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>BRODUS CLAY,<\/strong> 49 days<br \/>\n<em>November 7, 2011 to January 9, 2012<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE : Brodus Clay Promo 2011 [HD]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dyUJjZGSDiI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In late 2011, the WWE started airing vignettes hyping the re-debut of a wrecking machine named <strong>Brodus Clay<\/strong>. He&#8217;d appeared briefly months prior as a lackey for Alberto Del Rio, but he was being redesigned as a singles wrestler. For nearly two months, they showcased this manbeast only to debut him as a completely different character altogether. In one of the oddest uses of vignette promos, somewhere along the way they changed his direction and hoped we wouldn&#8217;t notice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE:Brodus Clay Debut W\/ &quot;Turn it Up&quot; Theme (HQ)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Wgt8fivlbU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>RAZOR RAMON<\/strong>, 54 days*<br \/>\n<em>June ??, 1992 to August 8, 1992<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>For the entire summer of 1992, the WWF showed vignettes announcing the arrival of a Cuban wrestler named <strong>Razor Ramon<\/strong>. Vignettes showing the tough talking, street hustler dripping with\u00a0<em>machismo<\/em> hyped the debut of one of the biggest stars of the 1990&#8217;s, Razor Ramon, to the WWF Universe. He would find even further success under his real name, <strong>Scott Hall<\/strong>, in the <strong>nWo<\/strong> and WCW afterwards, but his Hall of Fame career got its first real mainstream success in June of 1992, following years in early WCW and the <strong>AWA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1st razor ramon vignette\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cbkth_InQ_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CHRIS JERICHO: Y2J COUNTDOWN<\/strong>, 56 days*<br \/>\n<em>June ??, 1999 to August 9, 1999<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Countdown to the Millenium Clock Chris Jericho\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GBWEeQf2pZg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Beginning in June of 1999, as the world began to really get panicky about what may or may not happen when the computer calendars all switched to 2000, the WWF began to air a strange millennium clock that began to countdown for weeks on end. Finally on August 9, 1999, the clock struck zero &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t counting down to the actual millennium, it was to introduce one of the greatest Superstars of the Millennium, former WCW star <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> to the WWE Universe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Jericho&#039;s WWE Debut\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DGsBRImD0po?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>GOLDUST<\/strong>, 57 days<br \/>\n<em>August 27, 1995 to October 22, 1995<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>In August of 1995, the WWF was reeling from its exodus of 80&#8217;s Superstars to WCW and were willing to try anything to attract the younger audience. From pushing younger stars like <strong>Shawn Michaels<\/strong> and <strong>Bret &#8216;Hitman&#8217; Hart<\/strong> to creating such odd gimmicks as <strong>Mantaur<\/strong> and <strong>The Goon<\/strong>, the WWF was still trying to find it&#8217;s new &#8220;attitude&#8221; in the New Generation. One such unlikely character was the Bizarre One, the film fetish oddity of the man known as <strong>Goldust<\/strong>. For two months, a series of sinister film reviews and vignettes began to appear on\u00a0<em><strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em>, leading up to his WWF debut at the end of October. With his recent heel turn on\u00a0<em><strong>Raw<\/strong><\/em>, seemingly returning to the film obsessed heel that he began with, <strong>Dustin Rhodes<\/strong> will mark the 27th anniversary of the Goldust character. An incredibly feat with a gimmick character (only The Undertaker had more successful longevity).<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qjqolNZ7nM4<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ALBERTO DEL RIO<\/strong>, 57 days<br \/>\n<em>June 25, 2010 to August 20, 2010<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>In the summer of 2010, the WWE looked to expand on its Latino fan base and went after one of Mexico&#8217;s biggest stars, <strong>Dos Caras Jr<\/strong>, a masked Lucha Libre superstar from CMLL and AAA, who was part of Lucha royalty &#8211; his father was <strong>Dos Caras<\/strong> and his uncle was WWE Hall of Famer <strong>Mil Mascaras<\/strong>. First thing WWE did was remove his mask and change his name and for two months, a series of vignettes hyping the debut of the Mexican aristocrat <strong>Alberto Del Rio<\/strong> began to air on\u00a0<em><strong>Smackdown<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SmackDown: A look at Alberto Del Rio\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R1wYJNizo-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CHRIS JERICHO: IT BEGINS<\/strong>, 58 days<br \/>\n<em>November 5, 2012 to January 2, 2012<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>One of the coolest build ups with a weak pay off, Chris Jericho&#8217;s third &#8220;debut&#8221; with the WWE (following his Countdown Clock and SAVE_US) came three years after his last departure in 2009 with a series of doomsday prophecy <strong>Omen<\/strong> style vignettes that promised a day of reckoning on January 2, 2012. When the day came, Chris Jericho returned to a thunderous ovation &#8211; that quickly turned awkward and unsettlingly when Jericho said nothing at all and just walked down the ramp, around the ring, and then back up the ring and left, all in complete silence with a big smile on his face.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE : The End Begins 2012 (The Complete Series)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rMv38XlCIko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CHRIS JERICHO: SAVE_US<\/strong>, 59 days<br \/>\n<em>September 24, 2007 to November 19, 2007<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>In September of 2007, a bizarre almost &#8220;Anonymous&#8221;-like series of coding began to mysteriously hack into the WWE TitanTron and give coding that began to reveal codes. SAVE_US was a two month campaign that ultimately unravelled to reveal the return of Chris Jericho to the WWE Universe after being away from wrestling for two years. Jericho sure loves his dramatic entrances.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The full code and return of Y2J Chris Jericho in 2007\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vhqmc4ltccI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>MANKIND<\/strong>, 75 days*<br \/>\n<em>January ??, 1996 to April 1, 1996<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>In early 1996, the WWF began to air vignettes for what appeared to be a faceless demented lunatic with a squeaky, unhinged voice claiming to have finally &#8220;found a home&#8221;. Showing only shadows of a face &#8211; and a mangled ear &#8211; only the diehards knew it was hardcore icon <strong>Cactus Jack<\/strong> about to emerge onto the WWF landscape, as the masked terror <strong>Mankind<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MANKIND promos debute 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJJDHDTVQw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>KIZARNY<\/strong>, 85 days<br \/>\n<em>October 10, 2008 to January 2, 2009<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Another three month reign of vignettes on\u00a0Smackdown\u00a0hyped the arrival of a strange character known as <strong>Kizarny<\/strong>. He spoke in &#8220;carny talk&#8221; and hinted at a dark and twisted trickster waiting to unleash his madness in the WWE. He debuted in January and quickly beat MVP in his debut, but the creative wheels fell of and he was released in early March. His vignettes lasted longer than he did. He&#8217;s since become a fixture on the indie circuit as <strong>Sinn Bodhi<\/strong>, running <strong>Freakshow Wrestling<\/strong> in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kizarny Promo 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IZWfyyUvgFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>THE BOOGEYMAN<\/strong>, 87 days<br \/>\n<em>July 11, 2005 to October 13, 2005<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>In July of 2005, the WWE began to air creepy horror style vignettes promoting the arrival of a demonic monster calling himself <strong>The Boogeyman<\/strong>. Initially starting on\u00a0<em>Raw<\/em>, it switched to\u00a0<em>Smackdown<\/em> weeks later, before ultimately debuting in October of 2005. He then began to hide around backstage and scare other Superstars, getting under the skin. It wouldn&#8217;t be until December of 2005, nearly four months after the first vignette, that he would make his in-ring debut, facing <strong>Simon Dean<\/strong> on\u00a0<em>Smackdown<\/em> in a squash match.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boogeyman - Horror\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rzc-GUOfcyI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>FANDANGO<\/strong>, 89 days<br \/>\n<em>November 5, 2012 to February 28, 2013<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The WWE Universe gets its first glimpse into the world of Fandango: SuperSmackDown LIVE, Nov. 6, 201\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0adOsUZ0-WE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In November of 2012, NXT wrestler <strong>Johnny Curtis<\/strong> was repackaged as a dancer named <strong>Fandango<\/strong> with mysterious musical vignettes beginning to hype his debut. His face would appear in later promos, but we wouldn&#8217;t see him debut on the WWE stage until February 28 of 2013, when he would arrive on\u00a0<em>Raw<\/em> at the end of February. While his career fizzled after his debut match at\u00a0<em><strong>WrestleMania 29\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>where he pinned Chris Jericho, he&#8217;s seeing a resurgence with the rising popularity of his tag team <strong>Breezango<\/strong> with <strong>Tyler Breeze<\/strong> and their &#8220;Fashion Files&#8221; series.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>OUTBACK JACK<\/strong>, 94 days<br \/>\n<em>November 6, 1986 to February 7, 1987<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>With <strong>Crocodile Dundee<\/strong> a hot commodity at the box office in the late 80&#8217;s, the WWF looked to capitalize on the Australian craze with the addition of their own rugged Aussie figure and it came in <strong>Outback Jack<\/strong>. For months, WWF hyped up this Aussie tough guy, but after three months of vignettes, his career lasted only marginally longer. He beat a few jobbers before scoring singles wins over <strong>Iron Sheik<\/strong> and <strong>Nikolai Volkoff<\/strong>, but by the summer of 1987 he was a jobber himself and by 1988 was out of the company.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iCB2KOkM-Ds<\/p>\n<h3><strong>EMMALINA<\/strong>, 134 days<br \/>\n<em>October 3, 2016 to February 13, 2017<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emmalina is premiering soon: Raw, Oct. 3, 2016\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ndYarw3JPSA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After a failed call-up to the main roster from NXT where her red hot dancing gimmick was super over but failed to translate on the bigger stage, <strong>Emma<\/strong> re-invented herself as &#8220;evil Emma&#8221;, pairing with <strong>Dana Brooke<\/strong>, in a second go-around NXT. Her second call-up, alongside Brooke, was heavily anticipated, but Emma was hurt early on and out of action for months. On October of last year, her return from injury was announced with the notice she was being recreated and repackaged as <strong>Emmalina<\/strong>. In what became a running joke, Emmalina&#8217;s vignettes went on for over four months, until she finally appeared on\u00a0<em>Raw<\/em>&#8216;s stage in mid-February of this year, only to announce she was just kidding and she would back next week as simply Emma. And sadly, she got hurt again. Hopefully she&#8217;s back soon and better than ever.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emmalina finally premieres: Raw, Feb. 13, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YzAoLT2GPcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>GLACIER<\/strong>, 148 days<br \/>\n<em>April ??, 1996 to September 9, 1996<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Okay, so this is from WCW. But we\u00a0<em>did\u00a0<\/em>say in the WWE Universe, and since WWE know owns the kayfabe history of WCW, <strong>Glacier<\/strong> is now a part of WWE Universe lore &#8211; kinda like how <strong>DC<\/strong> bought out <strong>Fawcett Comics<\/strong> to acquire <strong>Captain Marvel<\/strong> (Shazam). But I digress. In April of 1996, WCW began to air vignettes hyping the debut of a new character clearly based on <strong>Mortal Kombat<\/strong>, named Glacier. Glacier\u00a0<em>had\u00a0<\/em>been pencilled to debut at\u00a0<em>Bash of the Beach\u00a0<\/em>that year, but at the last minute, a little angle called the nWo with Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash erupted and his debut was put on hiatus. He eventually made his debut in September &#8211; after five months of waiting &#8211; and failed to make the splash WCW had hoped for. Although his return to wrestling at <strong>Joey Janela&#8217;s Spring Break<\/strong> event over WrestleMania weekend was\u00a0GREAT.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glacier Is Coming To WCW Promo #3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l1NzprbE1pQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>BRAKUS<\/strong>, 273 days<br \/>\n<em>June ??, 1997 to Mar 17, 1998<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>But the longest debuting series of vignettes for a WWE Superstar just happens to coincide for one of the biggest bombs of a WWE Superstar &#8211; the bodybuilder brute known simply as <strong>Brakus<\/strong>. Brakus was poised to become a big star &#8211; at least that was the WWF&#8217;s hope early into the Attitude Era. But he was still incredibly green, so\u00a0<em>while\u00a0<\/em>his vignettes were airing on WWE television, he was sent to work in ECW and work on his ring skills. He finally made his WWE debut on\u00a0<em>Shotgun Saturday Night\u00a0<\/em>on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in 1998&#8230;and lost to Goldust. He didn&#8217;t last much longer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BRAKUS PROMO..RD REYNOLD&#039;S ENGLISH TRANSLATION\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NrmtXyiZXog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What other promo vignettes did you enjoy, lengthy or otherwise? 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