Wrestlers whose character change completely TRANSFORMED them...

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

a couple of these are a little too close to me to what they were already doing before but i got u.

Gotta say.. John Cena the "rookie" to John Cena the Doctor of Thuganomics was a transformation

Went from status to when he'd come out..

 

[Reality Check]

Vinnie Vegas/Oz to Diesel
Kama Mustafa to The Godfather
Rockabilly to Billy Gunn
Mortis to Chris Kanyon
Jamal to Umaga
Deacon Batista to Batista
Bubba Ray to Bully Ray

In the opposite direction:
Broadus Clay to The Funkasaurus
Giant Bernard to Lord Tensai
Chris Benoit to C**** B*****
Chavo Guerrero to Kerwin White
Mike Awesome to Fat Chick Thrilla/That 70's Guy

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Vinnie Vegas/Oz to Diesel
Kama Mustafa to The Godfather
Rockabilly to Billy Gunn
Mortis to Chris Kanyon
Rosey to Umaga
Deacon Batista to Batista
Bubba Ray to Bully Ray

In the opposite direction:
Broadus Clay to The Funkasaurus
Giant Bernard to Lord Tensai
Chris Benoit to C**** B*****
Chavo Guerrero to Kerwin White
Mike Awesome to Fat Chick Thrilla/That 70's Guy

I still can't believe they did that shyt with Brodus Clay. All them vignettes building him up to be a monster then he randomly debuts as that dipshyt Funkasaurus. He would have eventually failed anyways because he is a complete shyt wrestler, but man was doomed the second he debuted.

 

[Bonefan32]

Eddie Edwards character change was needed,he was so bland for years

Tommy Dreamer went from ladies man in suspenders to a hardcore icon

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Andrade in NXT when he was wearing suspenders and a dumb hat to Andrade in NXT with Zelina Vega

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

To add to the list of gimmick changes that went the wrong way.

Cody Rhodes to Stardust.

Worked out in the long run though. It finally made Cody leave WWE after being misused nearly his entire career. Then he proved to Vince in ROH, New Japan, and AEW that he is a fukking dumbass. Then he came back to the E and is one of their top talents.

 

[Cheese McNair]

Papa Shango to The Godfather

 

[Cheese McNair]

Went from

To

 

[FunkDoc1112]

APA Bradshaw to JBL

Eh, JBL was basically Bradshaw gone corporate. He was still a hot blooded Texan, just a rich a$$hole now on top of it.

 

[El Guapo]

Eddie Edwards character change was needed,he was so bland for years

Wasn’t Eddie Edwards TSC nickname Eddie “Eddie Edwards” Edwards because he was that bland/generic?

 

[White City Black]

Easily #1

Went from tag team champion midcarder (and already old) to a Hall of Fame gimmick which still shows up almost 20 years later

…not only that, but just mere aesthetics: JBL was literally night and day with Bradshaw.

One minute it seemed Farooq’s right hand man wasn’t fukkin with him anymore like that, next minute we get pretty much an ABSOLUTELY different character altogether. Look, speech, gimmick.

Couldn’t stand his fonky ass throughout his whole run

 

[Tres Leches]

dominic mysterio reys son to dominic mysterio felon from judgment day

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Okato to Okada

 

[ECA]

Kenny Omega turning into an anime villain

 

[Silkk]

Greatest Ever