Kane debut in 1997 was legendary

The former "Nicky (from the Spirit Squad") returning in late-2008/early-2009 as Dolph Ziggler is one of, if not, THE smartest move of Nick Nemeth's career.

@jayduffy5532

Жыл бұрын

You forgot that Dolph was the caddie for Chavo

@SchofieldAJ

Жыл бұрын

@@jayduffy5532 Mope he wasn't the Caddie for Chavo that was Nicky as the Caddy for the Greatest WHITE MAN in History as in Kerwin White as at least get the Character's right. "ALSO IF IT AIN'T WHITE, IT AIN'T RIGHT!" As I think Kerwin should return as this ERA is the perfect time for him to as he could be The Manager for Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville as the FANS would cause up a Cryfest lolz

Drew McIntyre reinvented himself as a main eventer was great decision

@hectorhenckert

Жыл бұрын

😢😢😢

@LadyAstarionAncunin

Жыл бұрын

You can thank Impact and the indies for that.

@DavieBee1988

Жыл бұрын

@@LadyAstarionAncunin thank ICW for that

Cody Rhodes leaving WWE in 2016 was the great turning point of his career

@TheThirdWorldCitizen

Жыл бұрын

I mean the first glimpse was there with dashing Cody, but he didn’t get a better push or good storylines.

@isaacwilliams1827

Жыл бұрын

Not really, he's never getting the belt, he might wind up with the US or Intercontinental championship

@farah.t

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacwilliams1827 i’ll see you next year remember this comment he will win the big one

@toddtaylor6506

Жыл бұрын

He's still going to end up a mid-card guy. Because that's who Cody Rhodes ever has been or will be. So much nonsense about him being a big star because he left WWE to run around the indies for a for a few years. Of course, Cody Rhodes wrestling at some 500-attendance indie show is going to be a big star ... so is Matt Cardona. That doesn't change the fact they're both mid card guys in a large organization like WWE or even AEW.

@farah.t

Жыл бұрын

@@toddtaylor6506 he was just in the wrestlemania main event and now still higher than the upper midcard😂 im telling you remember this comment when he’s world champion

Love how cody went from stardust to the American nightmare same as John cena

If the Rock comes back for the next WM, he has to bring back Hollywood Rock. Let’s be real, that was his best entrance theme. A shame the 2K games never bring this version back.

@raymondhopwood9393

Жыл бұрын

Anybody remember that when he first came to WWE, he was introduced as Rocky Maivia, in honor of his father and in memory of his maternal grandfather?

The gimmicks that never fail is the ones of Chris Jericho lol

@pjleon8391

Жыл бұрын

Eddie Guerrero Booker T Kurt Angle & Sting Never disappointed 😂👍

@kolimprio1234

Жыл бұрын

Rey Mysterio.... I mean...

Honorable mentions: 1. Derrick Bateman to EC3 2. Tony Atlas to Saba Simba 3. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat to just "The Dragon" 4. Jamal to Umaga 5. Fatu to Rikishi

@ericmonaco4509

Жыл бұрын

6. Earthquake to Golga

@ericmonaco4509

Жыл бұрын

7. Zebakaiah(Dutch Mantell) to Zeb Coulter (Even though he wasnt a wrestler its a gimmick change non the less)

@jeremywilliams5141

Жыл бұрын

@@ericmonaco4509 Correction: Dutch Mantel was a wrestler back in the day before becoming a manager.

@ericmonaco4509

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremywilliams5141 I know that but what meant was he wasnt a wrestler around the time

@ericmonaco4509

Жыл бұрын

And 8. Eli Drake to L.A Knight (Even if he was in NXT in 2013 He had a contract and he was in WWE Before eventually going to TNA/IMPACT as Eli Drake)

Drew McIntyre from The Choosen one, to 3MB, to Main Eventing Wrestlemania Biggest change in WWE.

WWE dropped the ball with Raven, who was not only a great wrestler but also had mic skills and a good gimmick.

@seanman1231

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I loved the Raven character, it’s just to bad Vince hated him, because of Raven hanging with Shane.

@pauliewalnuts829

Жыл бұрын

Raven is kind of underrated as a wrestler. He had a brutal DDT. He had a unique moveset overall. I always liked the leg sweep onto the barricade.

@angelsevilspawn2212

Жыл бұрын

I loved Raven in WCW

@raymondhopwood9393

Жыл бұрын

Anyone remember him as Scotty the Body and Scotty Flamingo in Memphis?

@Stable_Genius

Жыл бұрын

Raven is imo the most creative and indepth character in pro wrestling history. Raven's mic work is second to none. His gimmick came off way too naturally. As though his character was basically himself, a bitter, tortured person. A Gen Xer and a product of post modern society. Kind of like the themes presented in Fight Club.

I remember when Rayback was presented in a squash against two jobbers the crowds was chanting "Goldberg Goldberg Goldberg"

@dean8705

Жыл бұрын

Fans said that at every ryback match lol

@goodmanfilife

Жыл бұрын

I always 😅ed.. that was some funny shxt!!

Albert eventually found his luck in WWE. He is now head trainer at Performance Center, in which he succeeded Bill DeMott, and has helped train numerous past and present WWE superstars.

@justeatingchipsandwatching

Жыл бұрын

He was not bad at all. Plus we got to hear the "shave your back" chants during his A Train run and " Albert, Albert" when he did that Lord Tensai stuff

Undertaker American Badass character is still legendary & iconic

@raymondhopwood9393

Жыл бұрын

He was Mean Mark Callas in WCW.

@goodmanfilife

Жыл бұрын

​@Raymond Hopwood ... I remember him from those days in the late 80's.

I liked ravens dark persona better..the smiley raven was weird to me..😅😅 Killing it lamia..👌💞💞

@reggiewolfpac

Жыл бұрын

Right I said the same thing Smiling Raven come on now.😀

@elleni-41

Жыл бұрын

@@reggiewolfpac ..🤣🤣👊

1:20 “This gimmick absolutely sucked” 😂😂😂 true

I wake up everyday and thank Kane for being Kane.

@f.4301

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 💯 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@ZandrielGrimm

Жыл бұрын

As long as you don't live in Tennessee

@DopeBoyDreamz

Жыл бұрын

@@ZandrielGrimm why

@becomingparanormal

Жыл бұрын

​@@ZandrielGrimmI love him even more knowing he's a libertarian leaning Republican and a politico.

Jamal to Umaga was awesome. Unfortunately Seth Rollins never left and came back but dude had incredible gimmicks throughout his WWE career

Tony Atlas returning as Saba Simba, Demolition Smash returned as The Repo Man, Strike Force Rick Martel returned as The Model, Tito Santana as the Matador, The Sultan as Rikishi etc etc

I kinda feel bad for Matt Bloom. He was at his best as A-Train, he was a great mid card monster heel, and he could flutter in and out of main event story lines and not look out of place. Had a good run in Japan as well. The Tensai gimmick was awful, but they really did him dirty toward the end clowning him along with Brodus Clay. Sad end to his in ring career.

Bro this KZreadr really one of a kind, like I’ve never seen anyone do so much research on every single video that they post

@Oswald_lusambya77

Жыл бұрын

@Mr T I said what I said, argue with a wall if you disagree

@steadydropnem

Жыл бұрын

To be honest a lot of his top 10s are literally same exact concepts just worded differently 😂 he’s done this video I can guarantee you it’s just slightly different but same thing basically

@Oswald_lusambya77

Жыл бұрын

@@steadydropnem we have different opinions

@dicklessvonloser6909

Жыл бұрын

You should see some of Markyd123's videos

Stone Cold (The Ringmaster), The Rock (Rocky Maivia), Triple H (Hunter Hearst Helmsley, the Greenwich Snob) and John Cena (The Prototype) underwent the most radical changes in WWE/F history imo.

@goodmanfilife

Жыл бұрын

I remember Stone Cold when he had the Blond hair back in the days.

@isaactena8287

Жыл бұрын

I always laughed when Mr. Perfect would take HHH's ringside girls

@GambytDaKlown

Жыл бұрын

Stone cold also went by "Steve" i forget the rest of the name

@zhenyaf

Жыл бұрын

@@GambytDaKlown stunning Steve Austin

Hollywood Rock was always underrared

Mcyintyre came back as the guy Vince always wanted Roman to become. An Absolute badass who had an organic connection with the fans. Still think Mcyintyre should be pushed ahead of Roman.

@constablekennedy7705

Жыл бұрын

McIntyre Returned as the Guy that Vince McMahon always wanted HIM to become because Drew was the ORIGINAL ‘Chosen One’ before Roman Reigns ….

Never forget the Undertaker debuted in the WWF as Kayne the Undertaker.

I'm gonna old school y'all... the happy-go-lucky big man, Tugboat (Fred Ottman) turning heel and becoming Typhoon - joining with his real life friend, the late, great Earthquake (John Tenta) as The Natural Disasters. Greatest big man tag team of all time. We'll... just ignore the WCW glitter trooper character, though... that was... geez... what the hell, man.

Well Stone Cold really hit it big as Store Cold. The Ringmaster gimmick wasn't a intimidating wrestler even with Ted DiBiase being his manager. Ultimately I would say Taker and Stone Cold's changes were favorites of all time

Steve Lombardi becoming The Brooklyn Brawler managed by Bobby The Brain Heenan was a great transformation of character, considering he was a jobber who was elevated to mid-card status.

Kevin Nash was one who had multiple character's throughout the years in both the WWF and WCW respectively

@goodmanfilife

Жыл бұрын

His style really didn't change much. Other than starting out as Shawn Michaels bodyguard.

@stephenmerchant9532

Жыл бұрын

He was Oz and Vinnie Vegas before that

So Raven was too goofy character before changing to hardcore & ruthless persona 😂

the best version of Wyatt is the eater of worlds gimmick with the original Wyatt Family. The fiend is great as well but his first persona after Husky Harris will be the best forever in my opinion

Undertaker being The American Badass is my favorite persona of his. Especially when you had music like “Sad But True” by Metallica or “Rollin” by Limp Bizkit playing in the entrance. Oh, and don’t get me started on the Kid Rock entrance because it sounded like a mockery of the classic Metallica song, and don’t get me started on sampling music.

Taker should be universally recognized as the GOAT. Every single era he's been in he was relevant if not the top dog.

It's such a shame about Albert/ tensai. He was a supremely under-rated big man. He could have achieved more if given opportunity instead of gimmicks.

I remember how we all used to hate the American Badass/Big Evil gimmick from 2000-2003. Now we're all super-nostalgic for it.

Surprised Stone Cold didn’t make this list. His change from “The Ringmaster” to “Stone Cold Steve Austin”, is probably the greatest character change of all time

Solofa Fatu from Headshrinker to "Make a Difference" Fatu to Sultan to Rikishi. Then there's One Man Gang becoming Akeem the African Dream.

Would u be willing to make a part 2 because there are plenty more wrestlers u could do?

The thing about the Tensai change is that it absolutely could have worked.... if they kept the damn mask on him. The instant he took that mask off, that was it. The cat was out of the bag, and there was no chance of it working. A lesson they should have already known, since keeping the mask on is how they got Kane over and past the Isaac Yankem gimmick.

R-Truth was awesome when debuted if WWE had treated him seriously he could've been WWE's Biggest Black Star.

@goodmanfilife

Жыл бұрын

Turned him into a Rapper and Comedian.

Honourable mention Ringmaster to Stone Cold Rookie Randy Orton to Apex Predator Randy Orton Rookie Sasha to the Bo$$ Sasha Banks

@raymondhopwood9393

Жыл бұрын

Randy Orton the Legend Killer.

I once said "Bye Festus' to Luke Gallows in a hotel in Singapore. That was back in 2019. He was with Anderson and AJ Styles.

Undertaker is my absolute favorite wrestler and the main reason I started watching WWE (before they got the F out). I absolutely loved his American Badass persona and I think that stretch made for some really great entertainment!

What about "Thunder Lips" becoming Hulk Hogan 🤣

When they introduced Tensai, I was like “he looks familiar.” Me watching classic royal rumbles: Jim Ross - “It’s Prince Albert” Jerry - “here comes A- train”

Tensai gimmick was too worst for Matt Bloom

You know what i love the determinaation of wrestelamia

Still think they should give Drew his old Broken Dreams entrance theme.

Cult leader Bray Wyatt was at peak

I started watching regularly from RR2000 and hated there was no Taker. So come JD and his entrance during the iron-man match... man that feeling I got!

Shelton Benjamin should back to his Gokd standard gimmick & then re-join with Chad Gable to make Chad next Kurt. Well maybe involving Kurt as their manager should be great. Like pass his torch as next gen.

I love your videos❤❤❤❤

I remember the day Taker returned as the AB 🥲 I was so hyped I saw him get in that ring and to this very day I remember thinking to myself “He got in there like… Ok who’s first?” And began to absolutely demolish every single star in the ring before debuting that damn Last Ride ✊🏾 the move that every star absolutely HATED taking!

Tensai/Albert was hilarious because Tensai never worked in WWE for on second. As soon as he came out every audience was chanting Albert, saw it on WWE so many times, lol.

Not gonna lie, I liked the festus character as a kid. And I was intrigued when he faced the Undertaker. A monster once the bell rang vs Taker..I thought the match was good for what it was

How about superstars that Left WWE then returned as Bigger Superstars A few mentions: EC3 Drew McIntyre Cody Rhodes AJ Styles Matt Hardy Raven Karrion Kross R-Truth Kurt Angle Bobby Lashley MVP

I'm the only one it seemed who thought Stardust was the best iteration of Cody we had seen up until that moment. All they had to do was let him win. Jobbing him to Titus (why tf is he still employed) O'neil every week just ruined it.

Luke gallows is all I've known him by. I remember festus I just never paid that much attention

They should have kept Albert as Albert. Raven was the best. Glad they kept Gallows. Cody’s new personality seems to be the best. Kane lives forever. Drew’s latest run with Sheamus is the best right now. I feel like the Rock honestly never lost his touch all these years. Roman’s heel run had to be one of the best. Bray’s one of the most creative stars out there and am happy the WWE was willing to let him shine. The Undertaker is arguably the most successful stars in all of WWE

I guess I'm the only one that liked lord tensai gimmick, it looked cool, somehow mysterious with that helmet.

Half of these are character evolutions, HHH & Shawn Micheals should be on this list based on the selections

Here are some famous ones: Ricky Steamboat-The Dragon Tony Atlas-Saba Simba Jacques Rogeau-The Mounties One Man Gang-Akeem Rick Martel-The Model Tito Santana-El Matador Iron Sheik-Col Mustafa Wild Bill Irwin-The Goon Too Cold Scorpio-Flash Funk Dory Funk-Hoss Funk Jesse Barr-Jimmy Jack Funk

Honorable mention goes to the Usos

Everyone SWEARS Stardust hated from the start, everyone loved it at first but didn't think it would last that long

Gimmicks are the best thing ever

The Rock to Hollywood wasn’t a character change… 😂 he just went heel again. Rocky Maivia to The Rock was the change 😂

The American badass Is best one of undertaker

Festus was my favorite gimmick from Luke Gallows.

I definitely didn’t know that ziggler was part of the spirit squad 😮

As much as the StarDust character was not good, the theme song was very good!

Cant believe Jamal/Umaga and Nicky/Dolph didnt make this list lol

I miss prime R-truth

Love this video

Thank For The Video 🙊🤯🥰💕😍👍

Back in like ‘99 or 2000 I ran into Price Albert and a lady wrestler at a mall in New Hampshire. I was blown away by the complete randomness of the whole situation. He was giant. I almost walked right into him cause I couldn’t see a guy there I just saw a dark spot and my mind couldn’t work out what was happening. When I finally looked up I saw a giant face and head I was like eyeball to eyeball with his belly.

Here's a funny one. Not entirely WWF, but WWF-ECW. Aldo Montoya, The Portuguese Man-O-War. I can't stop laughing when thinking back how "The King" Jerry Lawler, stuck his foot, down Aldo Montoyoa's mouth on "Superstars". And then watching him in ECW as Justin Credible; I could never get the image of Jerry Lawler's foot in Aldo's mouth.

R Truth is a damn national treasure

@gutter339

7 ай бұрын

He can't breathe

1:18 most savage thing the narrator ever said lol

Weirdly enough Mattel is supposed to be releasing Stardust figures in the newest Elite set which I found very strange seeing as how Cody said he wanted no mention of Stardust

Raven needs to be first on the list 😂 going from Johnny Polo to Raven.

I’ll never understand why Lord Tensai was repacked as Tensai without the armor and made to dance with Brodus Clay.

At least Tensai shaved

JBL should have featured on the list.

I actually like the Lord tensai gimmick I just wish it was given to someone else

I didn't know that about Raven.

I'd say Roman Reigns's Tribal Chief was running it's course when he became Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.

@the1andonlyyoungone561

Жыл бұрын

It’s boring now and way over played

@kazallroberts

Жыл бұрын

@@the1andonlyyoungone561 Yup

I don’t remember anyone liking the American badass stage of the undertaker

It’s kinda funny some of the kindest easiest to get along with guys like Roman and The Miz have an easier time playing heels.

Rikishi and Godfather had a bunch of characters too

The undertaker the greatest Charachrer,gimmick,icon,superstars by so many faces❤

Ok, how many times can you guys keep making this video?

I FEEL BAD FOR R TRUTH VINCE MADE HIM A JOKE THE 24/7 TITLE POSSED ME OFF

I hated that they ruined the Kane character it didn’t keep him fresh he was an ominous dark character and the mystery kept it great. Having him loose matches so quickly into his career ruined it. Also Raven could have been a bigger star it’s such a shame

Karrion Kross had the same mask as Tensai. Vince been trying to get that thing to work for years. Rikishi's former character had a similar mask. Think it was rikisi?

I miss the sweet T & Brodus Clay tag Team

All of these changes were great.

Gallows was Festus first then Kane then Gallows..... Tensai was great, it was homage to Japanese roots he found while he was in Japan...fans never got it so fans were out of touch uneducated with his time in Japan.

@Wrestlelamia any wrestlers ever convert to a new persona, only to have it backfire to the point they had to switch back?

Luke gallows was insane

No, the reason the heel Roman Reins worked is because they realized he didn't have what it took on his own and paired him with one of the greatest talkers in the business. When that started to fizzle out they added the Uso's and Roman took a step back and became the chief. When that started to get old they added Solo. That wasnt enough so they started the sammy zayne angle and hit gold but through all of this Roman Reins has done next to nothing. Which works because it hides his mediocre in ring work and his subpar mic skills. Yeah hes the central figure of the story line but he himself is almost nonexistent in the actual story. Look back through his career, he has only ever been popular when he's been paired with people better than him.

Reigns could have been worthy of praise and recognition but he only got to where he is through a push over several years. He doesn't deserve any of it and got there over other way more deserving talents.