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Post by paperbackhero on Aug 27, 2015 15:03:25 GMT -5
What wrestler lost a bit of their magic when they changed up how they looked. Hair colour, beard, attire, physical appearance?
Ken Patera, when he came back smaller after his jail term with brown hair...he looked like my aunt going through menopause.
Macho Man with the tights, dyed hair, and neon cowboy hats.
Rey Mysterio without the mask.
Nikita Koloff with his size and hair.
Anyone got some suggestions?
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 27, 2015 15:10:52 GMT -5
I'd say Kevin Thorn, but losing Ariel started the downturn.
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Aug 27, 2015 15:23:01 GMT -5
Chris Harris when he Braden Walker'd himself into ECW....he (and his bookings) went to hell quickly.
Test after the steroids and short hair....he definitely slowed down and wasn't anywhere as great as he was when he debuted.
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Post by Burst on Aug 27, 2015 15:26:41 GMT -5
I feel like going from an established look to short trunks always seems to have only two outcomes: either they successfully move on past their previous character and are taken seriously as main event characters (Trips, Jericho, Miz) or it takes away everything that was remotely interesting about them and they flounder (nearly everyone else that's done it).
I don't think there's really been any middle ground.
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Post by thegame415 on Aug 27, 2015 15:29:49 GMT -5
I'd say Kevin Thorn, but losing Ariel started the downturn. Pretty sure Kevin Thorn was already at the bottom. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 27, 2015 15:36:52 GMT -5
I'd say Kevin Thorn, but losing Ariel started the downturn. Pretty sure Kevin Thorn was already at the bottom. I wouldn't say that's true. On the ECW brand, he was heavily pushed and seemed to be developing nicely. Then they took Ariel and he just became mostly inconsequential in the New Breed. He got injured, got a major look change, becoming significantly more generic, and got released in short order. He would have probably had issues eventually, given he apparently had developed a reputation in developmental of being lazy, as well as accusations, founded or unfounded, from Jason Sensation, but it did him no favors to give him a gimmick-idectomy. |
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Post by jmule on Aug 27, 2015 15:38:10 GMT -5
Jim neidhart hart tights to new foundation pajamas
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Post by DSR on Aug 27, 2015 15:53:41 GMT -5
Superstar Billy Graham shaved his head and became a serious martial arts character (even dropping the Superstar nickname).
And that very brief time Dolph Ziggler "New and Improved" himself.
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Post by keezy on Aug 27, 2015 15:59:05 GMT -5
Zack Ryder changing his hair to blonde when they had tons of merch out with his brown spiked hair.
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Post by Glitch on Aug 27, 2015 15:59:28 GMT -5
Gregory Helms becoming....just plain Gregory Helms.
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Post by Push R Truth on Aug 27, 2015 16:02:17 GMT -5
Willow
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Post by Dave the Dave on Aug 27, 2015 16:21:15 GMT -5
I'm not sure what Pat Tanaka wore before he just wore a gi...but it had to be better.
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Post by theshockmaster on Aug 27, 2015 16:33:08 GMT -5
In ROH, Erick Stevens was becoming a pretty big deal before he got rid of his mohawk. His push died and it seemed to have a Samson effect on his wrestling ability too. He got a lot worse.
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Post by paperbackhero on Aug 27, 2015 16:33:34 GMT -5
When JYD trimmed his hair and shaved off his beard.
Hogan's fake beard.
Beefcake met a hairspray bottle.
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Post by Vanilla Gorilla on Aug 27, 2015 16:36:45 GMT -5
I never got used to Shawn Michaels' looser pants. I always liked his gear before his hiatus. Of course that wasn't why he went downhill. I am sure the two are correlated though (hiding braces and loss of mass etc).
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Aug 27, 2015 17:06:50 GMT -5
In ROH, Erick Stevens was becoming a pretty big deal before he got rid of his mohawk. His push died and it seemed to have a Samson effect on his wrestling ability too. He got a lot worse. His push died because they switched bookers, not because of his hair or look. he was one of the main people in the ROH/SnS Inc feud, but once Gabe was fired and the feud was over, Peace didn't do anything with him, so he just wrestled for a year before being put in the dead end Necro Butcher/Embassy feud where they stuck everyone they didn't know what to do with |
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Post by chrom on Aug 27, 2015 17:32:53 GMT -5
I wouldn't say Macho, he had his matches and feuds with Warrior, Roberts, and Flair to name a few after he switched attires.
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Post by paperbackhero on Aug 27, 2015 17:40:21 GMT -5
I wouldn't say Macho, he had his matches and feuds with Warrior, Roberts, and Flair to name a few after he switched attires. Oh, he had a couple of good matches...but for me, from Memphis until Mania 5 was his peak...everything else after pales in comparison. Kinda like Hennig and his run from 90 onwards... |
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Post by somsta on Aug 27, 2015 17:40:36 GMT -5
I wouldn't say Macho, he had his matches and feuds with Warrior, Roberts, and Flair to name a few after he switched attires. I'd say Macho, but for his mid life crisis leather outfit in WCW. |
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Post by paperbackhero on Aug 27, 2015 17:56:05 GMT -5
Ill add the Road Warriors as well. As soon as they got to WWF, and strictly used the red shoulder pads, they were sunk. The WWF run killed them off.
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