Guys who upgraded their look when they changed their gimmick

[wildojinx]

Now it's time for guys who looked BETTER once they had a gimmick change:

Hardcore Holly was a much cooler look for him than Bombastic Bob or the racecar singlet

Clean shaven Scott Hall>Tom Selleck moustache Scott Hall

[Burst]

They're pretty distinct phases of his career, but it's pretty jarring to go back and look at DDT/early NJPW clean-shaven trunks-wearing Kenny Omega.

[sdoyle7798]

I think Shawn Michaels post Rocker’s split works in this thread.

[wildojinx]

Also, unpopular opinion, but Evil Martial Artist Crush was cooler looking than Friendly Hawaiian Crush


Face Crush


Evil Crush

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Mil goes from relatively alive to out right dead...to me that is gimmick change enough for me to be able to bury the pinstripe pajamas one more time.


From that to




Pajamas Mil: You are all in trouble

Mil post Pajamas: All of you are f***ing dead

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Farooq is an obvious one:

[CMWaters]

Maybe it's just because of seeing it longer, but Kurt Angle once his head was shaved seemed to upgrade how he could be serious, even if he was still doing comedy stuff at the time.

[Mozenrath]

For all of the issues it has had, EVIL did legitimately look like a bigger deal to me after he turned on Naito and changed up his image.

Additionally, Evil Uno got way better gear after the first couple of months of AEW, and just really clicked a lot better.

[Urn Anderson]

Mean Mark to the Undertaker has to be the definitive example of this.

[wildojinx]

And Tommy Dreamer going from suspender wearing pretty boy to hardcore brawler works too (actually, this applies to a lot of ECW guys, see also Surfer Sandman to beer drinking Sandman, Johnny Polo to Raven, Tazmaniac to Taz, etc.)

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Not a gimmick change, but once Bret went single he dialed in his look much better. Colours stayed the same, shades the same, jackets, but he stood out more with cool designs and logos than with the same tights with HITMAN across his ass in block letters and the black ADIDAS strips down his leg, got better jackets.

[drougfree]

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to

[grungesmurf]

Bladerunner Sting to Surfer Sting.

[grungesmurf]

Aldo Montoya to Justin Credible

Isaac Yankem to Kane

Shane Helma to The Hurricane

Rocky Maivia to The Rock

[grungesmurf]

Super Black Ninja to The Great Muta.

Deacon Batista to Batista

Men at Work tag guy to Mortis

Xanta Clause to Balls Mahoney

[EvenBaldobombHasAJob]

Marty Janetty upgraded to jumping through a window like a coward.

[tafkaga]

OWEN HART from MC Taxi Cab Hammer to the pink and black

[Bob Schlapowitz]

Dec 29, 2023 9:00:30 GMT -5 EvenBaldobombHasAJob said:

Marty Janetty upgraded to jumping through a window like a coward.

Will you stop!

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

When Bray went from Husky to being Bray

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Big Poppa Pump is the answer. Imagine a wrestling fan from the early 90s during the Steiners heyday stopped watching in 1994 when they were in the WWF and then tuned in and watched a Nitro in 2000 and the first thing he sees is Big Poppa Pump cutting a promo.