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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 7, 2011 7:57:20 GMT -5
Either repackaging a former WWF/WWE wrestler who returned or a wrestler who came to the WWF/WWE from a different promotion.
I'd have to say Umaga was one that really shocked me. I remember when I first heard the news that Jamal from Three Minute Warning was returning. I just remembered thinking, "what the hell are they going to do with him? They just fired Rosey so this guy is probably going to be heel jobber or something at best." About a year later he main evented WWE's second biggest PPV of the year with John Cena.
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Post by hossfan on Jul 7, 2011 8:02:01 GMT -5
Kind of hard to top Kane.
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Post by Cronant on Jul 7, 2011 8:02:47 GMT -5
Yeah Kane.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 7, 2011 8:04:43 GMT -5
Kane is obviously the big one, and Umaga is up there.
JBL has to be one of the top ones.
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Post by JDviant on Jul 7, 2011 8:08:52 GMT -5
Kind of hard to top Kane. If its just wwe guys yeah, but the tc also said guys from other companies coming in and changing, and that would probably make it Undertaker. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2011 8:09:40 GMT -5
Cena from wacky rollup guy to the Dr. of Thuganomics
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Post by Branimal on Jul 7, 2011 8:19:09 GMT -5
JBL has to be one of the top ones. I remember reading on the internets shortly after WrestleMania XX that Eddie's next feud was going to involve Bradshaw.. and I thought, "How in the hell are they going to do that?" Did they ever prove me wrong. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 7, 2011 8:19:30 GMT -5
Woops. added an "s" to the end of the OP because I meant this to be a thread about successful repackagings in general, not just the single most successful.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jul 7, 2011 8:26:10 GMT -5
Kind of hard to top Kane. If its just wwe guys yeah, but the tc also said guys from other companies coming in and changing, and that would probably make it Undertaker. In that case, Diesel and Stone Cold have to be up there as well. |
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Jul 7, 2011 8:26:38 GMT -5
Does Mankind count? If not, then definitely Dude Love. if so, both.
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Post by "The Bantam" Rob Boss on Jul 7, 2011 8:28:37 GMT -5
The Miz, in recent memory, springs to mind.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Jul 7, 2011 8:29:13 GMT -5
Dolph Ziggler would be a good one, only one to have survived the Spirit Squad in the long term.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jul 7, 2011 8:30:51 GMT -5
Wow, we're THIS deep into the thread and no one's mentioned "Rocky Miavia to The Rock"? From NOBODY who probably would have been released within a year to instant future legend.
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Post by #RUDO Coco Del Rio on Jul 7, 2011 8:31:56 GMT -5
From Kerwin White's caddy to "NICKY!" to "Hi. I'm Dolph Ziggler." And just to further cement that, he's the only member of the Spirit Squad employed by the WWE right now.
Surprising for me since I thought everyone in Spirit Squad was going to fail as individual stars. Nicky proved me wrong.
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Post by JDviant on Jul 7, 2011 8:40:21 GMT -5
Wow, we're THIS deep into the thread and no one's mentioned "Rocky Miavia to The Rock"? From NOBODY who probably would have been released within a year to instant future legend. I tend to think of that as a character evolution and less of a repackaging, sort of like Hunter Heart Helmsley to HHH. |
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Post by Session Moth is over on Jul 7, 2011 8:55:49 GMT -5
JBL
One moment he is beer swilling ass-kicking Bradshaw. The next he is this smartly dressed Intelligent, Wall Street type man who became our WWE Champion.
It was an amazing transformation and it felt like it happened overnight.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 7, 2011 9:02:31 GMT -5
Wow, we're THIS deep into the thread and no one's mentioned "Rocky Miavia to The Rock"? From NOBODY who probably would have been released within a year to instant future legend. I wouldn't really count the Rock though. A repackaging, at least to me is more like a guy goes away for a bit and then he comes back with a completely new gimmick that has no connection to his previous gimmick. The Rock referred to his past when he became a heel and used that as a springboard to success. |
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Post by I *still* ✡ Johnny on Jul 7, 2011 9:11:34 GMT -5
To people who saw Raven in ECW, it must have been hard to connect that with preppy boy Johnny Polo.
Then of course WCW and the whee screwed him over, so I'm guessing the repackaging wasn't successful in the more well-known feds.
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Post by FUNK_US/BRODUS on Jul 7, 2011 9:17:03 GMT -5
Ringmaster becoming the biggest star of the 90s?
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Post by theshowstoppa on Jul 7, 2011 9:18:36 GMT -5
Johnny Blaze to Johnny Spade to Johnny "Don't call me Monday" Nitro to John Morrison.
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