Wardrobe/Appearance changes you actually liked

[wildojinx]

Short-haired Rick Rude comes to mind (also, once he started putting unique designs on his tights in 88 as well, as opposed to the generic ones he wore previous). And of course, the most famous one is Steve Austin shaving his head and growing his beard out.

[Shark]

I'd go with Miz ditching the shorts. I could take him more seriously as the upper mid carder and ultimately main eventer in the trunks than I could with the goofy shorts.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Punk getting rid of the long hair.

Regal growing out his hair.

Rey Mysterio switching to baggy pants.

Hogan switching to long tights.

[Prince Petty]

I liked Randy Savage's neon cowboy makeover. It's such an iconic look, and hid his hair loss far better than anything else he'd tried.

Christian going from those awful singlets to long tights really worked. Especially the white ones he wore at Wrestlemania 20. And him cutting his hair shortly before that, which made him look like a serious contender (and could have been, if the WWE had been prepared to pull the trigger).

I really think Triple H looks so much better with a shaved head, especially when you compare him to that awful look he had in the mid-2000s.

[FHgrad99]

The British Bulldog's short hair look was a vast improvement over the braids he wore in the early 90's.

[auph10imitated]

A recent one is Ronda Rousey from generic gym gear to Sonya Blade gear. She actually looked cool.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Sting ripping off the Crow

Big Poppa Pump transformation.

[SmashTV]

Perfect going from the generic black trunks to neon singlets. It helped him stand out even more and was very fitting for the character.

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Mysterio ditching the baggy pants and going back to tights.

Macho dropping the cowboy hats and jackets and going back to head scarves and t-shirts in WCW made him look more threatening and less cartoony.

Undertaker's ministry look is his best and most evil looking IMO.

Also loved Undertaker's mohawk at WM30 and wish he'd stayed with that.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat in 1991.

Loved the red dragon scale patterned tights, loved that he breathed fire. In other places, the plain look worked well, but to me, this was him as a total superhero. Just wish he'd been pushed at the time.

[cassonova]

I'm obviously the minority, but I liked HBK's brown tights. I felt it was a welcome change from the gaudy tights in the nineties. I could wax philosophical longer, but that's for another thread.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Mar 29, 2019 3:09:10 GMT -5 Prince Petty said:

I liked Randy Savage's neon cowboy makeover. It's such an iconic look, and hid his hair loss far better than anything else he'd tried..

I really think Triple H looks so much better with a shaved head, especially when you compare him to that awful look he had in the mid-2000s.

Both of these. Neon Savage and Kratos HHH are the best looks for both men.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Mar 29, 2019 8:43:12 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat in 1991.

Loved the red dragon scale patterned tights, loved that he breathed fire. In other places, the plain look worked well, but to me, this was him as a total superhero. Just wish he'd been pushed at the time.

His WCW return after this was great. He did the fire breathing still but had some cool designed tights. Like airbrushed Dragon that went all around them.

Going with others not said already as I agree with most outside of brown HBK.

One thing for sure about HHH is that I always found him looking better with facial hair. Clean shaven HHH always looked funny to me.

That Big Show came back with a beard. He's another that clean shaven face doesn't look right. I also like he went to the double strap singlets instead of one, to get away from the whole Andre look.

Honestly like Jericho growing his hair back.

While he had this for some time now but R-Truth looks so much better with long braids then he did with short ones he had during his K-Kwik and early TNA says.

[FHgrad99]

Another one that came to mind is JBL cutting his hair and going to his natural hair color when he went from APA Bradshaw to John Bradshaw Layfield. It fit the character perfectly.

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I'm probably the only one, but I liked Paul Bearer's post-bandage look with the red hair and no mustache. He looked less cartoony and more menacing to me, though it was pretty weird that a new hair color and bare upper lip seemed to be the only cosmetic changes stemming from getting his face burned.

[chronocross]

Mar 28, 2019 23:26:26 GMT -5 Shark said:

I'd go with Miz ditching the shorts. I could take him more seriously as the upper mid carder and ultimately main eventer in the trunks than I could with the goofy shorts.

This.

Once he ditched the shorts/gloves/faux hawk and that horrible music, I took him far more seriously and didn't feel the need to change the channel like I did before.

[karl100589]

MMA rather then pro-wrestling, but Rose Namajunas looks more legitimate with the skinhead:

[Deputy Muscle]

Jacques Rougeau changing from his short tights to full Canadian law enforcement look. Dude looked like a boss.

[Hit Girl]

Jake Roberts switching to the flame tights.

[Aceorton]

Bob Holly ditching the ugliest mullet in wrestling in 1998 was a definite step up.

I also appreciated the Godwinns losing the shirts under their overalls and going from farmers to crazed, greasy Ozark hill people.