10 Attempted WWE Repackages That Failed Miserably

10. Owen Hart To The Blue Blazer

Owen Hart is a future WWE Hall of Famer (hopefully), and one of the most highly-regarded pure wrestling talents in the history of the business. His legacy reached a tragic conclusion, and while he was never WWE World Champion, Hart enjoyed a highly-successful run through the company’s upper-midcard and will forever be remembered among the all-time greats.

Sadly, WWE saw fit to mess with this by putting a mask on Hart and having him become The Blue Blazer in 1998, which was a gimmick he'd used in the early 90s. While the repackaging was reportedly something Owen wanted to do, it was a horrible misuse of one of the company’s best wrestlers. A garish superhero pastiche, the Blazer was incredibly self-righteous and played-up the claim that he wasn’t Owen Hart despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

The Blue Blazer was affronted by the Attitude Era’s edgy, risqué shift in programming and would regularly rage against the company’s creative direction. The character took a comical turn when Blazer connected with Jeff Jarrett, and Hart was never as notable while wrestling as the Blue Blazer as he was when working under his own name.