10 Wrestlers Who Changed Their Perception In A Heartbeat

10. Dr. Britt Baker (DMD)

Before:

Pushed, promoted, presented, posed: Britt always felt so obviously like a plan in the early days of Dynamite, one hatched to charm a mainstream that never did end up watching. Britt Baker: Wrestling Dentist received polite reactions, but you could see the wires; the company very much wanted her to get over big, and with that came a steep expectation. AEW must see something in her, the fans reasoned, and were let down when they didn't. Baker's work wasn't dire, at all, to counter the narrative, but it wasn't major league quality.

In a heartbeat:

Baker turned heel on the Dynamite cruise in a promo loaded with hilarious deadpan disdain. She turned the dial up in subsequent weeks, in fabulous and very effective arrogant spiels. Elevated by her prodigious instincts to extract every morsel of a reaction with an improvised pause and frown, that Baker stood out on those spectacular pre-Revolution Dynamites underscored just what a talent she is. And then the bell rang...

...and she was awesome then, too, working so much tighter, and with a delight on her face at the sight of her own blood. It was permanent ink with which to paint something unforgettable. A wrestling dentist is in fact an incredible achievement, and this was brought into crystal focus when she was incredibly - wonderfully - pious about it.