10 WWE Stars Who Were Unrecognizable From Their Early Days

Reflecting back on some of the gimmick changes in WWE history where a wrestler's look changed drastically.

By John Canton /

The wrestling business is full of interesting characters. It's why we fell in love with it as kids, why we keep watching it today and why we'll continue to watch it in the future. If every character was the same things would get boring. We want to see different guys with unique personalities. What happens sometimes in wrestling, whether we realize it or not at the time, is the same performer might be a different character after undergoing a major change to their look. When we're kids we probably have no idea about that stuff. As online fans, we figure it out right away and immediately bring up that wrestler's previous identity. That's why you might hear "Husky Harris" chants for Bray Wyatt these days. Some fans never forget. It's time to reflect back on those performers that played multiple character and did so while changing their look to the point that they became nearly unrecognizable from when they started their WWE careers. It's only looking at WWE characters because the idea is the same company tried to pass off the same performers as different gimmicks. The key thing to remember with this one is we're looking at the guys that did a lot to change their looks. Steve Austin changed his look from the Ringmaster by shaving his head and growing a goatee as Stone Cold, but it's not like he was unrecognizable. We knew who he was. Another example is how a guy like Tugboat changed his name to Typhoon. He didn't change his look much. Others did. Those are the ones we're going to focus on. Here's a look at ten names in WWE history that changed their looks so much that they appeared to be a completely different person.