10 AEW Wrestlers Who Are Almost Unrecognisable Since Debuting

4. Daniel Garcia

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Daniel Garcia is a pro wrestling fan, and if it wasn't immediately clear when he walked purposefully to the ring with the burgundy trunks of Bryan Danielson and the purpose of Katsuyori Shibata, it was the second he locked up.

A slight-but-rapid fire grappler, Garcia and partner Kevin Blackwood were comfortably outmatched by The Butcher & The Blade on the 15th September 2020 edition of Dark, and just about everything beyond Garcia's core values have changed since.

Not that he'd want you to know that, of course.

The pro wrestling genius still lingers below the surface whenever Garcia makes his entrance in 2023, but as a member of the Jericho Appreciation Society he continues to dance in his leather trousers thanks to a stubborn and misplaced belief in Chris Jericho's teachings about how to make it. The JAS leader donated to a gofundme set up for Garcia and others following a car crash in 2019, he couldn't possibly no longer have Garcia's best interests at heart, could he?

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back almost 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 60,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett