10 Best Image Changes In ECW History

6. Taz

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It's unfortunate that Tazz didn't quite reach the level of success he may have hoped for in the WWF/WWE. Within 18 months of signing at the turn of the new millennium, the former ECW hard man was sitting behind a commentary desk acting goofy on SmackDown broadcasts.

Things could have been much worse had he not been tweaked to a more realistic character years prior. Joining ECW in 1993 and called The Tazmaniac, the future 'Human Suplex Machine' was a barefoot, face-painted wild man who didn't talk. This was a far cry from the tough-as-nails guise he would later assume.

In late-1995, that new personality would come to the fore. ECW announcer Joey Styles even began referring to his arsenal of suplexes as Taz-plexes. Using the catchphrase, 'Beat Me If You Can, Survive If I Let You', the mystique around Taz was greater when drenched in realism than it had been when he was acting like a savage.

Long before the McMahon family added another 'z' to his name, Taz transformed into one of ECW's greatest ever stars.

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