10 Bizarre Times Wrestlers Experimented With Their Look

6. Miro

Dolph Ziggler
AEW

Perhaps best not to ask 'The Redeemer' why he went with a dyed blonde look upon debuting in AEW in 2020, lest he turn up at your house and kick the f*cking sh*t out of you for asking such dumb f*cking questions. And he'd do it while saying something wittier and scarier than that, too.

Like just about everything else to do with his first few months, it all just felt a bit off. Appearing in Daily's Place as if he'd just gotten off the Greyhound from Disney World, Miro's entire vibe was not of a man that would snap your back in half with his finisher as a warm-up to pleasuring his wife "over and over and over again".

This was a different time thankfully confined to a past that feels more even distant than it is. It's understandable that the former Rusev maybe wanted to create as much separation from that gimmick as possible, but those early choices weren't the way to do it.

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