10 Most Inspiring Wrestling Transformations

6. Scott Hall

10 Inspiring Wrestling Transformations
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Of every wrestler on this list, and the many others the industry was particularly tough on, no former high profile star seemed closer to an all-too-familiar end than Scott Hall.

Running out of in-ring options having worn out welcomes in WWE, the independent scene, TNA and even the Insane Clown Posse's Juggalo Championship Wrestling between 2002 and 2011, Hall had been beaten down by his demons so many times that longterm recovery appeared beyond reach. Through use of his real life issues on screen as a performer and in a heartbreaking 2011 ESPN special on his disparate decline, Hall's problems were so constantly visible that news of his tragic passing always seemed imminent.

Then, Diamond Dallas Page struck again. Taking on his friend and colleague's challenges along with those of the recovering Jake Roberts was a life-saving turning point for 'The Bad Guy'.

Now the occasional lucid legend on a show rather than the whispered-about fallen idol, Hall's proof that wrestling fans will stay loyal if the performers themselves can stay clean.

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