10 Times WWE Creative Ruined A Wrestler's Gimmick
1. Lana
This was just awful; how did the WWE screw up an entire character, that took them months to build up, in under a week?
When we first met Lana, she was the valet and manager for Rusev, and she was awesome. She had this sexual repression thing going on — a conservative, buttoned-up blouse and tightly wrapped hair, paired with these long, bare legs that were barely covered by a skirt.
She was dynamite on the microphone — sharp, aggressive, angry, and pointed. And lastly, she had great ring psychology — she always knew when to interject herself into a match, and she was the only person who could get Rusev to release his submission holds. "CRUSH!!"
But then, the WWE turned her face and paired her with Dolph Ziggler. And suddenly, everything we liked about Lana vanished in under a week. She was no longer strong and tough — she giggled, wept, and got into silly catfights with Summer Rae. She smiled way too often. She spent most of her time either kissing Dolph or clapping for Dolph.
She traded in her sharp, foxy business suits for faded jeans apparel. It was, for all intents and purposes, a different person, unrecognizable from the original character that drew fans in the first place.
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