As successful and groundbreaking as WCW was for a brief period in the 1990s, it is equally remembered as the home of some of the worst gimmicks in wrestling history. Many a successful wrestler saw their credibility ruined in the promotion, suffering from incredibly ill-advised alterations to their characters. The very worst of these changes resulted in cheap, tacky outfits and one-dimensional personas - poor creative decisions which only served to make the WWF a more credible promotion by contrast. Vince McMahon gained an edge in the Monday Night Wars by portraying his company as one far more in-touch with modern times, an advantage which was as much helped by WCW's incompetence as it was the WWF's greater grasp of pop culture. Many of the worst changes in WCW's chequered history were born out of an attempt to cling onto the 1980s, a period in which such colourful, flamboyant outfits thrived. Unfortunately for the men behind these gimmicks, the darker, grungier 90s suited wrestlers of a very different style - explaining the popularity of reality-based characters such as 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and the New World Order. Here are the ten worst image changes in WCW history. The list includes a wide variety of wrestlers, from promising young stars to ex-WWF legends, proving that disastrous creative decisions can befall even the biggest names in the locker room.
