10 WWE Stars That Benefited From Changing Brands

7. The Miz To ECW (2007)

John Morrison ECW Champion
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Seeing The Miz in 2006 is seeing a man that probably wouldn't have been missed were he to be released. Offering little more than a over-caffeinated Ryan Seacrest/Carson Daly impression to go with a clunky in-ring style, The Miz was a bane on Friday Night Smackdown, existing only to annoy in the undercard.

When Miz wound up in ECW after the 2007 supplemental draft, he began a career transformation, turning himself into a capable heel with a little more confidence in his work. There was always potential in his piercing verbal jibes, and ending up in ECW provided more of a forum for him to sand down the rougher edges.

It was through this new placement that he would strike gold with another winning talent....

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