10 WWE Stars Who Went From Undesirable To Undeniable
3. Miro
Enough has been written about the failure of WWE to take advantage of the outrageuous popularity of 'Rusev Day'. AEW almost made the same mistake.
Some wrestlers just forge a connection with the wrestling fanbase as a whole, and Miro seems to be one of them. The 'Bulgarian Brute' has a great power game, unique charisma and charm and an intimidation factor that cannot be taught. Yet, when one of the more surprising WWE releases during the pandemic arrived on Tony Khan's show, it was the dampest of squibs.
Nobody cared about Kip Sabian or his impending wedding to Penelope Ford in 2020, yet Miro was drafted in as his 'Best Man'. What could have been a fun play on the Mr Perfect gimmick and lean heavily on Miro's machismo was replaced with a guy who genuinely was his best man, along with being a video game nerd.
Cool.
It didn't help that Miro's "explosive" debut promo was more Aaron Rex than pipe bomb, and his only thing of note during his initial run was having his arcade machine broken. The former WWE United States Champion looked doomed to failure, until he turned his back on Sabian and found his true calling. As 'The Redeemer', he was a man transformed.
A terrifying entrance theme, mixed with his brutal in-ring displays and killer promos, catapulted him to becomming arguably the best AEW TNT Champion so far and the fans have been clamouring for a better 2023 after the absence of 2022.