12 Bizarre WWE Brand Split Gimmick Changes

1, 2 & 3. La Resistance

The draft didn’t just have an effect one one member of La Resistance, it seemed that all three went through some troubling psychological changes when they were torn apart. Sylvain Grenier, Rene Dupree and Robert Conway had some success as a trio and captured the World Tag Team Championship on four occasions, but on their own, they didn't know who they were.

The 2005 draft saw the trio split up with Grenier and Dupree headed off to SmackDown, and Conway staying on Raw. Conway dropped his French loving ways, turned into “The Con Man” and raided Buff Bagwell's wardrobe. He went to war with the WWE legends, and lost in embarrassing fashion. His con game soon came to an end as he was turned into a jobber and soon released.

When Dupree went to the blue brand, he seemed to be more French than ever. He got himself a poodle, and a short lived talk show segment (incredibly short actually, with only one episode airing) “Cafe de Rene.” after enjoying a bit of success and winning the tag titles with in-ring general Kenzo Suzuki, he became "The French Phenom" after going back to Raw. When he switched brands again to go to ECW, he morphed into “the most extreme athlete in ECW history.” Every time the man changed brands he took on a new gimmick and look, but none of them helped him move up the card.

Sylvain became a model and dropped the “i” from his name. After not enjoying much success in this role, he became a proud Ambassador at Large for the Beautiful Province of Quebec. It was kind of like what The Shining Stars were doing, and about as effective.

La Resistance rejoined forces in 2007 on ECW, but Dupree was suspended and the stable fell apart. All those gimmicks, and all those changes brought the group back to where they started, but yet, much worse off.