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Hunter Hurst Helmsley becoming Triple H/The Game Mick Foley adding Mankind to his roster was amazing.

If you do a second part, you really need to include Glenn Jacobs. Dude went from a freaking dentist to an absolute legend

Bradshaw then going onto JBL and main event status was truly legendary

King BOOKAH was so underratted.

Honorable Mentions: *Cody Rhodes - from a Rookie to Legacy to Dashing to Un-Dashing to Stardust to American Nightmare *CM Punk - from being a Straight Edge to Vocie of the Voiceless Best in the World *Mayor Glen Jacobs - from Mad Dentist Dr. Isaac Yankeem DDS to KANE *John Cena - from The Prototype to a Rapper a.k.a Doctor of Thugganomics *Shawn Michaels - from The Rocker to the Heartbreak Kid *Sean Waltman - from The Kid/123 Kid to Sixx to X-Pac *Billy Gunn - from being a Cowboy to Mr. A** to the Chosen One to Daddy A** *JBL - from The Acolyte to the self proclaimed WRESTLING GAWHD *Rikishi - from The Sultan to Rikishi *Dave Batista - from Leviathan to The Animal *Randy Orton - from being a Rookie to The Legend Killer to Apex Predator *Roman Reigns - from being hated Big Dog to lovable heelish Tribal Chief *Becky Lynch - from Irish Lass Kicker to The Man *Sting - from a surfer type face paint to The Crow *Brock Lesnar - from The Next Big Thing to The Beast Incarnate *Dustin Rhodes - from being The Natural to Goldust *Lex Luger - from being a Narcissist to American Hero *Trish Stratus - from being a Model to Women's Champion *Jeff Hardy - from Charismatic Enigma to Willow to Brother Nero *Shane Helms - from being a resident Superhero to the self proclaimed Greatest Cruiserweight Champion in WWE History *William Regal - from being "A Real Man's Man" to a Gentleman Villain

As the only redhead in my school, the fact that Undertaker was so unstoppable, cool and a ginger is a big part of the reason I was an immediate fan

KANE is missing here, I mean from Doctor Isaac Yankem to Fake Diesel to KANE ist the epithome of Second Wind

DELETE DELETE DELETE. Broken Matt Hardy was Wonderful.

Austin is really an upgraded gimmick of an upgraded gimmick. The Steve Austin name originally was to tie him to the Six Million Dollar Man. He was originally supposed to be implied to be a cyborg. That was dropped before it was a thingn and he had the "Stunning" Steve Austin and meant to be a pretty boy. This is why his finisher is called the Stunner. Changing from Ringmaster to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was building on his original idea as a cyborg (Steve Austin was more of an assassin in the novel "Cyborg" that the Six Million Dollar Man series was based off of. So the version he debut as "Stone Cold" was a lot closer to his original gimmick; but he quickly adapted and morphed it into the version we recognized based on his instincts. WCW should have let him do what he wanted rather than force him into the Stunning and the Ringmaster personas, his instincts definitely would have given us something similar to what we got. They take the cake for being terrible at listening to their talent.

Broken Matt Hardy was the best thing in professional wrestling in 2016, people forget how good that gimmick really was in TNA

Glad to see the APA featured, because they were my favorite tag team of the Era. DAYUM.

The problem with Nash was the fact that he spent all of his late 1990s WCW career in desperate need of intensive knee surgery.. and he really never should have gotten that much money. As for "Broken/Woken" Matt Hardy... he single handed resurrected IMPACT.. and the fact that one man was able to do that screams volumes about the fact that both the sale of WWE *_and Vince "retiring" finally!!!_* came a decade later than it should have!

I would also add John Cena. From a regular muscular guy who wears home team colors, he upgraded to the Doctor of Thuganomics which is led him to stardom

3:17 The Rock was injured in April 1997

Can't lie, 2 of my favorite acts of the late 90's and early 00's (98-02 specifically) were 2 Cool and the APA.

I was already in awe at the goth look and then at 13yrs old and seeing Taker for the 1st time blew my mind and I loved that look.. The only thing Taker was missing was a nice set of New Rock boots.

That Too Cool team up with the Rock and Mick Foley was one of the best things I had ever seen as a kid lol

Love this video. Rocker Shawn Michaels to the Heartbreak Kid is one of my favorite

Too Cool was very over and could've had a New Day type of run if really pushed and marketed more

Crazy how parallel Rocks and Roman character shifts were

How huge and significant Festus to Luke Gallows change was shows the fact that virtually nobody realised it is the same guy when Gallows debuted. He lost alot of weight and shaved his head and grew a beard. All of this totally changed his look.

To me growing up every APA segment on Raw was gold !!! They could do comedy to serious and everything in between and then they just destroyed opponents!!!! Definitely one of my favorite tag teams of all time!

LA Knight previously performed in WWE during early NXT days as Slate Randall, before going to TNA and becoming Eli Drake. Therefore, he had two successful gimmick changes.

The transition between slides of this video is just too smooth 👍🏼👍🏼

Jim Ross used to kill me when rock was starting out “ that’s him right there blue chipper right there yes right there “ lmfao over the top af

Just putting the many faces of Foley up there as awesome transitions of gimmick upgrades worth mentioning

Gallows theme is playing on SVR2011 on a ps2 somewhere

Man growing up I thought King Booker was so stupid and silly and now days as a adult I wish I saw more characters rise to the top

Matt hardy in tna made the best of a lack luster situation being broken. He wasn't able to recreate such in wwe or aew. He's a lost cause w/o Jeff willingly wanting him back knowing it risks his sobriety. Matt never had a strong sense of self character wise. AEW direction shows this.

Another great upgrade Isaac Yankem to Kane

10:58 - That should have been the perfect time to say, 5 time, 5 time, 5 time, 5 time, 5 time, WCW champion. xD

I eneded up eith a smile and laughing at the end with Too Cool 😎 "When they had a dance break right in the middlenof it" 😊 That ish was cool

Broken Matt Hardy is such a brilliant character that it’d be very hard that someone will get so over with such a character

Dom Mysterio gimmick change was good too.

Me and my friends Rock nWo gear to this day

Here’s a couple of documentary ideas Fade to Black: the Tommy End/ Aleister Black/ Malakai Black story One and only: the Ricochet Story

Wrestle With Andy Got The Best Videos 📸 Of All Time🐐 Marvelous Job 👍.

6:05 LA Knight is always on tab when he says that

I remember when broken matt hardy began it became the most over thing in wrestling people who didn't even know impact where deleting

I feel like Luke Gallows would’ve been great in The 80s

I do have full love and respect for you and your videos, Wrestling With Andy🤘😇😎🤓😊🤘

one thing, Undertakers Debut wasnt at Survivor Series 90. he already showed up i think in a Dark Match before.

Dwayne Johnson has lately lost some star status due to arguing with Vin Diesel and the failure of Shazam 2 due to Black Adam.

Yep i was the guy... i was the guy doing the worm in the school corridor while friends and girls were cheering, laughing and being disgusted at me at the same time.

I was waiting for Kane. That is one of the most successful gimmick upgrade.

Matt Hardy really should’ve gotten the main title

Issac Yankem to Kane Hunter Hearst Helmsley to Triple H Aldo Montoya to Justin Credible Dean Ambrose back to Jon Moxley

Take a shot when Andy says "hell."

Love your content! Keep it up

You forgot to mention that Steve Austin won the King of the Ring because Triple H had it taken from him due to the Curtain Call. So had the Kliq not done that, Austin may never have become what he did.

A few more obscure would be nice. Austin,rock,hogan come on man

The face flip for Taker was amazing bc, how do you DO that? And clearly it worked!

Team Extreme showed Matt was always a star. He was brought back to WWE as team extreme bec that's how fans knew him, and WWE owned. Matt shone

7:25 budget Eugene😂

I never realize how far back The Rock's hairline was from the very beginning.. steroids got all wrestlers bald except for mick foley

“Stone cold” tea is not how I remember Austin telling the story. 🧐

This is outta left field but I wanna see a documentary about Shawn "Supermex" Hernandez

People of the past would think that upgrades and downgrades for wrestlers are all 50-50 occurrences, whereas people of today would believe that downgrades for wrestlers are more common than upgrades.

Wwe killed Broken Matt. Idk why AEW tried to revive it

AYooo i was hoping to see "The Godfather" in the list damn

Thank For The Video 💞💗👍😍

The Undertaker is easily the greatest character in WWE history. 30 years as the Deadman also Taker is a 1 time Hall of Famer not a two time Hall of Famer

Bro was glazing the rock 💀💀💀

I had no idea Gallows was Festus

Yes too cool was something to see

La knight has Mr kennedy written all over him

Ngl Matt Hardy got done dirty by WWE in the 2000s. They literally fired him for getting mad about the affair but when he came back after his release he then lost to Edge in one match and that was it😢. Also Broken/Woken Matt should've won the WWE Title since he was mega over

As much as I hate Hulk Hogan, the bright blonde handlebar stash with black stubble is a good look

Sugar Shane Helms to the Hurricane should be in there too.

Teddy long and undertaker go way back I see 😂

Tht pronounciation of duprieeee 😂😂

Ah man the nostalgia 🥲 So many badasses on this list and to think it's a list that will just grow with time is really awesome ya know

Admit it, you released this video because of the new cinematic deletion match that was just announced

Can't stop laughing at the narrator. 😂

Didnt know Luke Gallows was the Biscuts & Gravy dude??

The APA segment would’ve been a perfect time to go to Bradshaw’s transformation to JBL

JBL could have been on this list twice, since the gimmick upgrade to Texas millionaire made him the biggest heel and the WWE champ.

APA and Too Cool favorites

Stone Cold is the GOAT. It’s not even close

If I ever met The Undertaker I would say "Oh hi Mark!"

In the case of Hulk Hogan, to be fair, him turning heel was the best thing to happen for wrestling and it's also our fault as fans why he turned too 😅. 30 years of Undertaker.....nuff said

If you think about it, every successful wrestler has gone through a transformation in order to reach their peak. Rey Mysterio might be the only one who has been consistent his whole career.

Yeah!

Please do the return of the undertaker’s American badass in judgment day 2000.

After Acolyte to APA, Bradshaw to JBL too.

HOW ABOUT A VIDEO ON WRESTLERS WHO DIDN'T NEED A MANAGER. OR WHO WE DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD TALK ON THE MIC.

1. Husky Harris to Bray Wyatt 2. Bayley from Hugger to Role Model 3. Eddie Fatu from Jamal to Umaga 4. Roman Reigns from Big Dog to Tribal Chief

the parallels between the rock and roman reigns are freaky.

Love the broken Matt Hardy character.

Surfer Sandmanto Sandman, Babyface Tommy to The Innovator of Violence, a rollerskating Shane Douglas to the Franchise.

Too cool was in fact too 😎

9:19 now wolfpack maybe

Where was Kane?? Or Scott Hall?? Bray Wyatt? Batista??

My friends always bashed me for liking Too Cool

I don't see broken matt as a upgrade I'm sorry lol. V1 was just too good

I thought the rock came in late 96. I might be wrong.

Cody Rhodes should be on the list

I wonder why it took the wwe so long to make Roman go heel when every other megastar that was the face of the company (besides Cena) got absolutely red hot when they went heel when the fans hated them as baby faces. I’m glad they finally made roman go heel though as the wwe really is fun again because of him

You could pretty much say this about majority of wrestlers