Remixed Wrestlers

Dolph Ziggler was in WWE two times before settling on the Dolph Ziggler character. First he was there under his real name Nick Nemeth and he was the caddy for Kerwin White (Chavo Guerrero's very short lived character, that was ended the day after Eddie Guerrero passed), then he was sent back to OVW and when called back up he was a part of the Spirit Squad as Nicky, after that gimmick was ended he was sent back to OVW and when called back up he became Dolph Ziggler. The person above me is right about Tensai as well; he was Albert / A Train before being let go and competing in Japan for a number of years. Ryback was actually a part of Nexus under the name Skip Sheffield, but then he was injured and left the company for about 11 months before returning as Ryback. R-Truth was even in WWE under a different name before he was let go and he went to TNA. He wrestled under the name K-Kwik and would team with Road Dogg on several occasions. Not sure if anyone remembers the vampire character Kevin Thorn but his original character was by the name Mordecai, a gimmick that was supposed to be the opposite of The Undertaker. Some other wrestlers that have been remixed as characters include Kane, The Godfather, Drew McIntyre, and Paul Burchill. WWE isn't the only federation to do this, WCW did it, TNA does it, a lot of indy federations do it as well. It is a way of trying to refresh wrestlers and refresh the company. Although many fans notice that wrestlers were under different names before and continue to call them by those names for a while after debutiing the new gimmick, promoters try to remove an old gimmick that they believe was bad or not getting the reaction they wanted.

Kane experienced much more embarrassing gimmicks. Thats why he is wearing a mask when he got introduced as Kane. He had been a walking Christmas tree creature mascot, Yes he have that stupid gimmick before. He also became Dr. Isaac Yankem, he is a Dentist that wrestles, yes a freaking dentist. Then when the Wrestler Diesel leaves WWE,WWE try to fool people that he is still in wwe by making him Diesel....

You will be surprised if you really pay attention on just how many wrestlers get new gimmicks. Sometimes its funny as ever when Vince gives them new names. Sometimes you can tell other times it takes awhile to notice.

I remember that irritating group, Spirit Squad but I am not aware that Ziggler is one of those. As for the stars coming back as another wrestler, it is not the first time WWE did it.

Another wrestler that I've noticed is Lord Tensai. I remember the first time I saw him in WWE he's Albert. Then he was renamed A-Train. And now he is Lord Tensai. I wonder what name would Vince McMahon will give to Brock Lesnar?