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10 most stunning personality changes: photos/ W/ p! J9 {2 r3 b( ~# g0 y
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In the early 1990s, one of WCW’s most recognizable stars was “Stunning” Steve Austin.
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ustin forever changed sports-entertainment and helped WWE topple WCW’s rating dominance, eventually leading to WWE acquiring The Rattlesnake’s former employer.% T0 q$ B+ I5 J3 i
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, d! d; F9 _2 Q# uAs WCW Champion, Booker T led the charge during the WCW/ECW invasion in 2001.
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As the son of WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes carried on his father’s blue-collar legacy early in his career in both WWE and WCW.5 K* M: k' |! B* W5 v( W
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1 K4 J3 M: k3 q* R1 H% K5 rIn 1995, Rhodes embraced a new persona of “The Bizarre One,” Goldust, moving away from the shadow of his legendary father..5 w1 i) o( A* i
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Following a year of retirement to film a series of movies, Hulk Hogan changed sports-entertainment when he joined WCW in 1994.
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At Bash at the Beach 1996, the sports-entertainment world was rocked when Hogan betrayed Sting, Lex Luger and “Macho Man” Randy Savage, joining Scott Hall and Kevin Nash to form The New World Order.% C% c3 R E/ `$ Y5 g# k
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6 M$ f+ q7 U4 ^; Y3 |$ l& ~$ z5 |After departing WWE in 1994, Johnny Polo went through a shocking transformation and re-emerged in ECW as Raven.( I" L# A$ b/ w, c
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/ O8 }$ w7 U9 O8 ^+ S9 IRocky was not well-received by the WWE Universe, however. In fact, they loathed him. This triggered Johnson’s true persona — The Rock — to emerge.
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During the late 1980s and ’90s, Scott Steiner was highly regarded as one of the top tag team competitors in all of sports-entertainment.
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7 s" @9 j, C/ D4 l4 V3 QBig Poppa Pump — a loudmouth, bleached blond powerhouse — was unleashed and Steiner hit the weight room twice as hard, bulking up his physique.! a/ n$ G4 l; `9 r) {' g
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) ~; j/ Y5 _9 kThe man called Sting was WCW’s most charismatic and popular competitor.
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Ditching the colorful attire for simple black and white, The Stinger silently stalked Hollywood Hogan and The nWo, carefully planning each strike for more than a year.2 x, o; U0 t$ M# P- z- l; O
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In 1995, Hunter Hearst Helmsley debuted as a pretentious, etiquette obsessed Superstar.: d+ s0 M* S7 O0 s: c" K
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Following HBK’s retirement due to injury, Triple H carried on the legacy of DX, but started to show off a much edgier and brutal attitude.
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6 f! g8 s- i# w5 e0 n6 T; G0 ]' k5 EIn the 1980s, Vince McMahon was known to the WWE Universe simply as an interviewer and play-by-play commentator alongside Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
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