The topic about wrestlers with gimmicks got me to thinking about wrestlers with gimmicks or identities that they changed. Why? Was it always that the gimmick had run it's course or just wasn't working? Or at the promoters insistence?
One that comes to mind is Shaun Arnott who wrestled as Magnificent Maurice before returning as Colonel Brody. Kung Fu removing his mask to become Eddie Hamill did him no harm at all, but when kendo did the same most of us thought it didn't work.
Your thoughts on wrestlers who changed their identities?