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?
Steve Wright coming home to fight Marty Jones for the World title as Bull Blitzer was a bit of an insult to the intelligence of dedicated fans....as was Judd Harris when he came back as a German to fight Wayne Bridges....Ted Heath returned from the States as Texas Ted Heath.....Irish Pat Barrat came back as a bona fide yankee.....why did the promoters have to sink so low ?? mind you my last bouts were as a Russian Vladimir Volkov...complete with Norfolk accent !! If you could nt find a foreigner invent one !