What wrestler could you not take serious with a new character because of a dumb previous character they were?

Question

For example, I could never take Hardcore Holly serious because he used to be a race car driver called Bob "Sparkplug" Holly...and people would call him Sparky plug....

Hard to take him serious as Hardcore after that...

You?

Answer 1

Eugene

Answer 2

Eugene if he were to come back

Answer 3

Gregory Helms. (The Hurricane)

Answer 4

Festus

Edge

Answer 5

Festus

Randy Orton (if he turns face)

CM Punk

Answer 6

Festus

Gregory Helms

Paul Burchill

Randy Orton

Answer 7

I have never taken Kevin Nash seriously as a wrestler, not only because he has no wrestling skills, but because of that idiotic character he played in WCW before he went to the WWF.  That character was the "mystical" Oz with Kevin Sullivan in a mask as his manager called Merlin The Wizard.  Jeez.  He had a couple of other horrible gimmicks, but Oz was the worst.

It would be hard to take Nick Dinsmore serious as a new character after being "Eugene" for so long.

And Jimmy Wang Yang.  How do you take somebody serious after they've been an "Asian redneck" two-stepping in the ring?

Answer 8

I'd say Gregory Helms with his The Hurricane thing :L

Answer 9

Kip James aka Billy Gunn.

His nickname was "Mr. A**" in the New Age Outlaws, and after his DX phase. he became an even more disturbing "a** man". It makes it worse that he played an ambiguously g*y character with Chuck Palumbo after that stint.

Answer 10

Paul Burchill

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