10 INCREDIBLE WWE Attitude Era Gimmick Changes

[@collinmarcum714]

So many changes for the good! The Rock from Rocky and Stone Cold from The Ringmaster are notable exclusions but also super obvious

[@CRob172]

Collin Marcum I guess it also depends on when you consider the attitude era started too, you could make the argument with the rock but not really for Austin’s transition since he changed roughly around mania 12 time of course, i personally believed the attitude era started at KOTR 96 with the Austin 3:16 speech

[@collinmarcum714]

@@CRob172 yeah, definitely. I'm of the mindset that it started with the Bret Hart Steve Austin match at Wrestlemania and he was definitely picking up the steam at that point with that character

[@danieldrayet2364]

@@CRob172 yea it differs really, you can say it started at kotr 96, sone say mania 13 with bret vs austin amd street fight, so.e say it startrd at summerslam 97 with Michaels chairsshot to undertaker

[@joelthorpe4170]

@@CRob172 Couldn't agree more!

[@swav.zielin]

But there was never a Rock, Paper, Scissors match? The Rock Vs Million Dollar Man Vs Brutus the Barber ? Lol

[@wolvie667]

Am I the only one surprised Kane isn't mentioned here?? I actually thought Isaac Yankem DDS to Kane was gonna be number 1

[@iamjorellr]

Don't forget when he was "Diesel" 🤣😂

[@trentonmcclintock7836]

Yeah "attitude era" gimmick changed... That would be fake diesel to came, yankem was before fake diesel. Still though, either way that should be number one.

[@blacksheep25251]

I was just about to post about that. He had some BAD gimmicks, but he poured himself into it to make it "work". With Kane, absolutely amazing.. (one of my favorite wrestlers)

[@azzy2001]

@@iamjorellr It was fake Razor that was the worst.

[@wolfthaman241]

Or the Rock

[@TheHuskyK9]

If you ask me, the Nation of Domination gimmick is very underrated. It literally put all of the members over after it was done. Rocky Maivia turned into The Rock, Faarooq turned into the Acolytes (later into APA), Mark Henry into the world’s strongest man, etc. It was a good transition gimmick

[@ricky-sanchez]

Hah mark henry got a raw deal after nation of domination. They even made him sleep with old women and some more stuff.

[@davi0121]

@@ricky-sanchez to be fair, Mark Henry was one of the only people who actually *enjoyed* the Sexual Chocolate gimmick.

[@kinggoatmilk9660]

Give or take some opinions about gimmick and time period, the nation put every character over. DX should have done this as well. But everyone career didn’t thrive without dx but the group was so good together guess it didn’t matter.

[@jakekaufman8302]

@@ricky-sanchez oh shit. Don't remind me. As horrified as everyone was at the 2000 Royal Rumble when Mae Young exposed herself. It was even worse when GTV recorded her in bed with Mark Henry and every now and then she'd come back with her disgusting perverted granny antics. I'm sure you and alot of people can agree with me that we stopped having nightmares about it when she finally croaked.

[@RgScorpio]

Too Cool got some serious pops back in the day. Scotty, Grandmaster, and Rikishi were so popular with the fans. If the writers had a clue, they would've had the three hold the Intercontinental (Rikishi) and Tag Team (Scotty/Grandmaster) titles at the same time. But they opted to push Rikishi into a heel turn that ultimately went no where and felt wasted.

[@psychedashell]

They got one pop, all of a month long. Pity GMS Lawler couldn't stay out of trouble.

[@ayewhaddupdoe]

Bro don't ever talk about Papa Shango like that again. Dude gave me nightmares as a child. Gimmick was awesome for us kids at the time.

[@Geohillierneo]

Papa Shango was easily his best gimmick, before becoming a bit of a joke

[@jonrife8226]

I wanted to see papa Shango vs kama vs godfather wonder who would win ? 😆 lol

[@BusinessMan1619]

The Mr. McMahon vs Austin feud was a top memory from my 20's.

[@shammaideen6628]

I actually liked the Papa Shango gimmick. Also, Road Dawg was awesome on the mic.

[@igorivanov299]

*Road Dogg

[@SardonischerDean]

OH YOU DIDN'T KNOW

[@demonfigs3309]

@@SardonischerDean YOU BETTER CALL SOMEBODY

[@jakekaufman8302]

I agree, Papa Shango was an important asset in the golden age of wrestling as a Hatian voodoo priest. Who can forget when he made black goo run down Warrior's face. Very creepy indeed.

[@markwakefield1574]

The attitude era no question was the best ever viewing and is all I watch on the network, compared to today’s crap it was simply awesome

[@angelusnielson7135]

"Once he added the stinkface to his arsenal..." I see what you did there?

[@thebombspayloadisexposed]

Arse-nal !

[@thaberry2]

Only people who English will catch that pun

[@AutumnWind92]

Chekk2KAAAAAYYYYYYS!!!! I’m Slav and I still get it

[@gandalfthegrey7135]

@@thaberry2 Yeah, no. Not English, still get that super obvious pun that only needs surface level knowledge of the English language. Although not very elaborated or deep, it got a good laugh out of me.

[@romeonantenaina2067]

@@thaberry2 British* I would know I am one

[@Harsehaj1]

RIP Shad. Gone to soon. Will always be remembered as a hero

[@dylanbarnes9191]

Also rip grand master brian

[@nicktaylor2657]

What does that have to do with this list? Shad didn't appear in the Attitude

[@yamibakura3641]

@@nicktaylor2657 he died

[@miketsamasiros3960]

@@yamibakura3641 yes we know he died. The question was what does it have to do with this?

[@selectman6352]

@@miketsamasiros3960 Easy likes

[@jojotwice8918]

Always wondered what exactly "the game" gimmick was 🤔 isn't triple h just a continued monster push?

[@hibuddy.651]

His gimmick is essentially is the final boss in a video game

[@carnivalgenesiscross9055]

@@hibuddy.651 Yup. xD

[@carnivalgenesiscross9055]

@@hibuddy.651 Pretty goddamn much.

[@rockk9753]

@@hibuddy.651 him and the undertaker are were the hardest characters to beat in wrestling games back then

[@jakekaufman8302]

He was a monster push because of the simple fact that he married the boss's daughter. Then it started going south and got worse when the company lost the rights to the initials to the World Wildlife Fund.

[@crazychristopher1989]

Rest in Peace Chyna, Eddie Guerrero and Grand Master Sexay

[@kelvinherrera9247]

The god father toke his gimmick too another level opening his own stripe club

[@dwaynejohnson214]

Took

[@Amy-and-Ozzy]

Ahh Too Cool! Loved Scotty so much. Met them at a local indy show in 2016, still very popular after all those years.

[@dbone3356]

As someone who started watching around Survivor Series '91-Royal Rumble '92, I can confirm that Attitude Era was best Era.

[@ricky-sanchez]

The cartoon era had it's moments tho, like big boss man vs. nails, ted debiosi vs I.R.S, and doink the clown.

[@dbone3356]

@@ricky-sanchez That when I started so of course I have rose coloured glasses on when I look back at that. I loved every team... The Bushwhackers, LOD, The Nasty Boys, High Energy, Money Inc, The Natural Disasters, The Quebecers, The Beverly Brothers... But Attitude Era will always be best to me because everyone had something to do. It wasn't just 2 or 3 guys at the top of the card, even the midcard guys (or lower) had storylines to get invested in...

[@granddidit]

@@dbone3356 nah the top card of the golden days had sid, roddy, slaughter, perfect, dibiase, even tito and texas tornado because all the faces were so over by teh crowd

[@jakekaufman8302]

Don't forget the rise of The Undertaker and Paul Bearer.

[@dbone3356]

@@jakekaufman8302 Not only will that version of 'Taker always be my favourite. He was my favourite wrestler at that time.

[@modernmidwestentertainment7542]

I remember being the ring announcer in 2012 for a match between Rhyno and Billy Gunn. My girlfriend at the time and I ended up having dinner with the promoter, Billy Gunn and Rhyno after the show. I remember Billy Gunn being an awesome guy. He borrowed my glasses to look at the menu. It was kind of funny!

[@aporkpiepizza]

The Acolytes were over long before APA.

[@franklingoodwin]

They're the same duo though. The APA literally stands for Acolytes Protection Agency (as Pacitti said in this very video)

[@mjf2891]

The video isn’t saying none of the people on the list weren’t over before the gimmick change. Taker was on there for fucks sake.

[@davidparkes7741]

Don't forget, Trips was also the one who took the fall for the MSG Incident, with HBK injured/retired & Nash & Hall going to WCW. Him taking the punishment definitely would've earned him backstage respect.

[@CarlosCruz-ox9wc]

Hbk wasn't injured yet. He didn't take any punishment from the msg incident because he was the top guy and basically untouchable

[@evanabbott2737]

As a kid, I remember watching Rikishi getting chokeslammed off the roof of the hell in the cell onto the bed of a truck by the Undertaker. It was amazing....😁👍

[@stephonwilliams5232]

2nd greatest match of all time

[@noxidgaming1114]

@@stephonwilliams5232 what's number 1

[@DW3010]

Al Snow got the idea from the Gen 13 comic. There’s a minor character in that series called Sideways Bob who does the exact same thing.

[@jossynda]

DW3010 as much as I loved Gen 13 I forgot all about Sideways Bob. Good call.

[@robinjunior7331]

When you said 'light up a fatty' I was literally lighting up a fatty 🤣

[@JamesBuggemo]

"ME CHOPPY CHOPPY YOUR PEEPEE!!!" Oh Kaientai....

[@darkgreenbud4207]

Indeeed

[@Geohillierneo]

God I forgot all about that 😂

[@TheRealJDPerry]

I know the American Bad Ass is not popular but gods damn it I freaking loved it, hands down my favorite Taker.

[@johnathanpeek1078]

JD Perry I know right it was absolutely amazing it wasn’t quite as good when he brought it back against AJ Styles

[@jeffallen5871]

I hated it. I watched Taker go from non speaking yet evil (putting his opponents in real body bags after defeating them, Paul Bearer doing all the talking for him) to just an average guy who rides a motorcycle. Meh. I still love his Taker entrance, and his “rest in peace” over his “this is my yard!” Meh.

[@ricky-sanchez]

How was american badass not popular? People cheered for his character just as much as stone cold or the rock.

[@williamsmith666]

I always preferred "Hell's Henchmen" Acolytes over the APA; their darker look and far more brutal matches were easily more enjoyable. The APA were still good, just still needed that evil vibe.

[@spencerwelchii573]

I met Charles Wright when I was working at The Adventuredome at Circus Circus (it's an enclosed theme park) and had just started using the Godfather gimmick being a fan of horror I told him liked him better as Papa Shango...I didn't realise he owned Cheetah's I've gone by there a lot.

[@UncleBuddy1994]

I always called Rikishi, Scotty and Brian's stable Tool Cool, the Backstreet Boys of the wwe

[@Day_Reezy]

The Mean Street Posse was like N'sync of WWE

[@barkboingfloom]

How did Dwayne's Johnson's change, from "The Blue Chipper" Rocky Maivia to "The People's Cahmp" The Rock, not make this list?

[@KingJohnTX]

Honestly thought that was going to be #1.

[@ricky-sanchez]

You forgot the rocks run with the corporation. There he was the corporate champ.

[@charleebrown7188]

Somehow I never heard the Rock refer to himself as a "cahamp". But, turn that sumbitch sideways and the Rock will get it over for sure.

[@hushup8692]

Because only captain obvious would include those.

[@nicktaylor2657]

The New Age Outlaws throwing Mick Foley and Terry Funk dumpster off the stage was my favorite moment of the Attitude Era

[@kevin_ramirez2529]

“I’m Adam For Cheesy” gotta love the subtitles

[@johnstorm9314]

I happen to be a fan of Kama the Supreme Fighting Machine and Papa Shango gimmicks...

[@KatDJZ]

I loved Papa Shango, shut up! (I was also like, 8 at the time though, lol)

[@zainbaba3118]

Rikishi giving stink face was priceless 😍😍

[@johnnyb.9807]

The Papa Shango Gimmick was great but ahead of its time!

[@Seanatonin]

Glad to see Everyone's "Uncle Eddie" made this this

[@prod.gregupnext2958]

When Triple H became Corporate 😂 with the boss daughter

[@javierarias424]

Again, "At WrestleMania XV, Triple H lost to Kane after Chyna interfered on his behalf and she was thought to have rejoined D-X. Later on in the night, he betrayed his long-time friend and fellow D-X member X-Pac by helping Shane McMahon retain the European Championship and joined The Corporation. Turning heel in the process. In April, he started to move away from his D-X look, taping his fists for matches, sporting new and shorter wrestling trunks and adopting a shorter hairstyle. His gimmick changed as he fought to earn a WWF Championship opportunity" this happened months prior to meeting Stephanie McMahon. You and everyone else need to do your research.

[@Mdautkreix]

@@javierarias424 Don't hate the player. Hate the game.

[@DavidR-hx2it]

You forgot to mention, how much of an impact it made when Triple H stopped dating Chyna, and Started dating, and eventually married Stephanie McMahon. Triple H wouldn't not have had all the success and world title reigns without marrying Stephanie!!!!

[@angelusnielson7135]

That wasn't a gimmick.

[@oxtheunlikelycontemplator2682]

He was already a two time WWF Champion so that idea is facile.

[@togucvinw7]

Gimmick , go read the title or shut your mouth lil kid

[@emilysanders4807]

EXACTLY!!!!!

[@YaowBucketHEAD]

I thought HHH was a the top (behind Austin, Taker, and The Rock) by the time he kidnapped Stephanie.

[@treyboogy9636]

The APA was whooping everybody's @$$ !!

[@kie1996]

Rikishi adding the stink face to his ARSEsonal was a great career move

[@Deanyomac]

The Sultan. Inspiration for the bane mask?

[@davidparkes7741]

Other way around if anything, Bane debuted in 93, Sultan was 96.

[@aidanmctiernan2711]

The sponge bob part got me 😂

[@NoobCakeHunterD]

MATT FREAKIN HARDY

[@XxrandomexexX]

Drunk jbl gets drunker and edge gets shocked-ier

[@garyblackburn3080]

Like what you did with your screen name from "Vampire Hunter D" right?

[@NoobCakeHunterD]

@@garyblackburn3080 yes :D

[@garyblackburn3080]

Nice. Haven't seen it in a while but i thought it was WAY ahead of its time and one of my personal favs.

[@Pootasaur]

Always loved taking a ride on the Ho Train!

[@baltimoretre658]

The narrative about the new age outlaws was funny. That was a great tag team tho

[@Primo323]

BTW: Before the tag team were called "Too Cool" they were heels and were called "Too Much"

[@TheHuskyK9]

How about Edge going from a pure tag-team wrestler to a Rated-R Superstar?

[@stevenpagnani7005]

Kane as a dentist and the fake diesel. Bob Holly as a race car driver.

[@Shane16784]

Uhhhhh.....Glenn Jacobs? He went from a bad dentist, to a rip-off Kevin Nash and to well......one of the most defining characters.

[@Whogrl16]

Al snow was the jannetty in a team with Marty janetty

[@bmpman]

Did this whole list without a mention of Chris Jericho many gimmick changes or Rocky Mavia or The Ringmaster Steve Austin. How?

[@ricky-sanchez]

This is a list of attitude era transformations. Ringmaster turned into stone cold in the new generation era (also referred to as "the in your house era"). By the time the attitude era came around, Stone cold was a well established name in wrestling.

[@djmarcotte7898]

Attitude era aged just fine. Things weren’t taken so seriously back in the day.

[@rlouie05]

Rikishi went from Samoan SWAT/Headshrinker to "Make a Difference" to The Sultan to Yokozuna clone all in a span of about 4 years.

[@ThePeachTube]

R.I.P Shad🙏🏼Rest in paradise

[@echopryme]

Dude... why does EVERYONE shit on "Papa Shango"?!! I really liked that character as a kid! 🤣😎

[@ahuman9864]

0:23.... the irony of this video and that fan sign.

[@MusicchannelFX]

1:55 there and in the thunbnail he Looks a Bit like Bane 😅

[@Ragan31687]

I’m really surprised The Rock isn’t on here. That gimmick change from Rocky Maivia was astronomically good.

[@ricky-sanchez]

Actually the change that put him over was the change from the corporate champ to the people's champ.

[@the757general2]

@@ricky-sanchez He was already getting over as the leader of The Nation which is why he was turned face after his Ladder match with Triple H.

[@reiererickson5513]

I mean... The Rock is probably one of the biggest face changes I can think of.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

I must be the only person in the world who loves the The Godfather's old, Papa Shango gimmick, and I can't tell you how much I absolutely HATED the "American Badass" Undertaker. Then again, I'm one of those, seeming extremely rare, wrestling fans who loves wrestling the most, when it's the absolute most like a comic book. The comic book limits can never go too far for me. The day that I saw Kane shoot lightning from the sky at the commentary table, and then shoot lightning from the sky at a camera man, causing him to burst into flame, is one of my favorite moments in wrestling history. I also LOVED when Papa Shango was feuding with the Ultimate Warrior, and Warrior was doing some interview, they cut to Papa Shango doing some goofy ritual, and then they cut back to Ultimate Warrior, and all this black, syrup, goop started running down his face while he freaked out in typical Warrior way. It was BEAUTIFUL!!!! I loved it! The goofier the characters, the more I loved things. I tend to get bored when wrestler characters are just.... themselves and their real names, unless they find some way to be over-the-top entertaining. Brey Wyatt is my current favorite at the moment. :)

[@jonathonsmith4090]

I was about to see Scotty Too Hotty and Grand Master live in a house show during the attitude era, it was great

[@aaronboone224]

I thought going from Issac Yankem to Kane would be on this list...

[@notsoinvisiblelibra]

I liked the Papa Shango character

[@InfectedChris]

"Tell em, Tri!"

[@bergman864]

Special mention to Phineas I. Godwin who became Mideon, with a brief stop as one half of Southern Justice.

[@EmergencyGuy]

One thing not spoken of in this video was Undertaker’s legendary retirement at Summerslam.

[@bentwynham2018]

It was the 2014 Royal Rumble on the Pre Show The New Age Outlaws won their 6th tag team title.

[@ThePatrickohara1978]

I see what you did there saying "ARSEnal" while talking of Rikishi.

[@carlhess5707]

I neither fell asleep nor rolled my eyes when Papa Shango showed up. I don’t know anyone who did. We were kids

[@PWNHUB]

It's always a British guy impressed by The Undertakers gimmick change, everyone in the U.S. equates the undertaker with biker imagery long before The American Badass gimmick. The fact is Metal and Death metal are of the same page.

[@MrSabachtani]

Triple H working hard and climb the ladder? My ass! The only climbing Trips ever did was climbing into his bosses daughter's bed. (And climbing on top of her)

[@JH-lk8tm]

Idiot.

[@joegazvazul2448]

I don't care what anyone says, The Sultan had lots of potential. I'm a massive Sheiky Baby mark (he's one of my all time favorites) and having him as a manager should have immediately meant a main event push.

[@craigseddon4884]

I used to watch wrestling avidly back then and I cant remember seeing all that much of Rikishi apart from Too Cool and the Hell in a Cell.

[@kinggoatmilk9660]

The sultan. Lots of folks don’t know that he was also part of a crew called BSK with The Godfather Owen hart dlo brown and the undertaker.

[@cragerzz]

The Ministry was a great gimmick and with Taker not being able to work full time this would the perfect time to resurrect something similar meaning we see Taker regularly but hes leading a group to do his dirty work and he can have the odd tag match with them which would soften the blow and keep him around

[@_Flibble]

Kane? Went from Dentist, to Fake Diesel to the Big Red Machine

[@action802]

Lol why does it look like the longer JBL hair grows the shorter Ron Simmons hair gets. DAMN!!!

[@elgringo1058]

Mick Foley?? Cactus jack, dude love and mankind.

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

All bad asses. He's my favorite

[@yvonnejesse1595]

Would have thought #1 would be Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Rock

[@daneexists]

RIP Shad Gaspard

[@hotdogssuck]

Just noticed how much Justin Long looks like a young Eddie Guerrero

[@jasonmgomez]

no mention of the Ringmaster to Stone Cold? Incredibly lacking....

[@Jason_Altea]

A lot of people consider that gimmick change to be right before the Attitude Era started, plus I believe he was working that gimmick in ECW before even coming to WWE.

[@michellelincoln9987]

I loved the American Badass it was the closest WWF ever let him get to being Mean Mark Callus they should have let Kane take on the fake Diesel gimmick again (still as Kane) to match up with Taker

[@jacobprince5137]

What happened to the war stories series???

[@SethRollinschannel]

Bring back ATTITUDE ERA...😕😕

[@OscarHernandez18600]

@UNDERTAKERSFANZ So cringy.

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

We lost alot of them :( The wrestlers nowadays wouldn't be able to be as entertaining

[@dnice2000]

Unpopular opinion---- papa shango was awesome

[@badjokecoke]

Terry Funk? Don't you mean Chainsaw Charlie? Hurr hurr hurr I'm so sorry ._.

[@MrDonalds_employee]

BadJokeCoke Comedy Terry Funk is chainsaw Charlie

[@badjokecoke]

@@MrDonalds_employee no shit, Sherlock

[@nlrproductions8106]

I think the Undertaker becoming darker and more evil was a great idea for the character in the attitude era! In some cases it was actually scary to watch. If the undertaker didn’t become the American badass, I wonder what taker would evolve into.

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

Funny how many lower tier guys from 95 were mad over in 99/00. Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Bob Spark Plug Holly, one half of the Smokin' Gunns, Make a Difference Fatu, The Roadie, 1-2-3 Kid, Isaac Yankem D.D.S, Kama the Supreme Fighting Machine, ect..

[@kevinpalmer9756]

When did the WWE start using solid red for the ring ropes instead of the red white & blue they used to employ? I know it was in 1997, but I think the Attitude Era really kicked off when that change was made.

[@XxLiam26xX]

I’ve seen Scotty 2 hotty twice at indie shows and he still has it

[@fusionkamehameha4616]

And there was The Ringmaster better known as Stonecold Steve Austin. Or Rocky Mavia who became The Rock. And the list goes on and on.

[@ricky-sanchez]

This video is about the attitude era. Read the title. The Ring master turned into stone cold way before the attitude era, in the new generation era. And the rock was the rock before the attitude era. The only transformation not listed here about the rock that alot of people don't remember is the corporate champ becoming the people's champ. It turned the rock into a permanent baby face.

[@BrettJ2010]

Kinda cool seeing Al Snow on here. He's from my hometown

[@CloroxDoll]

Lima, Ohio?

[@BrettJ2010]

@@CloroxDoll yep lol

[@chrishouterman4772]

Bro, wrestling Rakishi.... better get a pay bump for that lol.

[@BigJ-Bone1800]

Hey man you forgot Doom Ron Simmons and Butch Reed tag team champs!!!!

[@wolvie667]

I heard that the reason behind the Ninja character given to Al Snow (the second one after Avatar) because the WWE couldn't get The Great Sasuke to wrestler for them

[@Primo323]

And The Game HHH was in WCW as "Terra Rysin" then as "Jean Paul Leveque" before working in the WWF

[@caitorosario9491]

The WWF ATTITUDE ERA Rules Period! All legendary Stars kicked there Opponents Asses and Raised the Roof🏨💪🏾🤟🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾@ATTITUDE ERA½ Ratings were High📈📺📸📹🎥📽📡📋📚📖🤲🏾☀⭐🌟🌍🏴‍☠️🇵🇷🌬🌊A LOT OF GIMMICKS CHANGED

[@eliasns6618]

Wait so Kane is not on this list ? Kane attitude era is one of the most iconic not only in WWE/WWF but in the entire wrestling history. His attire, his mask, his entrance, his strength, his pyros.... just legendary. One of the best gimmick in wrestling history no doubt.

[@ricky-sanchez]

Kane is not on this list because of what he became after the attitude era. Some bald guy.

[@sacalabolcita8210]

The hoooo train.🚂💨💨💨

[@SNOwyte]

The attitude era was like the 1960s for pro wrestling

[@charleschamberlain5383]

Quite good list Cultaholic as expected

[@iandude1]

HHH having to feud with Henry Godwinn and losing to the Ultimate Warrior was almost completely due to the Curtain Call.