10 Years Later, How Liv Morgan, Jey Uso And seven Different WWE Stars Reinvented Themselves

As we put together for WrestleMania 41 and different upcoming WWE occasions, it is value taking a look at how far the corporate has are available a decade. Exterior of the most important shakeups in administration, there are fairly just a few superstars, like Liv Morgan and Jey Uso, who’re nonetheless within the firm and had been doing fully various things again in 2015.

The next is the largest listing of names who modified a superb deal from the place they had been in 2015 to the place they’re now. Virtually all of those are stunning, so let’s dive in and revisit what was a bizarre time in wrestling and the way far a few of these stars have come since then.

Liv Morgan

The Girls’s Revolution was underway within the WWE, however Liv Morgan wasn’t actually part of that. The long run Girls’s World Championship holder was part of the NXT model, primarily as an additional who would soar on Tyler Breeze throughout his entrance and trigger a scene. Liv additionally appeared beneath one other ring identify, “Marley,” and misplaced a match to Eva Marie. It is fairly a far cry from the place she is now, as one of many high ladies’s stars within the nation.

Jey Uso

In 2015, Jey and Jimmy Uso’s personalities had been that they had been twin Samoans. Each effort was made to make them look as an identical as potential, which is not all that tough admittedly, however little was completed to distinguish their personalities as nicely. Whereas they had been one of the dominant tag groups within the WWE, I do not suppose anybody would ever think about “Foremost Occasion” Jey Uso would sooner or later be an Intercontinental Champion.

Roman Reigns

You’d by no means understand it when he marches to the ring to thunderous chants because the OTC, however a decade in the past, the WWE fandom at-large was furious Roman Reigns received the Royal Rumble. A lot in order that they booed him throughout his WrestleMania match towards Brock Lesnar, and had been much more relieved when Seth Rollins cashed-in and took the title. Roman’s 2015 briefly bought higher when he lastly received the championship that November, solely to instantly lose it to Sheamus, who cashed in his Cash In The Financial institution briefcase.

Cody Rhodes

If you happen to believed in 2015 that Cody Rhodes can be the face of the WWE, folks had been most likely taking a look at you an identical approach they did his weird character Stardust. Rhodes’ persona was a by-product to his brother Goldust, and whereas he had a excessive level in a feud with then-Arrow star Stephen Amell, this persona finally drove Rhodes from the WWE. He left the corporate to show he might be a major occasion famous person, and a decade later, it is onerous to say he was unsuitable to make that transfer, having returned in 2022.

Becky Lynch

2015 was Becky Lynch’s first 12 months on the principle roster, as a part of the Girls’s Revolution that modified the ladies’s division in WWE eternally. It could appear humorous now, however she was really paired with Paige and Charlotte Aptitude, and seen primarily because the third within the group. Lynch ended up dropping to each of her allies when the faction break up, whereas the opposite two went on to win titles within the ladies’s division. Who would’ve thought a decade later, she’d be utilizing Ric Aptitude’s “The Man” nickname and be one of many high champions of the corporate?

The Miz

The Miz and Damian Sandow had been deeply entangled throughout the former’s Hollywood A-Lister period, and the WWE crowd cherished it. Sadly, all good issues come to an finish, and the duo ended up in a feud towards one another, which concluded with Miz defeating his former companion and going their separate methods. Whereas Miz shed his tag-team companion, he has retained parts of the Hollywood A-Lister persona right now in his character.

Finn Bálor

2015 was the center of Finn Bálor’s memorable NXT title run, by which his trademark demon was out in full power. That run performed a big half within the WWE making him the corporate’s first Common Champion when he joined the principle roster the next 12 months, although an harm pressured him to relinquish the title. Bálor slowly shed the Demon persona and struggled to seek out the identical success within the years that adopted, however is beginning to get again on observe as chief of the Judgment Day.

Seth Rollins

2015 was an enormous turning level for Seth Rollins, who had simply captured the WWE championship in one of the thrilling finishes to a WrestleMania major occasion by defeating Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar after cashing in his Cash In The Financial institution Briefcase. That is the place I would argue he started the transition from company McMahon stooge to “The Architect” we all know now, which slowly gave option to extra elaborate outfits and extra of a character.

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