The Born Identity: Ten wrestlers who drastically switched gimmicks.

JBL wrestled under several different names and gimmicks before striking gold.

#7. Tugboat Thomas/Typhoon

Tugboat Thomas. Why didn't this gimmick catch on? Our money is on the hat.

Fred Ottman was a big catch for the WWE when he signed with them in 1989. A big, powerful man who could also move, he was considered a potential heir to the throne Hogan had tried to give up to Randy Savage.

However, he was assigned the Tugboat Thomas character. By 1989, not even the children thought a tugboat captain was cool, as they were adrift in a world of Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers.

But then Tugboat got a new lease on life. He was repackaged as Typhoon, and paired with Earthquake to form the Natural Disasters.

As Typhoon, he was basically a clone of John Tenta/Earthquake, but no one seemed to mind. The new team started off as heels but quickly became babyfaces when the crowds took a liking to them.

Sadly, this was not to be the last drastic change for Ottman. He joined WCW and was repackaged as the Shockmaster. We'll just let this video of his debut show you how that all worked out.