5 WWE Superstars who had their gimmicks canceled

#4. Lana as a dancer

Lana has been through various character changes in the past five years, from performing as the Russian manager of her now-husband Rusev to aligning with Dolph Ziggler. Lana then wrestled for a bit before moving back into a managerial role alongside Tamina, Bobby Lashley, and now Natalya on WWE RAW.

When Lana started taking steps to become a prominent member of the Women's Division in 2017, The Ravishing Russian debuted vignettes of her dancing suggestively around a chair.

This led to Lana's WWE TV debut as a wrestler but the dancing gimmick was toned down in comparison to the aforementioned vignettes and the chair had seemingly been taken away.

Lana was instead using a similar gimmick to Naomi as she slowly danced to the ring. She would still use her dancing skills in the ring but WWE decided to take away the chair and the suggestive entrance.

It is believed that the gimmick was watered down right off the bat and phased out eventually because the suggestive dancing wasn't considered to be PG enough and could scare away WWE's family audience.