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Fans of WWE have seen many Superstars overhaul their gimmick in 2020. Alexa Bliss began her descent into the strange world of The Fiend and became his right-hand woman on WWE RAW. Roman Reigns spent a large portion of 2020 away from the action and came back as a heel with Paul Heyman at his side.
Later in the year, former WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella made a return to The Blue Brand with a new look and attitude and went straight after Sasha Banks' title.
Sometimes, a new gimmick is just what is needed to see a Superstar who has been somewhat forgotten or overlooked in WWE get over. A great example of this is Becky Lynch, who revived her career and became the face of the company when her gimmick as "The Man" was born in late 2018.
Here are five WWE Superstars who need a change in gimmick in 2021.
#5 WWE RAW's Dana Brooke
Dana Brooke was on and off WWE television in 2020, and towards the end of the year, she was established as the tag team partner of Mandy Rose on RAW. The pair have worked well together as a team so far, and have even partnered up with current WWE RAW Women's Champion Asuka.
Throughout her WWE career, Dana Brooke has kept a similar look and has used the same entrance since her NXT days. Brooke has moved between being a face and a heel, but overall her character has largely stayed the same.
Dana Brooke was involved in the 2020 Money in the Bank match at WWE Titan Towers. During the event, Brooke showcased a different, ditzy personality.
In one segment, she grabbed the wrong briefcase thinking that she had won the match, and later slid across the freshly mopped floor. During this event, Brooke showed that she would be great as a more comedic character.
It would be great to see Dana Brooke emerge in a revived persona in 2021, as she has the skills to carry something bigger in the future.
#4 WWE Free Agent Bo Dallas
Bo Dallas hasn't been seen on WWE television in some time, since late 2019. In April 2020, Dallas' tag team partner Curtis Axel was one of the many stars released by WWE.
Dallas has been signed to WWE since 2008 and rose to prominence in NXT from 2013, where he won the brand's championship from Big E (then known as Big E Langston) in May of that year.
The star managed to keep hold of the title for 268 days, until he was defeated by Adrian Neville in a ladder match at NXT TakeOver: Arrival.
In his most recent run on the main roster, Bo Dallas was perhaps best known as one half of the B-Team, who disbanded off-screen in 2020. For quite a while, the pair aligned themselves with the most recent Mr. Money in the Bank, The Miz, as the Miz-tourage.
The last championship that Bo Dallas won was the 24/7 Championship when he pinned Drake Maverick on a September 2019 episode of SmackDown, before losing it a few minutes later.
Bo Dallas is a WWE Superstar who has great potential. Hopefully, the star will return in 2021 with a refreshed character. In real life, the star is the brother of "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, so there may be potential for the pair to align in the future.
#3 WWE RAW's Nikki Cross
In 2019 and 2020, Nikki Cross had a great run in WWE as a tag team star while partnered up with former WWE RAW Women's Champion Alexa Bliss.
Cross debuted on WWE's main roster in November 2018 on an episode of SmackDown filmed in Manchester, not too far from her native Scotland. Later, in 2019, she was seen in a backstage segment with Alexa Bliss. She seemed calmer and more laid back than her crazy NXT character.
As a team, Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss worked well together and had great chemistry in the ring and during backstage segments.
The duo became two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. They won the title for the first time on an episode of RAW in summer 2019, and again in the opening match of WrestleMania 36.
Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss disbanded when the latter decided to become the accomplice of The Fiend, leaving her on-screen best friend behind.
Since the split, Alexa Bliss has rocketed to a top position on RAW, but Nikki Cross hasn't been seen as much on television. Her most recent match was against RETRIBUTION member RECKONING on the latest edition of WWE Main Event.
Nikki Cross is a skilled and charismatic performer and has shown her versatility over the last few years in WWE. The star could easily adapt to many different roles, and it would be great to see her do so in 2021.
#2 WWE RAW's Tucker
Tucker has been best known in his WWE career for being one half of the tag team Heavy Machinery alongside Otis since they were in NXT together in 2016. The pair challenged for the NXT Tag Team Championships on a handful of occasions before their move to the main roster in 2018.
From the end of 2019 on SmackDown, the duo were involved in a popular romance storyline. Tucker helped Otis woo Mandy Rose and overcome obstacles in the form of Dolph Ziggler and Sonya Deville, who were determined to split up the couple.
After Tucker's partner Otis won the Money in the Bank contract, Heavy Machinery began feuding with The Miz and Morrison, who wanted to get the briefcase off Otis.
After weeks of back-and-forth, Tucker finally turned on Otis at Hell in a Cell, where he hit his tag team partner Otis with the briefcase and enabled The Miz to win the contract.
Before this turn, Tucker and Otis were also split by the WWE Draft, with the former moving to RAW away from his former tag team partner.
Since the split, fans have seen Tucker briefly win the 24/7 Championship and wrestle on Main Event. Tucker is a talented WWE Superstar and would have the potential to do well if he was repacked in 2021.
#1 WWE RAW's Peyton Royce
Like a lot of WWE tag team performers in 2020, The IIconics was one of the many victims of the apparent year of breakups in the company.
Billie Kay and Peyton Royce gained popularity as The IIconics for many years in WWE, and the pair had been wrestling together since their teenage years back in Australia.
In 2019, The IIconics managed to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships in a Fatal Four-Way match. It was first and only title win of Peyton Royce's WWE career so far.
In a stipulation match on RAW in the summer, The IIconics were forced to split after losing to The Riott Squad. Then, Peyton Royce and Billie Kay were split by the WWE Draft, with Royce on RAW and Kay on SmackDown.
Since Billie Kay moved to SmackDown, she has been entertaining fans with her resume gimmick. Meanwhile, Peyton Royce and Lacey Evans have been thrown together into a tag team. It was reported earlier in 2020 that Royce was due for a singles push, but this has not really materialized so far.
Towards the end of 2020, Peyton Royce has changed up her look by debuting a purple hairstyle and scored the first elimination in the Women's Survivor Series five-on-five match.
It would be great to see Peyton Royce refine a new gimmick in 2021. In 2020, her in-ring skills have improved vastly, and she is a charismatic performer who has great potential.
