5 WWE Superstars whose careers took off after their gimmick was changed

#2 Husky Harris transformed into Bray Wyatt... and The Fiend

The Fiend is one of the most terrifying WWE personas

In 2010, Husky Harris made his WWE debut as a part of The Nexus. Back then, NXT programming was a little different, and the star was assigned Cody Rhodes as his pro. Although he was voted off the show, he continued wrestling in WWE's developmental promotion, Florida Championship Wrestling.

The performer was a skilled in-ring competitor, but his gimmick was holding him back. Around the time FCW was rebranded to become the NXT that we all know and love today, the character of Husky Harris also changed, and Bray Wyatt was born.

Wyatt rebranded himself as the leader of a unique faction, dubbed the Wyatt Family. The backwoods cult led by Wyatt took in Luke Harper and Erick Rowan as "sons", and the group quickly debuted on RAW, and won fans over with their one-of-a-kind entrance through the darkness.

The Wyatt Family targeted numerous members of the RAW roster with attacks, before feuding against Kane, and then moving on to CM Punk and Daniel Bryan. Wyatt had many high profile feuds as the cult leader and was involved in numerous big matches, including one against John Cena at WrestleMania XXX. The line-up of The Wyatt Family varied between the years, with Braun Strowman being a temporary member, and legend-killer Randy Orton even joining in on the action at one point.

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— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) December 25, 2019

In 2017, The Wyatt Family disbanded, and Harper and Rowan reunited as a tag team named The Bludgeon Brothers. Wyatt went solo following this and briefly worked alongside Matt Hardy as the Deleters of Worlds.

The character of Wyatt then changed again in April of 2019, when a series of haunting vignettes were shown on WWE programming. Fans were also treated with video clips of Bray Wyatt as the host of a fictional children's TV show, featuring puppets that were callbacks to his previous WWE gimmicks.

In July of the same year, Wyatt made his debut as a brand new character, The Fiend. On his first outing on RAW, The Fiend attacked Finn Balor, moving on to do the same to many WWE legends including Kurt Angle, Kane, Jerry Lawler, and Mick Foley.

The Fiend later defeated Seth Rollins to win the WWE Universal Championship. He later lost the championship to Goldberg. The star is currently engaged in an intense rivalry with former Wyatt Family member Braun Strowman, and Strowman's former Mixed Match Challenge partner, Alexa Bliss has become entangled in the storyline.