The Born Identity: Ten wrestlers who drastically switched gimmicks.

#4. Mortis/Chris Kanyon

The 1990s were a strange time in wrestling...

Despite evidence to the contrary, wrestling promoters always think they know what the public wants. During the early 1990s, the hit video game Mortal Kombat ruled arcades and home consoles and even got made into a major motion picture.

Eric Bischoff saw this and figured he could get in on the action by creating characters inspired by the game. Out of this ill-advised idea came Glacier--as blatant a Sub Zero rip off as you will ever see--and his 'villain,' Mortis, who was obviously a knock off of Scorpion from the same franchise.

While fans gave Glacier the cold shoulder, they oddly embraced Mortis, perhaps due to the latter's great in-ring ability. Realizing that they had a potential star on their hands, WCW had him unmask and wrestle under his real name and face.

While Kanyon would never be world champion, his career definitely changed for the better after unmasking. Kanyon was one of the most visible members of the Invasion angle after WWE bought WCW, and is still regarded as one of the greatest ring technicians and sellers the sport has ever known.