#2 WCW: 'Surfer' Sting to 'The Vigilante' Sting
Sting, the face of WCW, made his long-awaited WWE debut at Survivor Series in 2014 where he cost Team Authority the match against Team Cena. His first match in the company was against The Game, Triple H, at WrestleMania 31, which Sting lost.
During his early WCW tenure, The Icon had a surfer gimmick, wore colorful face paint and was the top babyface. In early 1996, however, things started to change. WCW started to change. Even Sting started to change.
The New World Order was formed and they vowed to take over the entire promotion. While many people wanted to join the villainous group, Sting was a one-man army ready to take them down.
Sting went through a massive character change, sporting longer black hair, white face paint with black markings and a long black trench coat. He started emerging from out of the shadows and in the rafters and carried around a baseball bat.
After WCW went defunct, Sting continued portraying the popular character in TNA (IMPACT Wrestling) and in WWE. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016.