WWE Superstars who were WWE Superstars before they were WWE Superstars!

1. Idol Stevens aka Damien Sandow!

Long before Sandow debuted as the intellectual saviour of the masses, he had a short stint on SmackDown as Idol Stevens. From 2006-2007 he formed a tag team with KC James and they were managed by Michelle McCool. The tag team burst onto the scene with a non title win over the tag champions London and Kendrick on SmackDown in '06. Stevens would continue his run in the tag division with James up until their manager McCool got injured. Both Stevens and KC James were sent back down to developmental never to be seen again....

That was until 2012 where Stevens re-debuted as Damien Sandow, the intellectual saviour of the unwashed masses! Since then, Sandow has experienced his best run to date, capturing the Money in the Bank briefcase and become a 1-time WWE Tag Team Champion (w/ the Miz).

2. Husky Harris aka Bray Wyatt!

Who would've thought that this New Nexus flop would become the new face of fear? 

Wyatt debuted under the Husky Harris gimmick in 2010, under the old school NXT banner. His mentor was Cody Rhodes. Later that year, Husky Harris made his main roster debut at the Hell in a Cell PPV, assisting Nexus leader Wade Barrett to a win over John Cena. Wyatt never really achieved much during his run as Husky Harris, and by the start of 2011, he was punted in the head way back down to developmental by the viper Randy Orton. 

After a short year back in developmental, he redebuted as Bray Wyatt, a mysterious swamp dweller leader of the Wyatt family. This gimmick was well received by fans and Wyatt as since achieved great things in his career. The past two Wrestlemanias he's faced off against John Cena and the Undertaker (losing to both). Wyatt is now a mainstay on the main event scene and a singles title run 

might not be long off the card.

3. Michael McGillicutty aka Curtis Axel! 

Perhaps the only one on the list that hasn't changed that much between debuts. McGillicutty followed the same path as Husky Harris. However, McGillicutty lasted longer on the main roster, and even managed to capture the Tag Team Championships with Nexus team mate David Otunga. Although McGillicutty became more accomplished during his time on Raw, he suffered the same fate as Husky Harris and was punted, again by Randy Orton, all the way back down to developmental. It was the end of the beginning of the genesis... The genesis of McGillicutty!

McGillicutty (real name Joe Henning, third generation superstar and son of Mr. Perfect Curt Henning) redebuted as Curtis Axel, a name he chose in homage to his father Curt Henning and Grandfather Larry 'the Axe' Henning. He became a new Paul Heyman guy and even won the Intercontinental Championship. Since this big debut, though, Axel failed to connect with the crowd and has since found himself falling lower down the card, even though #AXELMANIA is still running wild.

4. Dr Isaac Yankem aka Kane! 

The Big Red Machine was formally the Big Red Dentist! In 1995, Kane debuted as Dr Isaac Yankem, Jerry "the King' Lawlers private dentist. In reality, Yankem was brought in as a body guard for Jerry Lawler during his feud with Bret Hart. Yankem would go on to feud with Hart too (alongside Lawler). Yankem would continue to float about the scene for the rest of '95 and into the start of '96, becoming a glorified jobber in the process (he even had a match with his eventual "brother" the Undertaker!). Yankem disappeared from WWE TV that year. He made sporadic appearances as "Fake" Diesel for the rest of 1996 before becoming the household name he is today.

In April 1997, the instantly recognisable pyro went off for the first time and Kane debuted in the WWE. After tearing down the door to the cell and costing his brother, The Undertaker, the very first Hell in a Cell match, Kane has become a WWE legend and no doubt future Hall of Famer. A career that's spanned for over 20 years, Kane has held numerous championships and accolades and is still very much active in this day and age.