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** Abyss has gone from Kane clone, to a hybrid of Kane and Mankind, to a geek who asks if having Jacqueline on his lap makes him not a virgin anymore, back to indestructible badass, and now he's basically a 6'8" 300+ version of Dave Sullivan.

** [[Samoa Joe]], twice. The first was after losing to [[Kurt Angle]] at Hard Justice 2007 when Karen Angle predictably turned on Joe. The fans saw that turn two miles away, so they cheered for Kurt and Karen and booed Joe. The real damage didn't come until Joe cut a promo on [[Scott Hall]] at Turning Point, leading to his rebellion against TNA management. Unfortunately, he came off as whiny, leading the fans to boo him even more. Not to mention, he was losing left and right. Eventually, at Lockdown 2008, he got his badass cred back after beating Angle for the TNA Title.

** Alas, that didn't last long, did it? After losing the title to Sting (when Nash turned on him), Joe formed the TNA Front Line along with [[AJ Styles]] to counter [[~~Wrestler/~~Sting|Sting]]'s new group: the Main Event Mafia. During that feud, the Front Line lost nearly EVERY SINGLE MATCH against the Mafia, with the exception of Lethal Lockdown. It was also during this feud where Joe became a member of the "Nation of Violence," which saw him torture Sheik Abdul Bashir for no reason whatsoever and threaten to kill [[Scott Steiner]]. Again, the fans looked at Joe as a complete psychopath, and not the badass he once was. Then, he turned on the Front Line and became just another lackey for [[Kurt Angle]].

** Alas, that didn't last long, did it? After losing the title to Sting (when Nash turned on him), Joe formed the TNA Front Line along with [[AJ Styles]] to counter [[Sting (wrestling)|Sting]]'s new group: the Main Event Mafia. During that feud, the Front Line lost nearly EVERY SINGLE MATCH against the Mafia, with the exception of Lethal Lockdown. It was also during this feud where Joe became a member of the "Nation of Violence," which saw him torture Sheik Abdul Bashir for no reason whatsoever and threaten to kill [[Scott Steiner]]. Again, the fans looked at Joe as a complete psychopath, and not the badass he once was. Then, he turned on the Front Line and became just another lackey for [[Kurt Angle]].

** Jay Lethal had a stretch where he pinned TNA Champion [[Kurt Angle]] clean, won the X-Division Title, and saved the aforementioned X-Division from Team 3D. The latter, he did ALL BY HIMSELF. During all of this, he was getting the attention of [[Heroes Want Redheads|So Cal Val]]. Immediately after he got the girl, saved the X-Division, and got his title back, Sonjay Dutt wooed Val away from him. That was the beginning. Val remained undecided on who to shack up with, until she turned on Lethal, killing him for good.

** Just like Abyss and Kane, [[AJ Styles]] goes up and down the badass roller coaster frequently. With him playing second fiddle to the retired [[Ric Flair]], AS THE WORLD CHAMPION, NO LESS, it's safe to say he's on the down slope.