So, I had an idea:
Take two: Tell me a wrestler you hated at first but eventually came around on and are now a fan of.
— Cageside Seats (@cagesideseats) September 28, 2016
There’s some recency bias in the results, of course, but you probably aren’t surprised to learn who came out ahead in this poll. Here are the top five:
The Miz (lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll l)
John Cena (lllll lllll lllll lllll l)
Nikki Bella (lllll lllll lllll lll)
Rusev (lllll lllll ll)
Roman Reigns (lllll llll)
Baron Corbin (lllll llll)
Kevin Owens (lllll llll)
Miz won running away, and that honor is well deserved, but Nikki’s career turnaround may be even more impressive considering where she came from.
The rest of the results:
Daniel Bryan (lllll ll)
Seth Rollins (lllll l)
Edge (lllll)
The Usos (lllll)
Dean Ambrose (llll)
Heath Slater (llll)
Charlotte (llll)
Chris Jericho (lll)
Xavier Woods (lll)
The Rock (lll)
Sheamus (lll)
Christian (lll)
Eva Marie (lll)
Luke Harper (lll)
Randy Orton (lll)
Bayley (lll)
CM Punk (lll)
Enzo Amore (ll)
The New Day (ll)
Triple H (ll)
Mark Henry (ll)
Cesaro (ll)
EC3 (ll)
Sasha Banks (ll)
Bray Wyatt (ll)
Alberto Del Rio (l)
Bobby Lashley (l)
Dana Brooke (l)
The Club (l)
Samoa Joe (l)
AJ Styles (l)
Sami Zayn (l)
Kurt Angle (l)
Brock Lesnar (l)
Mikey Whipwreck (l)
Bo Dallas (l)
Becky Lynch (l)
Trevor Lee (l)
Ric Flair (l)
Stone Cold (l)
Hiroshi Tanahashi (l)
Bobby Roode (l)
Kazuchika Okada (l)
Big E (l)
Batista (l)
Young Bucks (l)