Wrestling's Best Ripoffs | Wrestling With Wregret 

overmind2000 good point. Scottie’s fav wrestler like everyone else of a certain era and body type.

You know they say all gimmicks are created equal

I don't remember Dan Spivey ever being in WWF. Thanks for this!

Also, Jesse Ventura.....

Look at Scott and look at Billy and you will know that this statement is not true

Shark boy was the GOAT

From the deep blue sea... 🦈 SHAAAAARRRK BOOOOOYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! 🦈

OH SHELL YEAH

Back when TNA was watchable.

Shell yeah! Thats the fishing liiiiiine cause shark boy said so.

Haha yeah. It would be like Oreos suing Hydrox for ripping them off.

Difference is Flair got the permission, do some research first .

@@MrLeo135334that’s so well and succinctly put! 😂

If ya think bout it that’s just him being Ric Flair.. MJF would do the same low key part of there gimmick

Ric Flair is a goof

its still real to me, dammit!

You mean the No Country for Old Men gimmick that actually didn't look or sound like a gimmick inspired by that movie in any way but that Jericho always brings up in interviews and podcasts?

@@fuzzydunlop7928 I've seen that movie, Friend-o, and you're right.

Total Bockwinkle homage. Good call.

William McCollom Flair! Wooo

And then was ripped off by The Miz.

Stone Cold was a Bad News Brown ripoff

To me, SCSA WAS a rip off of the Sandman, except Austin did the character better, and could wrestle.

naa not better because austin played the role sandman was the roll in real life. How can stone cold played it better?

Too me he will always be "Stunning" Steve Austin, another Gorgeous George rip-off.

feuded*

I'll ask Virgil if he's interested net time I'm at the swap meet.

Sounds like a stable that could feud with Billy and Chucky

Nobody would come to see them, but they'd have a great intro.

uhmmmmm... wont work, 2 of them are black

There is only one C in Ricardo, moron

Plus Scott Hall own son was apart of them bullet Club

bischoff was inspired to make nwo from watching what masahiro chono was doing in new japan. He actually contacted chono to start it (also have collaboration), but he refused as he was not confident. Then few months later, Bischoff started his version, which was nwo. And chono agreed to collaborate after seeing its reaction

@@SSKACG I thought it was Nobuhiko Takada not Chono.

@@shawncalley9994 invasion part was, yes. About the black white looks, anti establishment were from chono. On how chono created the image, can be seen here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M-W0sHL1NyQ.html

IKR

I see what you did there

The IIconics at least have someting unique about them: They're possibly in a lesbian relationship together but there's no solid confirmation.

@@Acerthorn >unique Velvet and Angelina were much more lesbianish than Peyton and Billie soooooo yeah not so unique

I saw the Beautiful People in their prime. They were not lesbians. They were slutty. Big difference.

Yeah I got thrown off when he was cussing at that doctor. LOL 😅😅

Man for my money Shark Boy and New Jack as a tag team was THE high point of TNA.

@@chuckhouse5179 Hell yeah. The mic skills of New Jack, the raw ferocity of shark boy.

And that’s the fishin’ line...

Nothing beats finishing off your opponent with a stone cold chummer.

Thank You!!! It’s about time somebody said it. Triple H is a direct ripoff of The Franchise, and that NEVER gets talked about

Didn’t HHH’s “Connecticut Blueblood” persona come first, though?

Yeah but that one was nothing like Douglas' '98 persona or his own '99 persona. There's at least two promos on RU-vid right now featuring Douglas in his '98 heel run. One where he dares Taz to break his arm and one where he talks up how Bam Bam Bigelow is going to "put Taz through the ring again" at Heatwave '98. Watch both of those and then watch any promo of Triple H's from his '99 Sunday Night Heat interview with Jim Ross (where he first calls himself "The Game") all the way through the entirety of the McMahon-Helmsley era and you'll see that the resemblance is ridiculous.

Mr Cub Fan 415 Direct copy of Lord Steven Regal , William Regals gimmick in WCW.

here comes the ECW crybabies

Lord Lansdowne & Dizzy Davis (an Actual Friend of George's) Helped Inspire the Gorgeous George Gimmick. Dizzy, of Course, Was More Hands-on in Helping Create It

Big omission

Oh my God Buddy Landel succcccked!

@Simply Ravishing what the Sam Hill are you talking about?

ol' school Tony Carter Don't feed the troll

Buddy Landel was fairly successful in the independent leagues towards most of them shutting down and in a lot of Southern NWA territories before the WWF went national but somehow just couldn't cut it in larger promotions .

It is now I think about it.

😂 😂

Yeah, but Shane Douglas' Dean Douglas gimmick(ripping off the genius) negates it

Jay Lethal as “The Franchise” in ROH (but as a popular babyface) is and still great

Naw

Jay It took me a while to stop laughing.

Bro

@@gb6710 glad to be of service 😁

Yeah that piece of vile garbage blocked me from his twitter

Vince Russo BELONGS in a PORT-A-POTTY tied up with Hacksaw Jim Duggan

I think so. Because both had female manger which were Luna and Ariel. And they were vampire gimmicka

don't forget his first gimmick

@@TyMarshall007 oh yeah and his rip off of the undertaker if he was a religious priest. Thank for reminding Ty Marshall

@@jodieslattery6984 anytime

No, but he was "The White Mark Calloway"

Lame

I've never seen a street light tear a quad.

@@ZacharyShow good post sir

I'd like to see a street light do a hair flip that's as half as good as Nash's.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks he's overrated.

The problem is that a majority of wrestling fans have never heard of Bockwinkle. And WWE is not going to mention him, since EVERYTHING that WWE does looks like the drizzling shitz compared to Bockwinkel's personality, style, promos, and yes his wrestling and psychology.

I felt like that was more Miz as of late

No x-pac was

He also single handedly won Vietnam stopped 9-11 and revealed the truth about aliens. Can we get him elected president already?

@@chuckhouse5179 I for one welcome our new x-pac overlord

@@chuckhouse5179 He's also the most successful proponent of the Green Party - somehow. He said he was going to vote Libertarian, then after the election he was like "yeah, I lied, Jill Stein ftw" and I instantly grew to like him a bit more. He also helped expose Chris Kyle for the fraudulent sadist he truly was, so big ups for that as well.

@@fuzzydunlop7928 I'm no fan of Jesse these days but I did appreciate his takedown of Kyle. Too much blatant lying going on anymore and it was nice to see someone actually have to answer for it for once

Black Machismo is absolutely iconic

@Necroglobule I stand corrected, thank you

@John Volken Fuck off. I didn't want to disappoint you... lol.

Best rip-off not failed Rip-off

@Mike Keller lmao.

Cornette endorsed him and calls him his illegitimate son

And the douchebaggery

Fivehead ? Explain !

robert clark you know what a fivehead is right?

N O W Y O U W A R S H U P

BEET DEBRARH

Shark boy

wstine79 are beverly bros ripoff of mario bros?

Diego Oregon are beverly bros a ripoff of the Bastion booger???

AJ Styles? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ldF3zm8VooU.html

AJ briefly took on the "Nature boy" gimmick during TNA for a short time while Ric Flair was his manager.

Acerthorn that's an interesting fact

Buddy Rogers, Ric Flair, AJ Styles, and Christian have all held both titles. Christian never went by "The Nature Boy."

Unlistedsoul Wrong Christian never won the WWE championship

I respect that

Pretty much every native wrestler ripped their gimmick from Wahoo. None could do it even half was well as the big chief. Tatanka and Strongbow felt watered down and boring compared to Wahoo.

Kill Everyone Tatanka was an actual native so I don’t really consider him a rip-off.

@@RFSpadeDan Are you implying that Wahoo wasn't native?

@@RFSpadeDan So you're saying Tatanka was a rip-off of Wahoo, but not a rip-off of Jay Strongbow? Wahoo and Tatanka were both actual Native Americans and Tatanka borrowed a lot from Wahoo such as chops(Ric Flair borrowed the chops from Wahoo too but not his gimmick). Jay Strongbow was an Italian.

Hal Jordan I actually agree with you there. My rule of thumb is if you’re a Native American portraying a Native American gimmick, you’re not a ripoff, period. That goes for any ethnicity for that matter.

He'll probably turn up if Brian does a worst rip off video.

They were both ripoffs. Powers of Pain was just more blatant about it.

Spikes and Leather... check. face paint ..check. Hell Demolition even would stick their tongues out.. Powers of Pain were two single wrestlers thrown together to go against the Road Warriors in the NWA, where everyone knew they were rip offs. Since the WWF could not have the Road Warriors in the 80's they created their own version while many WWF fans had never seen the originals.

@paul316us Nah, if I wanted to take jabs at them I'd say I didn't enjoy watching out of shape 40 year old men in BDSM gear. No idea how that got through in the most PG of PG eras in wrestling. I'm not knocking their ability as a tag team or denying how much better they were booked than LOD outside of Crockett/WCW. Their gimmick was post-apocalyptic, paint wearing, Mad Max villain and that's what LOD was. Even Demolition realize they were a ripoff.

paul316us demolition are a rip off of the road warriors, they where created to be the WWF equivalent to the road warriors. Road warriors was far superior to demolition

@paul316us Being old fatsos doesn't differentiate them. Buddy Rogers never had a mullet, it doesn't mean Ric Flair didn't nick his whole gimmick. Vince wanted LOD. Vince couldn't get LOD. Vince made his own LOD. It's pretty common knowledge that the only reason Demolition came to fruition was because the Road Warriors didn't or couldn't go to WWF yet. When the WWF got LOD, they pushed the imitators to the wayside.

*_Best_* Ripoffs.

@@Eternally_Sardonic right...

He's already talked about that.

Renegade was still more believable than One Warrior Nation. What an idiot that guy is. At least Renegade was still a competent worker. OWN is just horrible.

And then bass went to the then WWF :')

@SN A The blue cross has yellow trimming.

You forgot about Midnight in WCW as well. She was black but still a big musclebound woman.

Hercules Hernandez Lex Luger Chris Masters

Now , Wait A Minute Matt , Nooo When he tagged with Paul Roma in Power & Glory both played arrogant heel bodybuilding types managed by Slick the feuds they had with The Rockers and Legion of Doom were a mixed bag of entertaining to absolute dross the excrement really hit the fan when they feuded with The Bushwhackers but by then everyone was past caring .

@GBProductions84 True. But after that, he became a pure job guy. Hawkins was one of the Major brothers (with Zack Ryder) and apart of Edge's La Familia stable and became a job guy just like Brawler did. They mirror each other fairly well.

Curt Hawkins current character is more like Barry Horowitz, a jobber with his own merch.

@GBProductions84 that he did. And to make the parallel even more apt, mark my words, Hawkins will get a fluke win over a high profile superstar as well. History has a way of repeating itself. The 123 Kid over Razor Ramon. Barry Horowitz over Skip, Brawler over Triple H, and Hawkins over ??? We'll find out sometime soon, I'm guessing as he's starting to get over as a lovable loser. Vince likes to pay back loyal workers he tasks with being gatekepers with occasional (if not fleeting) success. Hawkin's job is to go out and get people over, so as thanks for that, I'll bet Vince will give him a feel good moment.

Sean Waltman 123 Kid , Syxx , X Pac or whatever moniker he used is a former cruiserweight champion in WCW , lightheavyeight champion , 3 time tag champion and 2 time European in WWF/E so calling him a jobber is a little harsh wouldn't you say ? I'd say jobber to the stars would be more fitting and that is a gimmick that has been given to many a talented athlete who deserved better . For example check out Brady Boone v Randy Savage from a WWF Wrestling Challenge taping on RU-vid . While I'm here Barry Horowitz has a total of 9 wins in WWF just check his record . Horowitz has 4 pay-per-view appearances to his credit namely Survivor Series 1993 (as the Red Knight ) , SummerSlam 1995 against Skip who he beat 2 times previously , the second match was a 10 minute challenge Horowitz lasted the 10 minutes so he offically he won , Survivor Series 1995 teaming with Marty Jannetty , Bob Holly and Hakushi in a losing effort against 123 Kid , Skip , Rad Radford and Tom Prichard and a spot in Royal Rumble 1996 not bad for a jobber .

Trench Reynolds and NXT Corey Graves seemed to be heading down that path - always saw him as Raven-ish. Good ring skills, excellent mic/psychology work.

Christopher Carl he was a CM Punk ripoff

Just, well, doing what Punk did with SES years before him (at the same time of TNA's Serotonin stable)

Well said . Have a like .

Lol. I wrestled on the same show with him

noone actually likes him

S🤣 true

Robert Harmon he gets booked a lot places so he must be doing something right. #WMBDBM

This video is clearly titled wrestling BEST ripoffs. As in ripoffs so good, you actually FORGET they’re rip offs. Paul Lee is a sad yet still blatant rip off of Ric Flair

Ooooooooh YEAAAAAH! DIG IT!

joe lewis the original is superior in every way, I never liked the remake

Robert Mitchum was the man!

This all well and good but they're talking about wrestlers who ripped off other wrestlers Bray Wyatt ripped off Waylon Mercy who did not rip off another wrestler but the Max Cady character played by DeNiro and Mitchum as for who played the role of Cady better I can't decide .

Really ? I guess I learned something because I'd never heard that 'til now . Thanks . Oh have a like .

Not sure how he missed this one.

jewggerz Maybe because Ryback wasn't very successful or he's saving him the worse wrestling ripoffs video

Hope he won't come back .... he is a dangerous wrestler to work with.... injuries

@Curtis Deierling - Goldberg ripped off Nikita Koloff circa 1984 - 1986!

This wasn't a countdown.

Gorgeous George, Buddy Rogers, Buddy Landell and Billy Graham are more or less the progenitors of "the gimmick".

Wyatt Russell now we got Robert rude and rowdy shitty ronda

Nah one was a male stripper the other was a male pornstar, big differance

Possibly, though I think Bobby Roode is a rip-off of Rick Rude.

@@ricardonb6375 Coming out to antogonize the crowd with a hip shake in a slow sultry voice? Did he bring a female fan up to give him a kiss too?

@@wyattrussell7496 How the heck should I know?

Ken Of Darkness you forgot Chris Jericho the way he plays his character calling himself the best, and just the way he carries himself

2018 killed a lot of wrestlers this year

@@GeneralCodeBlue you saying like everyone should be perfect

Great wrestler. Horrible human being.

@@barlotardy HOW?!?!

MORTAL KOMBAT PS2 FAN #1 physical and emotional abuse of his, even holding a gun to her head on more than one occasion. Breaking his nieces legs and Being a bully within the industry.

Rick Naughty lol

Devastation Corporation was more of a combination of Road Warriors and Demolition. It was definitely done in tribute more than an attempt to rip them off though.

Maestro in WCW went by Gorgeous George III in Memphis.

@@ComedianBobFarrell Yeah but he made a deal with Savage for the name, if he gave it to Randy he would get signed and receive a push. I would have personally kept the name in hindsight.

Did he own the copyright to her giant, fake, boobs?

@@Supervillain725 No, but he paid for them.

NJPW had done invasion angles prior to that. In addition to the UWF-I invasion (which took place not long before the NWO got started, with Bischoff being in Japan for some of those shows as part of the usual NJPW/WCW dealings) they'd previously done a ton of other ones - IWE, Ishingun (although that'd end up also being an invasion angle in AJPW after Choshu switched promotions) Heisei Ishingun (which actually promoted its own shows), and probably a few others I'm blanking on. Plus more afterwards. Onita issued a bunch of grandstanding challenges and such - like all good indy aces of the era - but he never actually worked with NJPW until 99.

Perhaps it's because Kurt Angle was not a gimmick he actually won heavyweight freestyle wrestling gold medal at the Atlanta Summer Olympics 1996 whereas Patera only competed at the Olympics he was always adverised as an Olympian but never as a winner and not as a wrestler either he was a power lifter. Another Olympian was Bad News Brown who won a bronze medal in judo in 1976 oddly enough nothing was mentioned about it in WWF/WWE until much , much later

Kurt Angle actualy had proof

not even close from a ripoff . the only similar thing between them that they do promo on their way to the ring .

They were looking at best rip offs , ones who were better or more wel known than the original if they do a worst rip off video who knows maybe Slater will be on it but only because of that gimmick failure nothing to do with his in ring talent , in the mean time have a like .

leonrock84 yeah Rhonda and Viking experience lmfao experience. I must be playing d&d for my experience

Viking Experience is not that bad, considering their time as War Machine in ROH (which was a more moderate version of their actual gimmick)

LOVED the Curry Man character.

However Cena did that as a kid to piss off his brother.

@@chuckhouse5179 K

So, apart from the many fundamental differences, totally the same? This is a bit of a stretch...a lot of a stretch actually.

Lol

Unless you're joking , which I think you might be , K-Kwik and R-Truth are the same person . Have a like either way .

With a bit of Kane thrown in for good measure.

I would say he was Kane in a mankind mask, but now it's hard. Abyss became it's own thing and god damn if it isn't great.

Yeah he is more a mix of Kane and Mankind plus some of his own. Thus becoming a pretty good unique thing.

He was the lovechild of mankind and kane lol

@@EDifyer881 thanks now theres an image in my head of Kane and Mankind having sex, Kane talking in his old voice box and Mankind squealing like a pig

If she did that I would be in love.

wtf we compare becky to Austin now yall need to stop with this

@@dbzdezz1 The Becky/Stone Cold comparisons is one of the funniest shit I've seen in many years watching wrestling. It's basically a group of horny men that guffaw at anything Becky does.

Wife material

@@manuelper But it is something that Austin himself said he would give his blessing to. It's already happening kind of

Wesley Landon Woolsey JBL is from Texas.

@@mysticbazuso36 George W. Bush

JBL is from Texas.

@@ENJ4321 So?

@@TheMistahWooseNetwork Why did you reply to me, when I wasn't the first to point that out? What do you mean so? You are wrong is what.