George_South 0 Report post Posted May 12, 2009 Often in wrestling there's a gimmick that is really over and then someone else decides it will be a good idea to rip off said gimmick. Let's list some wrestlers whose gimmicks were aped. I'll start it off with an obvious one: Road Warriors.....Demolition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diamonddust 0 Report post Posted May 12, 2009 Often in wrestling there's a gimmick that is really over and then someone else decides it will be a good idea to rip off said gimmick. Let's list some wrestlers whose gimmicks were aped. I'll start it off with an obvious one: Road Warriors.....Demolition -Throw the Powers of Pain in there as well... they were even closer to the Road Warriors than Demolition was. -Buddy Rogers, Nick Bockwinkel, and Ric Flair were all pretty much the same character. Then you had Buddy Landel, thus making three wrestlers that used "The Nature Boy" as a nickname. -The Rock and Roll Express were a junior version of The Fabulous Ones, as were The Fantastics -The Midnight Rockers (Later just The Rockers) were a knock-off of The Midnight Express and Rock 'N Roll Express -Prince Iaukea was a knock off of Rocky Maivia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muda345 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2009 Some think Hercules Hernandez was a rip off of Bruiser Brody Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BruteSquad_BRODY 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2009 Some think Hercules Hernandez was a rip off of Bruiser Brody Verne Gagne made John Nord a Brody rip off Plus Siva Afi was Snuka's WWF replacement and Cpl Kirchner was Sarge's WWF replacement Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangerousDamon 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2009 The lineage of Dynamite Kid style wrestlers is absurd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retard Girl 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2009 i know you're all not indy smarks, but i want to slap this Egotistico Fantastico kid for ripping off El Generico. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
George_South 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2009 i know you're all not indy smarks, but i want to slap this Egotistico Fantastico kid for ripping off El Generico. Whoa....clearly I'm in way over my head. Don't know either of those cats. Course I haven't heard of/seen many indie shows around my way in a long time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thecitythesky 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2009 i know you're all not indy smarks, but i want to slap this Egotistico Fantastico kid for ripping off El Generico. do you want to slap him for debuting a year earlier than generico too.? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retard Girl 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2009 definately for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JST 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2009 Mask and cape, sure. Nice moves, ok. Other than that, I don't see it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
