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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

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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

 

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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

 

 

 

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i know you're all not indy smarks, but i want to slap this Egotistico Fantastico kid for ripping off El Generico.

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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.

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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.?

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