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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 4, 2016 4:40:48 GMT -5
This one? While they probably are terrible, I have to give them some points for probably doing a few mannerisms based on the gimmick (and being open about being ripoffs tributes). But minus points for ripoff Taker's name being a Harley Davidson ripoff. Also, while I haven't found anything, I really hope there's a Wyatt Family ripoff gimmick on the indies. So that's what Demented and Jacy Derangement Syndrome do in their spare time...
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Post by Ted Sheckler on May 4, 2016 4:54:17 GMT -5
At my local Indy we have a guy called Hunter Hayes who does a Michael Hayes rip-off and claims to be the son of Hayes.
He's the promoter, beats everyone and has been on top of the company for 7-8 years despite the majority of undercard talent being more talented and more over.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on May 4, 2016 8:32:13 GMT -5
And just like that, I am in love. You won't see the sun again for years to come. Worth it. Wonder if they have a Brother Abraham.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on May 4, 2016 9:30:47 GMT -5
Since Buzzkill was mentioned twice I had to look up who he was ripping off as I had no idea what so ever that it was Road Dogg. Have you never heard Buzzkill's music? It's a Jimmy Hart version of the New Age outlaws theme. Also and I'm sure it's purely coincidental it was played by one of Road Dogg's brothers. Also, if that doesn't convince someone that Buzzkill was a ripoff, check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCDQTkvlbdo
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on May 4, 2016 9:46:13 GMT -5
Thought that was Rob McElhenney for a second and was wondering why he'd leave the Birds of War. After seeing his partners get sand thrown in their faces by the Talibum, he hightailed it out of there and assumed a new identity, in hopes of never being identified.
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Post by thetower52 on May 4, 2016 9:55:06 GMT -5
BTW, my vote goes to "Even Colder" Mike Austin, the guy who showed up at a WalMart and scammed people into thinking he was Steve Austin, and sold knockoff figures of himself, which were just old SCSA figures with some white paint on the beard. Just saw on Facebook maybe two days ago that he died
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Post by James Fabiano on May 4, 2016 13:41:00 GMT -5
Rikki Roxx, a Rocker clone. He even used Sexy Boy as a theme and dresses like Marty Jannetty essentially...but he looks more like Joe Dirt.
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Post by Hit Girl on May 4, 2016 13:47:00 GMT -5
In my head canon, the Wyatt Fem-ily are the arch rivals of Riot Control.
Braychel Wyatt = "Hehehehe.....anyone but you Britanny Riot....hehehehehe......run!"
DEH!!!!!!!
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Post by Chainsaw on May 4, 2016 14:48:56 GMT -5
Crap, where do we start? All of those UK "tribute" shows in the late 90s Luminous Warrior (later just Luminous after thread of legal action), the aforementioned One Warrior Nation and a guy in Memphis that was called...Warrior The Smoke doing a bad Rock impression in WEW (there was also an Austin imitator, I forget his name) Big Slam Vader The fake NWO Sting (not NWO Sting/Bogus Sting, but a guy going around the Texas indies in the late 90s claiming to be the Bogus Sting; not even trying to pass himself as the real Sting) Giant Kamala 2 (Ben Peacock, aka Botswana Beast/Uganda) For me though, the winners of this would be any of the territory guys that were running around in masks calling themselves the Assassin, Grappler, Mr. Wrestling, Spoiler or Masked Superstar without being connected to or getting the permission of the guys that created those roles. Dressing up like Austin or Rock and doing their mannerisms is bad and lazy, but not as bad and lazy as just putting on a mask and going "yeah, I'm that guy" Props to the Jack Pfefer post on page 1. For those that aren't getting the context of it, Pfefer was a major con man who advertised shitloads of soundalikes on his cards. Generally, the workers were nothing like the guys they were cashing in on (obviously, you can see Lou Kesz looks nothing like Lou Thesz), but Pfefer counted on people not paying attention to names a lot. Bummy Rogers, Hobo Brazil and Bruno Sanmartino are my favorites. Man, how off-kilter do you have to be to decide to fake being the FAKE Sting? He must have figured he could pull off being Fake Sting better than being Sting. Like, no one would check into that one...
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Post by Hit Girl on May 4, 2016 14:50:35 GMT -5
Arachna-Man.
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Post by 魔界5号 on May 4, 2016 16:51:35 GMT -5
Mizdow
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on May 4, 2016 20:02:34 GMT -5
One of my favorite Jack Pfeffer stories involved Thesz learning about the deception and calling him about it. Jack told him, "Well, you can have his spot instead. I'll gladly pay you what I'm going to pay him." Thesz asked what the amount was. I can't remember the exact number, but it was practically asking the world champion to work for $5 and a hotdog.
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 5, 2016 16:49:34 GMT -5
We're talking worst and lazy, not amazingly awesome
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Post by CH Punk on May 12, 2016 8:06:05 GMT -5
So, I was looking at Steve Lombardi's Wiki page and noticed that he was once TPW (Total Professional Wrestling) Tag Champion with Red Flair. I tried searching online, but the only thing I could find about him is that he was also TPW Tag Champion with Matt Striker. In fact, I couldn't even find anything about TPW itself.
So, does anyone know if Red Flair really exists and, if so, what his gimmick was?
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Post by Alexander The So-so on May 12, 2016 10:17:06 GMT -5
At my local Indy we have a guy called Hunter Hayes who does a Michael Hayes rip-off and claims to be the son of Hayes. He's the promoter, beats everyone and has been on top of the company for 7-8 years despite the majority of undercard talent being more talented and more over. So the name "Hunter" really fits, eh? For another one: didn't WCW have a blatantly fake Hulk Hogan ripoff in the early 90s or do so? I know I've seen pictures and even a match, but damned if I can remember what they called him.
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Post by CH Punk on May 12, 2016 10:31:20 GMT -5
At my local Indy we have a guy called Hunter Hayes who does a Michael Hayes rip-off and claims to be the son of Hayes. He's the promoter, beats everyone and has been on top of the company for 7-8 years despite the majority of undercard talent being more talented and more over. So the name "Hunter" really fits, eh? For another one: didn't WCW have a blatantly fake Hulk Hogan ripoff in the early 90s or do so? I know I've seen pictures and even a match, but damned if I can remember what they called him. This guy? This is from the January 24 1994 episode of WCW Worldwide (about 5 months before Hulk Hogan signed with WCW).
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Post by Captain & Diet on May 12, 2016 10:53:33 GMT -5
So, I was looking at Steve Lombardi's Wiki page and noticed that he was once TPW (Total Professional Wrestling) Tag Champion with Red Flair. I tried searching online, but the only thing I could find about him is that he was also TPW Tag Champion with Matt Striker. In fact, I couldn't even find anything about TPW itself. So, does anyone know if Red Flair really exists and, if so, what his gimmick was? Could that have been Reid Flair?
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Post by keezy on May 12, 2016 10:53:51 GMT -5
Remember when Brian Knobbs and Fit Finlay were the Dudley Boyz of WCW?
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Post by Alexander The So-so on May 12, 2016 11:53:36 GMT -5
So the name "Hunter" really fits, eh? For another one: didn't WCW have a blatantly fake Hulk Hogan ripoff in the early 90s or do so? I know I've seen pictures and even a match, but damned if I can remember what they called him. This guy? This is from the January 24 1994 episode of WCW Worldwide (about 5 months before Hulk Hogan signed with WCW). Ha ha, yeah, that's the one. To be fair, though, I guess he was less a "ripoff" and more a parody/troll character, a la Gillberg.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on May 12, 2016 12:58:25 GMT -5
Rikki Roxx, a Rocker clone. He even used Sexy Boy as a theme and dresses like Marty Jannetty essentially...but he looks more like Joe Dirt. So he looks like Marty with muscle tone?
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