10 BEST Wrestling Rip-Offs

10. Demolition (The Road Warriors)

In shoot interviews long after their peak had passed, both Ax and Smash spoke on how they'd never made four from the two and two everybody put together when two massive monsters emerged with painted faces, spiked gear and a penchant for pulverising everybody in their path.

In their defence, Animal has since spoke on the subject too, noting that neither he nor Hawk ever minded the rather similar look on the other side, safe in the knowledge and confidence that their own take on the act was the best of the bunch. And within months of the Demos debuting, they'd stepped out of that shadow anyway.

Demolition were so believable as themselves that the comparisons disappeared in an instant. Instead of thinking about the Road Warriors, fans were made to fear this new act on their own terms. Ax and Smash bulldozed through the opposition, winning the WWE Tag Team Championships three times and living up to the tremendous prestige that had been earned by the duos that came before them.

And they weren't even the only ones batting back the imposter accusations...