10 Wrestlers Who 'Borrowed' What Got Them Over
6. Ryback
No one has been forced to endure being reminded of their gimmick infringement as much as Ryback. To this day, if he encounters a particularly rowdy crowd, the Big Guy will hear a chant that's become all too familiar to him in recent years. "Goooooold-berrrrrg. Goooooold-berrrrrg." The similarities are indeed striking.
Goldberg and Ryback were two huge bald men, with wild staring eyes who would demolish superstars in quick squash matches, before staring straight down the camera lens to growl for the next challenger. In Goldberg's case, "Who's Next?", in Ryback's, "Feed Me More." The chants were especially prevalent during Ryback's initial unbeaten streak.
Ryback even fanned the flames by occasionally performing Goldberg's finisher, the Jackhammer. In this video he even pulls a Goldberg pose after hitting it. While some speculated that this was designed to build to a Goldberg/Ryback feud at some point down the line, rumours also surfaced (from reliable sources like the Wrestling Observer) of Ryback drawing massive heat on himself backstage for performing Goldberg's moves without permission.
Regardless, Ryback has been able to cultivate the unstoppable bald powerhouse image in his favour and 'Feed Me More' is still one of the most over chants in wrestling today.