14 Wrestling Gimmicks Blatantly Stolen From Hollywood

14. Tyler Breeze - Zoolander

In surely one of the most transparently pilfered gimmicks in recent WWE history, Tyler Breeze's vapid, vain, idiotic male model is about as close to ripping off Ben Stiller's Zoolander as you can get withou being litigated into oblivion.

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Sure, he's a better fighter than Derek, a bit less stupid and it's a little easier to buy the "inspiration" because Breeze isn't trying to be taken seriously, but from his vocal cadence through to his weird facial expressions (especially the pouting), he is essentially copying the character.

Frankly, that WWE didn't bring Stiller onto Raw to promote Zoolander 2 (in character, of course), is one of the year's great wrestling travesties. Seriously.

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