20 Biggest Myths WWE Tells About Its History

20. WCW Copied WWE

The Myth: WCW attained what success it did by copying what had worked in WWE.

The Truth: This is true in a limited sense, but the opposite is also true.

When it became apparent that WCW had struck upon a winning formula, WWE scrambled imitate their success. For example, when the cruiserweight division became the talk of the wrestling world, WWE decided to start a light-heavyweight division.

Unfortunately, the results were far from great. While WCW had imported Mexican stars who worked a hybrid junior style that combined American, Mexican, and Japanese elements, WWE just started putting AAA guys on Raw, where they went about their business having trios matches and taking floating bumps to the confusion of fans and commentators alike.

When the nWo began teasing a "third man", WWE built an episode of Raw around Ahmed Johnson and Shawn Michaels doing the same, including saying that exact phrase a number of times. D-X was clearly an imitation of (and commentary on) the nWo.

They even went as far as literally promoting Diesel and Razor Ramon cosplayers. Then there's the whole Gillberg thing, but that was all because someone thought that Goldberg was a copy of Steve Austin. The list of similarities and differences and who copied who goes on and on...

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