20 Wrestling Gimmicks That Got WEIRD Rip-Offs

20. Hulk Hogan, Warrior, Randy Savage & Ric Flair (‘Macho Warrior’ Ric Hogan)

Today's indy circuit would be massive if a wrestler plodded along called 'Tribal Nightmare' Roman Cena, just saying. Seriously though, there was once a freelancer called 'Macho Warrior' Ric Hogan. Of course, he used 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior, Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan in the one name. Man, got enough main eventers in that bad boy?!

Ric showed up during the darkest days of the USWA, and it's a wonder nobody backstage pulled him aside and said: 'Yeah, you might want to rethink cosplaying four of the most famous WWF and WCW wrestlers ever lest we get sued'. Undeterred, Hogan (ahem) ploughed ahead with his plans to be the first amalgamation of 'Macho', 'Warrior', 'Nature Boy' and 'Hulkster'.

It's bloody weird to see old footage of the dude cutting promos next to a smiling Jerry Lawler down in Memphis. Apparently, nobody in that particular territory was too worried about legal action. Dig it! Little Warriors! Woo! Let me tell you something, brother! That would've been this wrestler's defensive stance in courts. Probably.

The word "seriously" was used earlier, but let's be real. There's no way to be serious about any of this. It's so blatantly rip off that all you can do as a punter is sit back and smile at the sheer cheek of it. Ric Hogan kinda looked like Mick Foley in his Dude Love guise too, so we can add that to the list of gimmicks he was cosplaying.

That one was an accident, to be fair to him. Savage, Warrior, Flair and Hogan though? Nah, he knew what he was up to.