20 WWE Superstars And Their 80s Counterparts

20. Zack Ryder/Brutus Beefcake

Need a lower card babyface who’ll garner a reaction? Well The Broski and The Barber are your men. But it’s not only there that the similarities between Zack Ryder and Brutus Beefcake end.

From making his WWF debut up until early 1987, Beefcake was portrayed as a cocky heel who eventually captured the Tag Team Championships with Greg Valentine. After debuting as one half of the Edgeheads, Ryder also won himself some Tag Team gold alongside Curt Hawkins. And much like Ryder spent part of his career at the side of Edge and was even at one point tied to John Cena, the career of Brutus Beefcake is so often tied to that of Hulk Hogan.

After moving out of the tag ranks, both Beefcake and Ryder would find their niche as lower card superstars who could get over with fans and were proficient in the ring. As is often said, not everybody is a main event talent. For Beefcake and Ryder, this was (and is) certainly the case.

Woo, woo, woo. You know it.