10 Times Imitation Was Not The Sincerest Form Of Flattery In Wrestling

6. Oklahoma

If the nWo's portrayal of The Four Horsemen was (at times) in poor taste, Ed Ferrara's parody of beloved WWF announcer Jim Ross was outright offensive.

To make matters worse, Ferrara's distasteful caricature of JR didn't draw WCW a dime, which is surely the purpose of a guy who was then one of the promotion's chief writers.

Deliberately letting one side of his mouth drop and speaking in a put-on Southern drawl, Ferrara's Oklahoma character was a slap in the face to a man who had done nothing to deserve it. Serious illness isn't there to be exploited in pro wrestling, yet Ferrara and writing pal Vince Russo felt attacking Ross like this was acceptable behaviour.

If WCW wanted to provoke a response from the WWF or JR, they failed. In fairness, there was no need; WCW was a complete mess by the time Oklahoma bounced onto screens in late-1999 anyway, so the WWF could easily ignore the character entirely and laugh from afar.