10 Times Triple H Ripped Off Ideas

While many will unfortunately remember Shane Douglas more for his painfully short-lived reign as Intercontinental Champion in October 1995 thanks to some Shawn Michaels shenanigans at In Your House 4, the star produced some stellar work whilst wrestling in ECW under a gimmick by the name of 'The Franchise'.

Acting like an arrogant piece of sh*t heel, donning a leather flat cap, and not leaving home without a valet by his side, Douglas quickly became one of the foundations of the extreme brand of wrestling during the mid-to-late 90s. Yet, his originality would soon attract one Hunter Hearst Helmsley on the back of his highly successful stint with D-Generation X.

Taking more than a few leaves out of Douglas' book, Trips morphed from wise-cracking anti-authority figure into a self-obsessed, piece of crap; equipped with Douglas' leather cap and signature valet for good measure.

Douglas himself admitted he could see the similarities when he stumbled upon one of Hunter's promos in 1999, revealing on The Triple Threat podcast that 'The Game's line of "It's my belt, it's my belt, it's my damn belt" was virtually identical to the one he used in ECW.