10 Times WWE Blatantly Ripped Off Their Own Angles

5. Rogue Babyface Gets Arrested

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When Becky Lynch changed her entire life by morphing into 'The Man' in 2018, she made some crucial adjustments. Firstly, Lynch stopped smiling like she was just happy to be in WWE and started carrying herself like an old pro. Second, she borrowed some characteristics from one of wrestling's biggest bad asses: Steve Austin.

It worked a treat.

Austin's rebellious sneer as he was arrested by rent-a-cops for wrecking havoc on Raw in 1998 was the direct inspiration for Becky's own incarceration on the 25 February 2019 episode. As Lynch struggled to break free and defiantly warned police to leave her alone, she channeled classic 'Stone Cold'. It was blatant, but cool.

'The Man' also earned rave reviews for attacking authority figures like Triple H and Stephanie McMahon when she didn't get her own way. That was reminiscent of how 'Stone Cold' would aggressively target Vince and cut through his oppressive tyranny.

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