10 Times WWE Blatantly Ripped Off Their Own Angles

4. Babyface Champ vs. Evil Authority

WWE may never stop trying to recreate Austin vs. McMahon.

The old babyface champion vs. evil heel authority feud has become a pro wrestling staple, and it's not hard to see why. Austin vs. McMahon was sheer money and undoubtedly one of the best rivalries in industry history - it'll never be bettered, but that won't stop the company from giving it a go.

In 2005, they cast Eric Bischoff in the Vince role and had breakout babyface John Cena play 'Stone Cold' as best he could. The main problem here is that fans knew exactly what was going to happen ahead of time. They'd seen it all before, and knew Cena would get the last laugh on a helpless Bischoff eventually.

Another issue with these repeated attempts to piggy-back old glories is that no-one can play rebel as well as Austin did. Fans looked at Cena's increasingly-tame dissent as a dime store version of Austin's gritty insubordination of years before.