10 Times WWE Successfully Recycled Its Own Storylines
4. The Sincerest Form Of Flattery
Though both haven't aged immaculately thanks to some rather unfortunate choices made for particular characters, the D-Generation-X parodies of both The Nation Of Domination and Vince McMahon's Corporation had Attitude Era audiences popped half to death in jam-packed arenas during the period's hedonistic height.
A summer 1998 slaughtering of The Nation Of Domination was made stronger by weeks of character development for the ancillary members working underneath peerless leader The Rock. D'Lo Brown's traits in particular were heightened, arming The Road Dogg with p*ss funny patter when the time came for the degenerates to verbally obliterate their rivals.
That same trick was played during the winter of Stone Cold Steve Austin's discontent. Sidelined with The Undertaker as an excuse to keep him away from the WWE Championship until WrestleMania season, new titleholder The Rock was back at odds with Triple H thanks to a programme between his McMahon-formed army and DX.
X-Pac's bonkers Ken Shamrock take is a treat, but Chyna's nightstick twirling incinerates the Big Boss Man's rather unique skill magnificently. These segments themselves aped WCW's New World Order efforts, but understood that it was smarter to pull gently at threads rather than tear another wrestler's material to pieces.