There's no greater ripoff in WCW history than The Renegade. He was billed as the "Ultimate Surprise" that would help Hulk Hogan battle his rivals. They showed a guy with long hair and the famous Warrior tassels on his arms. They were trying to imply it was The Ultimate Warrior, who was out of wresting at that point and they couldn't say that name because WWE or Warrior owned it. When The Renegade finally wrestled, he had a lot of similarities to the Ultimate Warrior. He painted his face. His theme song was similar although not exactly the same. He did a lot of the same offensive moves too. Everybody knew what they were trying to do with him. He was such a limited performer, though, that they couldn't make him a main eventer. They put titles on him and had him even wrestle great workers like Arn Anderson, but the people didn't care. The real Ultimate Warrior ended up in WCW in 1998. By that time, The Renegade had flopped and he wasn't a part of storyline anymore. If they had a match it would have been terrible. At least he earned a paycheck thanks to the Ultimate Warrior, but it was still a crappy gimmick that just showed the lack of creativity that WCW had.
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