10 WCW Superstars Who Should Blame WWE For Their Crappy Gimmicks

4. The Boss Or The Guardian Angel (Big Boss Man)

The late Ray Traylor made a name for himself in WWE as The Big Boss Man. Prior to his WWE career, big man worked for Jim Crockett as Big Bubba Rogers. He was actually a former prison guard like WWE billed him as, so that part of his history was accurate. Big Boss Man was a fixture in WWE from 1988 to 1993. He didn't become a full time main eventer or a World Champion, but he was very close to that level. Whether he was a heel or a face, he always knew how to get a reaction from the fans and had a successful career. When he went to WCW in late 1993 he was given the name of The Boss, which is like WCW's way of saying "we want to call this guy the Big Boss Man, but we can't so here's The Boss!" As was the case with a lot of these ripoff gimmicks, WWE put an end to it by threatening legal action and telling WCW they couldn't call him that anymore. With "The Boss" no longer an option, he became known as The Guardian Angel. It was not an intimidating wrestling name, but he was named that in honor of the Guardian Angels group that were volunteers that were known for stopping crime. Eventually he went back to the Big Bubba Rogers name again.

When he returned to WWE in 1998 for another stint he was back to being The Big Boss Man, so it showed that even though WCW tried to rip him off as their own, he could always make it home again.