10 Wrestling Gimmicks Which Were Massive Ribs

4. Akeem

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After the injured George 'One Man Gang' Gray missed a string of WWE dates, he became the next walking canvas for Vince McMahon's petty pops.

When manager Slick discovered his charge was in actual fact of African extraction (apparently he was an expert on these things because, well, you know), he performed a not-at-all-racist ceremony (which, according to Gene Okerlund, was "supposed to take place in deepest, darkest, Africa"), unveiling the former One Man Gang as "Akeem". Before us stood a 400lb, jive-talking white man.

Sound familiar? His nickname certainly did - Akeem, apparently, was the "African Dream." Coincidences, all, we're sure.

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