10 Wrestling Law Enforcement Gimmicks Ranked From Worst To Best

Fandango and Tyler Breeze went from a couple of middling jobbers to the most entertaining act on Smackdown. By evolving their gimmicks of ballroom dancer and Zoolander reject to the hilarious Fashion Police, Breezango have managed to become title contenders as well as the most popular tag team in WWE.

A new spin on a classic gimmick, Breezango have updated the law enforcement character for the 21st century. It’s a brilliant take because the traditional police officer persona may be too controversial for U.S. audiences considering the racial tension currently dividing law enforcement and the citizens they’re supposed to protect. With WWE’s politically correct culture, police characters of yesteryear may not pass the 2017 sponsor test.

But we still hold fond memories of those characters. Well, most of them. There have been many variations of the gimmick, touching on all branches of law enforcement, and some have been more memorable than others.

Here’s a look back on the 10 most famous cop characters in wrestling history, stretching from the late 80s in the AWA to every Tuesday on the USA Network.

Yes, the cyborg police officer from the late 80s came to WCW at the request of his buddy Sting. You see, WCW was looking to gain some mainstream attention as WWE had dominated the national spotlight for about six years at the time. As RoboCop 2 was approaching release, Ted Turner’s wrasslin’ company decided to cross-promote the sequel by marketing its Capital Combat pay-per-view as “The Return of RoboCop.”

Now what to do with RoboCop? Well, he can’t wrestle and he can’t talk, but that didn’t stop The Great Khali. After the Four Horsemen locked Sting inside a cage at ringside, RoboCop made the save at a glacial pace, eventually ripping off the cage door and freeing our hero. Then he disappeared, taking refuge in the discount bin at WalMart.