10 WWE Gimmicks That Started Elsewhere
9. Demolition
"Here comes the Ax. Here comes the Smasher. The Demolition. Walking disaster." F*cking hell these two had an incredible shared identity from the second they burst through the curtain with that theme.
It just so happened it was also somebody else's. Or was if you'd seen the Road Warriors, anyway.
All face paint and studded gear, Demolition were there to look, act and work like Hawk and Animal from 1987 onwards because Vince McMahon couldn't convince the Legion Of Doom to come and work for him.
It spoke to the talents of Bill Eadie and Barry Darsow as well as an absolutely stacked doubles division that they didn't feel like imposters within months of their arrival. Domineering and dangerous on their own terms rather than in tribute to the act that inspired their creation, the Demos were devastating enough that the eventual dream match became less about Originals Vs Copycats and more along the lines of a heavyweight boxing superfight.