20 Wrestling Gimmicks That Got WEIRD Rip-Offs
7. Hulk Hogan (Randy Hogan)
Randy Hogan. That's it. That's the text.
OK, not really, but sometimes a picture says a thousand words. In Randy Hogan's case, it's screaming at you right now. Check the smug look on Randy's face before one of many job matches in WCW. He's fully aware what everyone's thinking. 'Hey, that guy's kinda/sorta/almost trying his hardest to look like Hulk Hogan'. Yes, yes he was, but this was the car boot/garage sale action figure version of an authentic Hasbro toy.
Randy was another journeyman who one day decided, 'Screw it'. He grew out a Hulkster-esque moustache, which pleased the NWA in the 80s because they could cast him as a jobber and take a dig at the WWF's biggest star. Then, when Randy signed on for some work in the federation, they told him to shave the facial fluff off and become Scott Colton. The dream was over, at least for now.
This is sort of like AEW debuting a wrestler called Randy Rhodes in 2025 and having him bleach his hair blonde. Everybody would draw immediate comparisons to WWE Champ Cody Rhodes, but Excalibur and the commentary team would pretend they didn't have a clue what people were talking about. Cody? No, that's Randy! It's just a coincidence that he loses all the time.
Randy's last WCW match happened in April 1994. Yep, mere months before the real Hogan signed on the dotted line and changed company business for the better come Bash At The Beach. Even Eric Bischoff knew he couldn't continue using our Randall after Hulk showed up.
Slightly shocking they didn't bring him back in '99 to become Hardcore Champ, or something.