5 Times WWE rehashed their own storylines

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When Angle mimicked Austin with the milk truck

When it comes to professional wrestling, there's no dearth of ideas. Over the course of the past several decades, promotions like WWE, WCW, ECW, and TNA have come up with some incredibly revolutionary storylines and segments that the fans still talk to this day. Storylines like an underdog Sting going against the monster in Vader, Austin vs Vince, and Broken Matt are testaments to the fact that wrestling has given us a plethora of memorable stories over the years.

But there are some occasions when Creative tried to take a shortcut and got away with it. There have been multiple instances in the past when WWE has copied their own storylines. Let's take a look at five of these instances.

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#5. The original screwjob

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screwjob

Let's kick off this list with a 'storyline' that was far from fiction.

Vince McMahon cheated Bret Hart out of the WWE championship at Survivor Series 1997. The planned finish was to have Bret win the title, but Vince had other things in mind. Shawn Michaels put Hart into the Sharpshooter and Earl Hebner told the timekeeper to ring the bell. As a confused Hart tried to understand what was happening, Hebner sprinted out of the arena and so did Michaels.

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In 1985, WWE Hall of Famer Wendi Richter wrestled a masked woman named The Spider, in MSG. Vince McMahon had been having disagreements with Richter over her compensation. The ending saw The Spider, (The Fabulous Moolah) pin Richter and win the title, despite Wendi kicking out at one. Vince had concocted this ending without informing her, in order to get rid of her as the champion.

When she realized what had happened, Wendi Richter left the arena without confronting Vince, took a plane and never came back. She never talked to Moolah after the incident.

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