10 similar wrestling gimmicks

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Sports entertainment has over time, seen many legends come and go. Every legend inspires a whole new generation to follow in his/her footsteps. But sometimes the inspiration can be a little too much. To the point when one wrestler becomes a carbon copy of another. We look at the top 10 ‘inspired’ gimmicks in sports entertainment history. Inspiration or plagiarization...you decide. 

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10: Waylon Mercy/Bray Wyatt 

Striking fear in Hawaiian shirts.

Before we were introduced to the ‘Eater of Worlds’, the WWF was haunted by a man who spoke at a low volume, had the tattoo of a dagger on his forehead and scared the living daylights of wrestling fans. Bray Wyatt, a big fan of Waylon Mercy, was given his gimmick by his idol who attended the WWE Performance center during Bray’s time there. Wyatt took the Waylon Mercy character, added his own spin to it, and wears a Hawaiian shirt to showcase to the WWE universe, that evil walks among us all.