10 Times WWE Ripped Off WCW And Nobody Noticed

Randy Orton "4 life", The Undertaker's "Flock", WWE Raw goes WCW Nitro and more.
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[@mthokozisindlovu3358]

That Randy Orton RKO shirt was 🔥

[@Johnny82Utah]

I 100% recognized r.K.o. looking like n.W.o. must be a slow time in the offices with this vid...

[@tomseville2345]

We "didn't notice" that Orton's 2005-6 shirt was nWo inspired?

[@zaynightwing]

I speak for everyone (especially you) when I say we had NO idea that shirt was inspired by nWo’s

[@81rbutler]

@@zaynightwing Not me, I noticed that the first second I saw it years ago. These guys are fools and so are you if you think people didn't know that

[@QueenHela240]

​@@zaynightwing You must be joking.

[@juicerichardson9067]

@@QueenHela240 duh

[@QueenHela240]

@@juicerichardson9067 😆

[@ricstormwolf]

Technically speaking, Wargames was a NWA thing. Created by the American Dream Dusty Rhodes, not WCW.

[@Scottish_AMcR87]

I thought the rKo one was obvious lol

[@TheRealJonnyLaw]

I really enjoyed Billy Kidman in The Flock. Also, Sick Boy was a phenom ❤❤❤

[@rashandajefferson2412]

I would definitely say DX was a rip on NWO and NWO at the beginning was miles better than DX

[@BoogalooBartholomew]

Beling that the main principles (with one obvious exception)) are all in the Kliq, did any one truly rip anyone off? They're best friends, wouldn't their styles be somewhat similar anyway?

[@stefangreen3770]

Nobody noticed!? I’ve been wanting to cop that “nWo RKO” shirt for years.

[@Former_Employee]

Whoa are you from the streets? If so lmk I need some cred.

[@tomseville2345]

The Ministry were not Flock-inspired; it's like saying all spooky-wooky wrestling stables are Dungeon Of Doom-inspired... 🤣🤣

[@Naruto0s44]

The flock was it's own thing

[@matthewsstanley8293]

WCW was awesome.

[@phreakout93]

Yeah cause nobody recognized a parody of the most iconic shirt seller in wrestling history about 5 years after it's peak

[@KevBean1]

3:16 is far more iconic

[@phreakout93]

@@KevBean1 but there was so many and it doesn't eclipse Jesus 316 . Nwo is instantly recognized

[@eddiehancockii]

Video "... and nobody noticed..." and yet i noticed several lol oh well. Thanks for the memories

[@Former_Employee]

Yeah but this is a list of ALL the ones you didn't notice and happened low key without you noticing or thinking about it. TLDR THESE are those you didn't know about it.

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

@@Former_Employee can you read?

[@Former_Employee]

@@miguelnewmexico8641 can you

[@badjokecoke]

C'mon. You can't tell me nobody noticed the whole NW-RKO thing 🤨

[@bbsy1]

Was going to ask what the high knee joke was and then I got it, lol!

[@multiyapples]

I’m glad Simon Miller is narrating this list. He always does a good job.

[@Aaron-io8vw]

It's goes further with the Flock and ministry stuff. The original version of the Flock was Ravens nest in ECW. And they infamously did a angle where Raven and the Nest crucified the Sandman. This angle was infamous because Kurt angle was in attendance at the event and was negotiating with ECW to join the company but upon witnessing it left the building and signed with WWF. A few years later The ministry of Darkness does the same thing to both Stone Cold and Stephanie McMahon

[@tomseville2345]

You think Prince Iaukea (of all people) had the power to change his own gimmick? That was RUSSO...

[@JohnAnthonyChihakSoltero]

not just Velveteen, but Gold Dust became "the artist formerly known as Gold Dust"

[@badjokecoke]

Was literally about to say the same thing 💀

[@robertclark2253]

The Goldust idea was in 1998 , Prince Iaukea didn't become The Artist until 1999 .

[@BrndnNZT48]

Steiner and DDP did an angle where steiner was obsessed with Miss Kimberly. Gotta believe elements of that were used during DDPs stalker angle

[@serialmiller1987]

I'm still disgusted by the simultaneous exploiting addiction storylines of Scott Hall and Hawk respectively that were both happening in WWF/WCW in 1998. I understand why it was not on the list because it's difficult to prove that one company copied the other, but one or both companies had to be ware of what the other show was doing.

[@Matty272]

It’s almost like Vince McMahon is a terrible person who doesn’t really care about people.

[@robertclark2253]

Before either of those the exploitation of Jake Roberts' alcoholism in 1996 .

[@briwanderz]

Even better WWE did it again.. and again... And again... They did it with Jake the snake when he had actually got cleaned up, with CM punks family members, and recently with Jeff Hardy vs Seamus.

[@mattwilkinson5858]

Hope all is well Simon, you sound quite sad in this

[@kcmcconochie4263]

Is it really a rip off if they own all the rights?

[@tomseville2345]

Big words stacked on top of each other with the word "LIVE!" at the bottom was WWF copying WCW? Then ALL American (LIVE!) TV show events (in sports/entertainment/even politics) copied WCW as well? 🤣🤣

[@joshuaortega1852]

If we're going to be nitpicky the Flock wasn't a WCW creation. It was a version of when Raven did in ECW. His whole thing was creating dark and spooky groups made up of misfits.

[@tomseville2345]

And later, Vampiro would have a stable made up of first The ICP, and then....The Misfits! 🤣🤣

[@michaelwallace2670]

Chyna vs. Asia...😂

[@tomseville2345]

Asya, even. And we also "didn't notice"...

[@andrewf3505]

WWF stole the Gillberg gimmick, WCW stole Hardcore Title, WCW stole Hunter Hearst Helmsley gimmick as the maestro,

[@dannystarkridesfixed]

Don’t have the nWo - RKO shirt but I do have a new found glory shirt that came out in 2010. In the nWo font.

[@zanethind]

Raw Roulette was amazing. Damn I miss it and we need to bring that shit back

[@GamingGal67-mr9ob]

I disagree on wargames /HIAC. Hell allowed fighting around the ring on the floor. Wargames was just an elimination tag match in a double cage against the sides.

[@AftermathDX316NWO4life]

I wish WWE would bring back that WW3 PPV/MATCH that WCW use to do that was a cool match 💯☝🏻

[@InuJus10]

I miss Simon giving a damn when doing these voiceovers

[@zanethind]

I legit don't think HIAC was copied from WCW WarGames. Yes a giant steel cage match can be considered similar but the actual WarGames match and the actual HIAC match are total different match types. Also I've been mentioning for years that Randy's RKO NWO inspired shirt was copied from the NWO and I swear I'm not the only person that noticed too unless I actually am

[@iblackfeathers]

thought this was going to be 10x wwe ripped off nwo... what currently comes to mind are the wwe's version of the nwo group with shawn michaels (basically dx in nwo shirts) when he superkicked booker t out of the group, anything lwo, and new day's new merch shirt "n d r" (new day rocks) in the style of nwo.

[@tomseville2345]

The Lwo was an nWo knock-off WITHIN WCW...

[@KevBean1]

When WWE owns Wcw, you can't call it "ripping off" you know that right....? I mean Randy Orton didn't even join WWE until after it purchased WCW so how did he rip off NWO when WWE owns NWO

[@Qbkilla57]

I think the ministry of darkness was more like the dungeon of doom than Raven’s flock

[@ericsaunders2485]

Nwo shirt is iconic, r what?? 😂😂😂😂

[@Dr_1212]

WWE still rips off everyone WWE fans are experts at ignoring 😆🤦‍♂️

[@craiggrayson9036]

Most definitely do

[@RevanLockheart-]

Somebody call my mama originally for wcw Ernest "the cat" Miller used for wwe funkasaurus.

[@Naruto0s44]

Gilberg idc that was a direct shot at Goldberg

[@tomseville2345]

And we "didn't notice". 🤣🤣

[@d-mac8705]

that was a purpose parody of goldberg

[@Naruto0s44]

We fans weren't stupid WWF took mad shots at WCW and if u think about it dx is a parody of nwo but better

[@Cam987.]

"Nobody Noticed" *thumbnail is a very obvious thing that people noticed* running out of ways to complain about wwe now

[@whotang1435]

I was then and still am, a fan of the artist

[@danmitchell1091]

Summerslam 1992, not 1991.

[@robertclark2253]

The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust WWF/WWE 1998 The Artist (Prince Iaukea) WCW 1999 .

[@raemonrivera8071]

Ripped off WCW??? So the two sweet gesture was stolen from who again??

[@TheOman1997]

Did Simon din’t want to to the video? Is he sick? Or is he tired of talking about WCW as we all are?

[@samadreason2667]

Some of these things I agree with and some I don't

[@mjstory1976]

Imagine thinking WWE ripped off a company they already own 😂

[@nickd6874]

Yeah was gonna say - imagine they own the IP so they are just utilising their own assets haha. Appreciate that isn’t the point of the video, but still worth pointing out

[@jeffro9252]

Most of those examples came before they bought WCW. Imagine that…..

[@briwanderz]

Also technically they don't own the company they bought the library/ tape records and copyrights of names... Not the whole company. But the premise is they stole ideas created by someone else, people that worked for WCW.

[@SkunkApe407]

You can't call it a WCW ripoff if whatever it is came after WWE bought WCW. Or is Holden ripping off Chevrolet when they release a car under a different name for the European market? General Motors is General Motors. Just like post-buyout WCW stuff is WWE.

[@KoSBDD024]

You ment summerslam 92 that was at wembly

[@tomseville2345]

Nearly turned off when they got THAT wrong; my first intro to wrestling...

[@archangel2015]

Damit Simon miller again

[@heyitsnehemiah786]

I wouldn’t say nobody noticed. More like nobody cared 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@BoogalooBartholomew]

I was scrolling for this exact comment.

[@dannyaraya8017]

the attitude era copied the nitro era 😉 according to Eric Bischoff

[@craiggrayson9036]

Most definitely did

[@nickmontoya3001]

I still have me rKo legend killer shirt

[@ShockerTopper]

How did no one notice that Randy's shirt was a take on the nWo classic designed shirt? I think only a complete fool could have missed that, it was like when that fool Velveteen Dream had his dumb "oVa" shirt. I always had a bad feeling about him and everything that was found out of him shortly after, it was of zero surprise.

[@stopper8301]

you sound like Forrest Gump

[@---zc4qt]

In 1988 Andre the Giant beat Hulk Hogan for the WWF title. The Giant did not keep the title for long. Annnnnnnnnnnnnd later "The Macho Man" Randy Savage won a "contest" to World Champion!!!!!! In Oct. 1995 "the Giant" beat Hulk Hogan for the WCW title. The Giant did not keep the title for long. Annnnnnnnnnnnnd later "The Macho Man" Randy Savage won a "contest" to World Champion!!!!!!

[@josemoon1903]

Times WWE ripped of ECW

[@spacecadet-t7y]

Cruiserweight division

[@bubbapacha7672]

Probably cuz folks that enjoyed wwe didnt really watch the cartoonish wcw.

[@bubbajoshproductions3990]

Nwo to DX. DX was better though

[@nicobean5064]

People still crying from 20+ years ago 😂 we don’t care and took y’all too guys and put they asses down but Goldberg and Booker we love them and Rey everything else got exactly what WCW deserves

[@edgecrusher018]

Vince was an on air character prior to Montreal. I don’t know why people just accept the incorrect timeline as fact.

[@Former_Employee]

Vince was an on air character too you know.

[@tomseville2345]

He had even played *heel owner* before, for Jerry Lawler's USWA (Memphis); where The King was still an uber-babyface, hilariously, considering the character he started playing on *WWF* TV in '92...

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Wild

[@ericsaunders2485]

Wcw was the best , after they stopped I stopped watching wrestling

[@fitri25]

Now do 10 times WCW ripped off WWE...

[@tomseville2345]

The ring break; then-WWF exec Terry Taylor admitted it on WWE's R&F of ECW doc... (Taz/Bam Bam in '98 ECW - Taker/Show in '99 WWF)

[@Naruto0s44]

The rock copying ddp but in a better way

[@StarkindustriesIronMan]

We noticed just didn’t care

[@Aragorn7884]

LWO in WWE in 2024 is ripping off WCW...

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

didn't lWo *start* in WCW?

[@Aragorn7884]

@@miguelnewmexico8641 yes, but...WWE in '24 is trying to make it their "own"

[@chrishollister80]

Other things the WWF "borrowed": The Light heavyweight title; the Raw announcing table moving toward the entrance; Pyro to open up Raw; anti-authority figure characters

[@nygreek743]

I think this video was made to kill time and get paid for a days work 😂 such BS

[@theREALfearsKLOWNs]

I'm just here for the kids who compare current day products to the promotion most of them are too young to have watched.

[@genfranco72]

Wembley was in 1992

[@cmcculloch1]

Summerslam 91..... erm Miller....

[@Kobe24brady12]

SummerSlam 1992 not 1991

[@GeneHackmansGhost]

The Goldberg undefeated streak was a blatant ripoff of the Matt Damon undefeated streak

[@Canrugger]

Who noticed and just didnt care because its wrestling and not real life lol

[@Canrugger]

F dream

[@johnnyjrkirch4952]

I got that RKO shirt

[@multiyapples]

I’m glad Simon Miller is narrating this list. He always does a good job.