10 Pro Wrestling Names That Were Total Ribs

From Hulk Hogan knock-off Randy Hogan in WCW to JBL-inspired Tripp Bradshaw in WWE, these are 10 Pro Wrestling Names That Were Total Ribs.

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[jeremywilliams]

My guess is when they turned One Man Gang into Akeem the African Dream, they got the "Akeem" name from the film "Coming to America" where Eddie Murphy portrayed Akeem Joffer, Prince of Zamunda. It wouldn't surprise me since the film came out in June 1988 and the Akeem vignette aired in September 1988.

[coryshannon]

The funnier thing about WWE putting Dusty Rhodes in polka dots, to try and insult him: Dusty was so good, he got that sh*t over.😁

[jayfabe]

Randy Hogan looks like Adam Ray doing Dr. phil.

[claymathewselevator]

We all know Tracy Smothers was from Nashville, Italy 😂

[JS-imuu]

Randy Hogan looks like “The Huckster” from those Billionaire Ted sketches so long ago.😂

[paulweston]

The Briscos were from Blackwell Oklahoma for as long as I remember. I used to live 30 miles from there.

[ImagineABear]

Chavo's character of Kerwin White was named after Kerwin Silfies, a longtime WWE production director.

[MrBeardsley]

According to Randy Hogan he started working for a Florida radio station after leaving WCW in 1994, and he wound up getting assigned to cover the big Hulk Hogan signing ceremony WCW threw at Disney World.

[dacobylaw]

I had no idea about this story for the Baron Corbin name. All this time, I thought it was just another name

[PhilB]

I'm sure someone suggested that Butch was a rib on Pete Dunne because Ridge Holland's real name is Luke.

[coreywilson]

When I hear Akeem "The African Dream" I first think of former Houston Rockets great Akeem/Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon

[killingragethrowback]

Gillberg was the first thing that came to mind. I also remember the Dusty Rhodes polka dots, and boy did he make that work because, it's Dusty. Being an "every man" means taking ribs being a bit of a dork so it kind of fit him.

[Royce_Black]

Colt Cabana really time traveled on us

[williamaugustfranz]

Randy Hogan should form a tag team with Hulk Savage!

[CatsClaw]

The interesting thing was that Hulk Hogan didn't care that Randy Hogan was mocking him and kind of encouraged him since it got him a job.

[Brown]

I worked a match with Tracey Smothers, winning the HCW Heavyweight Title, in 2006; solid guy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[randallw]

How about when The New Age Outlaws were in TNA and called themselves VKM (Voodoo Kin Mafia).

[dricc]

This is one of the videos yall make that just keep me laughing all throughout

[toma.]

Randy hogan is actually a nice guy. Got his autograph. He did an interview where he talks about jimmy hart mentioning to him that he and hulk knew he was paroding him and they didnt mind randy doing it, they even encouraged him to keep wearing the red and yellow

[EssexAggiegrad]

The Harris Brothers were named Patrick and Gerald as Creative Control in 1999