5 Greatest imposters in WWE history

Stunt Double Mizdow

Over the years, the WWE have proven themselves fond of the impersonation angle, with wrestlers ranging from Charlie Haas to Curtis Axel desperately mimicking other Superstars, for the want of a more solid in-ring persona. It undeniably contributes to novelty in proceedings, but wrestlers who enact the impersonation gimmicks have never really been taken too seriously right off the bat.

All that changed when Mizdow enacted the stunt-double gimmick. He breathed new life into the concept of an impersonation gimmick with his antics, and was incredibly over with the fans at a point in time. It is so typical of the WWE to allow all his momentum to wash away by consigning him to an uninspiring impersonation of the Macho Man.

Anyway, Damien Sandow has shown true performance class in his imposter gimmicks which questions the WWE’s direction with a talented wrestler and performer, rather than affirming it.

The Rock layeth the verbal Smackdown!

After Muhammad Ali, The Rock is the arguably the greatest trash-talking celebrity in history and few would dispute that. The promos during his initial tenure in the WWE were revolutionary, for never before had the audience swayed to one man’s mastery over the microphone in that manner.

In a backstage segment on Raw, leading up to the 6-man Hell in a Cell match in 2000, The Rock is seen letting loose a verbal volley on each of his opponents. The Undertaker, Kane, Kurt Angle, Rikishi, Triple H and even Stone Cold Steve Austin was not spared the verbal lashing that The Rock dished out, in what was easily one of the most entertaining backstage segments in his storied career.

Few men could even comprehend the complexity of mimicking 5 different Superstars in one take, but The Rock makes it look ridiculously easy. Arguably the greatest exponent of microphone usage in WWE history, this segment captures the verbal adroitness of the “Attitude Era” Rock in a nutshell.

Rarely matched on the microphone in his first run with the company, it perhaps hurt The Rock’s legacy when the PG Era forced him to tone down his rhetoric. A pity, since The Rock of old used to conjure up epic segments such as this frequently, and was considered hands down, the most entertaining Superstar on the microphone.