5 huge storylines WWE borrowed from other companies

#3: Ted DiBiase buys the WWF Championship

DiBiase bought the title from his partner Andre the Giant.

When Ted DiBiase came to the conclusion that he could never beat Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship in 1988, he did the only sensible thing a man of his stature could do.

He hired someone to get plastic surgery to look like a sanctioned referee, to help his client Andre the Giant win the title, and the Frenchman quickly sold the gold to the Million Dollar Man.

An ingenious plan by the Million Dollar star, this storyline is partly dampened when you discover that it had already been done, at Georgia Championship Wrestling. Five years before DiBiase would 'win' the gold, Larry Zybysko would buy the NWA Championship from Tim Brooks for a cool $25,000.

Whilst his story may have been a repeat, DiBiase's brief time with the gold was still very entertaining.