5 times Superstars copied another wrestler's entrance

Professional wrestling isn't just a sport or a competition. While people who are not fans think it's less than that, in reality, it is so much more. Making it as a WWE Superstar isn't as easy as just being a good wrestler, you need to be the whole pro wrestling package.

There are a few things that are essential for becoming a top WWE Superstar. You need to be able to talk fans into the building, you need to have the look, and just as importantly you need to know how to make an entrance.

Some Superstars don't have that entrance and on occasions take it upon themselves to copy others who have that aspect of their character nailed down. Here are five times that WWE Superstars have mimicked a fellow wrestler's entrance.

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#5 AxelMania and Macho Mandow

Damien Sandow impersonating Macho Man Randy Savage

Towards the end of Damien Sandow's run with WWE, he began making a name for himself by mimicking other Superstars. Before his run as The Miz's stunt double really stuck he had a good run replicating the great Randy Savage, referring to himself as Macho Mandow.

After a short while of this Curtis Axel took it upon himself to join forces, or powers if you will, with Sandow. The "Axe Man" began dressing as Hulk Hogan and coming to the ring to Real American, declaring that AxelMania was running wild.

The two together were known as The Meta Powers but because of things beyond their control, their run didn't last too long. At the height of it, the Hulk Hogan scandal broke and WWE fired "The Immortal One" from the company. Naturally, they couldn't have Axel coming to the ring dressed as Hogan after that.

#4 Luke Gallows

Impostor Kane takes on the actual Kane at Vengeance

Despite Luke Gallows only being 33 years old, The Good Brother has led an extremely long and storied career already. His current run in WWE was preceded by time with the Bullet Club in New Japan and he also infamously spent some time in WWE previously as Festus.

Before any of that, however, Gallows was called upon to play Imposter Kane. On an episode of Raw during the summer of 2006 Gallows emerged to confront Kane while wearing The Big Red Machine's old mask and attire.

The angle actually led to them facing off at Vengeance that year and Gallows actually beating the real Kane. The night after his win "The Devil's Favourite Demon "attacked him and removed his mask, thus bringing an end to his run as Imposter Kane.

#3 Kane

The man we now know as Kane playing the role of Fake Diesel

Glenn Jacobs, the man behind the Kane mask, has been blessed with one of the greatest gimmicks in pro wrestling history. It wasn't all plain sailing for Glenn though and some of you may even remember a time when he portrayed an evil dentist named Isaac Yankem.

Between his time as a dentist and becoming "The Big Red Machine", Jacobs had a different role. The man who would become Kane was tasked with playing Fake Diesel. Kevin Nash and Razor Ramon had recently left for WCW so naturally, WWE wanted to mock their former employees.

Jacobs and a man named Rick Bognar played Fake Diesel and Fake Razor, respectively. They worked together as a tag team and were even awarded a shot at the Tag Team Championships, thankfully a match they lost. Luckily the following year Jacobs was awarded the Kane gimmick and the rest is history.

#2 Ryback

Ryback prior to a match with Kalisto

This entry is slightly different to the others featured on this list. Rather than mocking the entire entrance of a fellow Superstar along with many other aspects similar to others in this article, former WWE star Ryback just paid homage in a subtle way.

The animosity between Ryback and CM Punk is well documented. After his release from the company Punk took to Colt Cabana's Art Of Wrestling podcast to tell all about WWE's misgivings. A lot of that focussed on how little he liked working with "The Big Guy".

After those comments Ryback took it upon himself to fire a shot back. The former United States Champion mimicked a part of Punk's WWE entrance where he would take a knee and tap his wrist before yelling it's clobbering time. It naturally got a pretty negative reaction from the WWE Universe.

#1 Dolph Ziggler

Dolph Ziggler mocking the Macho Man's entrance

There was only ever going to be one man that made the top of this list, Dolph Ziggler. "The Showoff" has recently been mocking as many present and past Superstars as he can in an attempt to prove that fans gravitate towards wrestlers based on their gimmick rather than their in-ring ability.

Randy Savage, Bayley, D-Generation X, no one has been off limits for Dolph. His constant mocking of grand entrances landed him in hot water with SmackDown Live newbie, Bobby Roode. "The Glorious One" knows a thing or two about making an entrance.

Thankfully the former NXT Champion has since proved that he is so much more than just a catchy song. Roode defeated Ziggler in a two out of three falls match on SmackDown Live recently which will hopefully put this rivalry to bed.