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While WWE move sets and gimmicks are obviously very important, so are Superstars’ attires.
Let’s say, for example, that Drew McIntyre still wore his shiny 3MB gear upon his return to WWE in 2017. Would he be the success that he is today? Perhaps, but his change in appearance certainly helped legitimize him as one of WWE’s top Superstars.
The same can be said for Bray Wyatt. His original WWE look as Husky Harris – black trunks and no shirt – would never have worked for his Eater of Worlds gimmick.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, WWE Superstars had very hectic schedules. With so much traveling to do, it was inevitable that some luggage and certain items of clothing were going to go missing along the way.
When that has happened, WWE Superstars have had to ask another roster member if they can borrow their gear for a match. Some Superstars have also been known to wear someone else’s attire as part of a storyline or untelevised segment after a show.
In this article, let’s take a look at five times that WWE Superstars borrowed someone else’s ring gear.
#5 Ruby Riott borrowed Kalisto’s kick pads (WWE live event)
Ruby Riott formed The Riott Squad with Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan in November 2017. The trio made an instant impact on WWE SmackDown and began feuding with the likes of Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair.
Speaking on WWE Network show Story Time (season four, episode three), Riott recalled that she encountered a problem shortly after her WWE debut.
Both Riott and Morgan lost their bags ahead of a WWE live event. They thought they could salvage the situation by buying new gear that they could wear in their match. However, Morgan lost the key to their car, which contained their clothes.
Both women had to wear black leggings and their own merchandise for their match, while Riott even borrowed kick pads from Kalisto.
“We ended up having to wrestle in tennis shoes, our black leggings, Riott Squad t-shirts, and I always wear kick pads, so I had to ask Kalisto for his kick pads and I had to turn them inside out so they weren’t super bright on my legs.”
Early on in the match, Riott realized that her leggings were not ideal for wrestling.
“Within the first two minutes of the match, my black leggings split. And I was like [shock sound], and I look down and I just see this little rip.”
Riott said she was genuinely panicking throughout the match in case the leggings fully split. Fortunately, that did not happen and she was able to make it through the rest of the match.
#4 Chris Jericho borrowed Sin Cara’s mask (WWE RAW)
Seth Rollins challenged Kevin Owens for the Universal Championship on the November 21, 2016 episode of WWE RAW. As Rollins attempted to perform a move off the barricade, he was prevented from doing so by someone in a Sin Cara mask.
That someone turned out to be Chris Jericho (01:37 in the video above), who allegedly had real-life heat with Sin Cara earlier that month.
It was reported by the Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer that the two men had an altercation during WWE’s UK tour. Sin Cara apparently refused to stop making annoying noises on a WWE bus and he told Jericho to “f*** off”.
More words were reportedly exchanged, leading Sin Cara to “throw a wild right” in Jericho’s direction. The nine-time WWE Intercontinental Champion then bit Sin Cara’s finger before the masked Superstar was thrown off the bus.
Sin Cara played down the incident in an interview with Sports Illustrated in 2017. He even revealed that he is friends with Jericho in real life, hence why he let him wear the mask.
“Me and Jericho are good friends. He actually asked me if he could borrow one of my masks for that segment, and I said that it would be an honor. There is no heat between him and I. Nowadays, with social media, there are always a lot of rumors, but we are fine. That’s why I let him borrow my mask. If that wasn’t the case, I would have said no.”
Jericho also had a backstage altercation with Brock Lesnar in 2016, while Sin Cara was involved in a spat with Simon Gotch earlier that year.
#3 Seth Rollins borrowed Kalisto’s entrance gear (WWE RAW dark match)
Kalisto appears to be the go-to person if a WWE Superstar wants to borrow some clothing. The former Lucha House Party leader allowed Seth Rollins to wear his entrance gear after the October 9, 2017 episode of WWE RAW.
That night was memorable for both Superstars. Rollins finally reunited with both Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns after weeks of trying to convince them that he was a changed man. Kalisto, meanwhile, replaced the absent Neville in the main event to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from Enzo Amore.
After the show went off the air, Rollins joined forces with Ambrose to take on Cesaro and Sheamus in a dark match. Even though he already had his own ring gear, The Architect also decided to wear an item of Kalisto’s attire.
It is not clear why Rollins donned his fellow WWE Superstar's entrance gear for the segment. Given that Kalisto had just competed in a match, there is a chance that Rollins found it and wore it as a joke.
As the video above shows, Rollins even had some fun with the crowd by leading a chant of “Lucha! Lucha!”.
#2 Sabu borrowed ring gear from Shawn Daivari (WWE event)
Best known for his work in ECW, Sabu competed in 37 televised WWE matches between June 2006 and May 2007. The majority of those matches took place as part of WWE’s revamped ECW brand, which also featured Shawn Daivari.
At the time, Sabu was considered to be a veteran in the wrestling business. Daivari, meanwhile, had already shared the ring with the likes of Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels, but he was still making his way in WWE.
Following his departure from WWE in October 2007, Daivari discussed his time with the company in an interview with In Your Head Wrestling Online. The former WWE Superstar revealed during the interview that he once allowed Sabu to borrow his gear for a match.
"Brian asks if it was true Sabu borrowed his ring gear when it was lost. Shawn says yes the airlines lost them and he let Sabu borrow his gear, it happens a lot." [H/T Wrestling Figs]
After appearing in a segment at the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble in 2018, Daivari returned to the company as a producer in 2019. He was released in 2020 as a cost-cutting measure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both Daivari, 36, and Sabu, 55, have competed in matches outside of WWE in 2020.
#1 Edge borrowed Trevor Murdoch’s gear (WWE live event)
Edge has worn full-length tights for almost his entire WWE career. One of the few exceptions came when he lost his luggage and had to borrow Trevor Murdoch’s trunks at a WWE live event.
Some of the other WWE Superstars in this article were able to disguise that they wore another person's clothing. Ruby Riott, for instance, turned Kalisto's kick pads inside out to make sure nobody knew she had borrowed some of his attire.
Edge, on the other hand, did not try to hide that he was wearing Murdoch’s usual ring gear. As the picture below shows, The Rated R-Superstar’s red trunks clearly said “Trevor Murdoch” on the back.
Murdoch won the WWE tag team titles on three occasions with Lance Cade during his three-year run in the company between July 2005 and July 2008. He came out of retirement in 2019 to work for the NWA.
Edge went on to make an in-ring comeback of his own in the 2020 WWE Royal Rumble match. The WWE Hall of Famer has since faced Randy Orton at two pay-per-views, WrestleMania 36 and Backlash. He is currently out of action due to a triceps injury.
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