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Given the number of Superstars that have competed in WWE over the years, it is inevitable that some are going to have similar appearances.
Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso, for example, often mention in media interviews that people have always had difficulty telling them apart. The WWE Universe also initially struggled to tell the difference between The Usos’ former rivals, Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson.
Although the two Revival members look very different, WWE NXT fans in the UK had some fun by creating the following chant:
“Which one’s Dash and which one’s Dawson?”
It is understandable that people still cannot tell The Usos apart. The six-time WWE Tag Team Champions are twins and they have worn the same attire for almost their entire careers.
However, it is less understandable when WWE Superstars reveal stories about fans who believed they were someone who has a completely different look.
In this article, let’s count down five WWE Superstars who were mistaken for another wrestler.
#5 WWE Superstar Sami Zayn was mistaken for Zack Ryder
Sami Zayn appeared on Chris Jericho’s Talk Is Jericho podcast with Kevin Owens in January 2018. The former WWE NXT Champion revealed that he had recently been on vacation in Iceland. During a three-hour hike, he bumped into one of the stars of the Breaking Bad television series, Aaron Paul (aka Jesse Pinkman).
Zayn said Paul was a “total class act” and he agreed to take pictures with lots of fans on the hike. One fan seemed particularly enthusiastic when he saw the two men together.
"This guy goes, and he’s pointing to Aaron Paul, he goes, ‘Oh!’ He sees me and he goes, ‘Oh! Oh!’ So now he’s pointing at both of us like he can’t believe these two worlds are colliding.
"One of his favorite actors and one of his favorite wrestlers. ‘What are you guys doing here? How do you guys know each other?’ He’s so excited, he’s like, ‘Oh my God, do you mind if I get a picture?’"
Both Zayn and Paul were happy to take a picture with the fan. However, it turned out that the fan thought he had just met a different WWE Superstar, Zack Ryder.
“The guy puts his arm around Aaron Paul… big, excited grin. Puts his arm around me, he’s like, ‘Zack Ryder, right?’ Dude, I died laughing.”
Zayn said Ryder seemed confused when he began telling him a story about hiking in Iceland, but the punchline was worth it.
#4 WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin was mistaken for Goldberg
Stone Cold Steve Austin established himself as one of the top attractions in WWE history towards the end of the 1990s. Around the same time, Goldberg emerged as one of the biggest names in WCW.
While their characters were very different, both men had similar appearances. Like Austin, Goldberg had a bald head and a goatee. He also wore black trunks and had a menacing on-screen persona.
Back then, casual wrestling fans could have been forgiven for getting the WWE and WCW stars mixed up. Nowadays, however, it is easy for anyone to tell the difference between the WWE Hall of Famers… or so you would think.
In August 2018, Austin took to Twitter to reveal that he had just been mistaken for Goldberg at Denny’s. Goldberg joked that he should have thanked the person for the compliment.
Responding to Goldberg, Austin said in jest that it was going to take him a couple of days to get over the incident.
Although there was legitimate competition between Austin and Goldberg in the 1990s, the two men are now friends in real life. Goldberg even appeared on Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions show on the WWE Network in 2019.
#3 WWE Superstar Xavier Woods was mistaken for Kofi Kingston
Xavier Woods initially debuted on WWE’s main roster in November 2013 as R-Truth’s new ally. In July 2014, Woods then formed an alliance with Big E and Kofi Kingston, and the three men went on to become the hugely successful New Day group.
Writing on Twitter in December 2018, Woods told a story about what happened when he landed in Kuala Lumpur for a WWE meet and greet.
A customs agent asked The New Day member if he works for WWE. When Woods confirmed that he does, the agent questioned whether he is Kofi Kingston.
Woods said he was taken to a “shady side room” due to the agent having doubts about who he really is.
Woods currently holds the WWE RAW tag team titles with Kingston. The two men were separated from their fellow New Day member, Big E, in the 2020 WWE Draft.
Big E was selected by WWE SmackDown as the No. 17 pick, while Woods and Kingston moved to WWE RAW as the No. 16 pick.
#2 WWE Superstar Kofi Kingston was mistaken for R-Truth
Before forming The New Day, Kofi Kingston also teamed with WWE Superstars including CM Punk, Evan Bourne, and R-Truth.
In April 2012, Kingston and Truth defeated Primo and Epico to win the WWE tag team titles. They went on to hold the titles for 139 days before losing against Team Hell No at WWE Night of Champions.
Four days before that pay-per-view, Superstars were asked in a WWE Inbox video if they have ever been mistaken for another roster member.
Kingston revealed that people regularly thought he was Truth around that time.
“I’ll hear somebody say, ‘What’s up? What’s up?’ It hits me like five minutes later that they actually thought that I was R-Truth. I get that all the time. He gets it too, you know. ‘Boom, boom, boom, man!’ You know, what can you say?”
The video also showed one of WWE’s own interviewers mistaking Truth for Kingston (01:19 in the video above). Before asking Truth a question, she said, “So, Kofi… [Truth corrects her]… Oh, I’m so sorry.”
Truth and Kingston both saw the funny side and laughed it off.
#1 Heath Slater was mistaken for WWE Hall of Famer Edge
Heath Slater appeared in the same WWE Inbox video as Kofi Kingston and R-Truth. Nowadays, Slater (simply known as Heath since leaving WWE) has short hair and nobody would even think to compare him to Edge.
Back in 2012, however, Slater had long hair and he wore similar gear to Edge before forming 3MB with Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal.
The four-time WWE Tag Team Champion revealed that he was once mistaken for The Rated-R Superstar by a fan.
“Actually, I have [been mistaken for someone]. It was the Hall of Famer Edge. Actually, it’s kind of a good compliment if you ask me. But yeah, it was Edge.”
Slater’s main-roster WWE career officially began in June 2010, nine months before Edge was forced to announce his retirement. The two men shared the ring on 13 occasions, including in Slater’s first WWE pay-per-view appearance at SummerSlam.
The match saw a team of WWE all-stars, led by John Cena, defeat The Nexus in a seven-on-seven elimination match. Edge was eliminated by the up-and-coming Slater.
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