Actual wrestling meets Kayfabe:
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Promotions
- All Elite Wrestling is WCW meets Pro Wrestling Guerilla.
- Chikara was Impact Wrestling if it were run by The Aquabats!
- CZW, post DJ Hyde takeover, is Ring of Honor meets Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
- ECW was FMW meets New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
- Impact Wrestling, during its TNA days, is WWE meets WCW.
- Lucha Underground is AAA meets Mortal Kombat.
- Lucha VaVoom
is AAA meets Burlesque.
- Juggalo Championship Wrestling is XPW meets Mystery Science Theater 3000 meets Beavis and Butt-Head.
- Kaiju Big Battel is Toku monster movie meets Professional Wrestling.
- Ring of Honor is New Japan Pro-Wrestling meets 80s onward National Wrestling Alliance.
- SHIMMER has been described as All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling booked by Jim Cornette.
- WWE is the National Wrestling Alliance meets DC Comics.
- WWE NXT Black and Gold is WWE meets Ring of Honor, whereas NXT 2.0/White and Gold is WWE meets Impact Wrestling meets MTV.
- The Cruiserweight Classic is Campeonato Elite Mundial meets Best Of The Super Junior.
- The Mae Young Classic is Women of Honor meets The Cruiserweight Classic.
- XPW was ECW if it were run by Larry Flynt.
Wrestlers
- Lou Thesz was Ed "Strangler" Lewis meets Frank Gotch.
- Ric Flair is Buddy Rogers meets Gorgeous George.
- Terry Funk is Wild Bill Longson meets The Original Sheik.
- Hulk Hogan is Bruno Sammartino meets "Superstar" Billy Graham.
- Randy Savage was "Superstar" Billy Graham meets The Iron Sheik.
- Vader is Bruiser Brody meets Stan Hansen.
- The Ultimate Warrior was Randy Savage meets He-Man.
- The Undertaker is Kevin Sullivan meets Bruiser Brody meets André the Giant.
- Mick Foley is Terry Funk meets Dusty Rhodes.
- Mitsuharu Misawa was Jumbo Tsuruta meets Satoru Sayama.
- Toshiaki Kawada is Genichiro Tenryu meets Karl Gotch.
- Kenta Kobashi is Giant Baba meets Ricky Steamboat.
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is Randy Savage meets The Sandman
- The Great Sasuke is Sabu meets Tiger Mask I.
- Kane is The Undertaker meets Michael Myers.
- Rey Mysterio is El Santo meets Jushin Thunder Liger.
- New Jack is Abdullah the Butcher meets Sabu.
- Post-1998 Scott Steiner is Kevin Nash meets Hulk Hogan.
- Goldberg is Vader meets The Ultimate Warrior.
- Rikishi is Yokozuna meets Dusty Rhodes.
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield is Stan Hansen meets Ted Dibiase.
- Val Venis is Rick Rude meets Dirk Diggler.
- "Cowboy" James Storm is described as Shawn Michaels meets "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
- AJ Styles is Shawn Michaels meets Ricky Steamboat.
- TNA wrestler Abyss has been described as Kane meets Mankind.
- Post-2005 John Cena is Hulk Hogan meets Sting.
- Randy Orton in "The Viper" gimmick is Jake "The Snake" Roberts meets Sycho Sid.
- Brock Lesnar is Vader meets Ken Shamrock.
- Bryan Danielson is Bret Hart meets Mick Foley.
- The Miz is Scott Hall meets The Honky Tonk Man.
- Post-The Shield Seth Rollins is 90s Shawn Michaels meets 2011 CM Punk.
- Post-The Shield Dean Ambrose is Randy Savage meets The One Man Gang.
- Post-The Shield Roman Reigns is Randy Orton meets Kevin Nash.
- Ryback circa 2012 is King Kong Bundy meets Goldberg.
- Bray Wyatt:
- Max Cady meets Azazel.
- Some also say he's Raven meets Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
- Mick Foley (including alter egos) meets Kevin Sullivan.
- The Wyatt Family is the Manson Family meets the Dungeon of Doom.
- The Authority is The Corporation meets the New World Order.
- Sasha Banks, in her "The Boss" gimmick, is Scott Hall meets Eddie Guerrero.
- Bayley in the "Hugger" gimmick is Randy Savage meets Alundra Blayze.
- "Broken" Matt Hardy is Bray Wyatt meets the Ultimate Warrior.
- Samoa Joe is Kurt Angle meets Umaga
- All Elite Wrestling's MJF is essentially The Miz meets Ted DiBiase or Alberto Del Rio
- TNA's Aces And Eights was The Dudley Family meets New World Order
- Rhea Ripley is Lita meets Beth Phoenix
- Charlotte Flair meets Luna Vachon
- Io Shirai is Lita meets Saints Row (especially the Deckers gang)
- Toni Storm is Trish Stratus meets Mötley Crüe from Australia.
- Her current gimmick of Timeless is Marilyn Monroe meets Goldust.
- Mandy Rose is Trish Stratus (her in-ring ability and attitude since her return/Face–Heel Turn to NXT plus she went brunette like Trish) meets Torrie Wilson (her looks).
- WWE NXT's Toxic Attraction are The Beautiful People meets heavy metal.
- Darby Allin is Cactus Jack meets Jeff Hardy
- Danhausen is Conan O'Brien meets the Crypt Keeper
- The Usos are The Wild Samoans meets Harlem Heat
- Bobby Lashley is Ron Simmons meets Lex Luger
- RETRIBUTION was Raven's Flock meets The Shield
Promoters
- Tony Khan is Vince McMahon meets Elon Musk.
- Vince McMahon is Donald Trump meets Antonio Inoki.
