10 times WWE changed a Superstar's nationality

#4 Akeem

Akeem, the African Dream

Now one man who actually switched nationalities in WWE was One Man Gang, whose manager Slick announced that he was actually African in 1988 and planned to re-embrace his roots.

Akeem was, rather insensitively, billed from the Deepest Darkest Parts Of Africa, in a scene where dancers dressed as tribal Africans danced and chanted around a fire.

Akeem, the African Dream would change his voice and accent while dancing as part of a faux African ritual, too, before returning to the persona of One Man Gang in 1991 in WCW.

Needless to say, Akeem's character has not aged particularly well, but it did propel One Man Gang from the lower section of the card for a while following a loss at WrestleMania, and put him right back into storylines with the likes of Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage as opposed to Koko B Ware and Don Muraco.

Akeem, real name George Gray, was actually from Spartanburg, South Carolina, but billed as One Man Gang from Halsted, Chicago - both of which are a long way away from Africa. We can only hope WWE never pulls off this kind of move again, as it would most definitely not go down well with audiences 30 years later.