5 WWE Superstars who were accused of stealing gimmicks

#1 Abraham Washington accused Seth Rollins of using his gimmick in WWE

Former WWE Superstar Abraham Washington thought Seth Rollins’ Monday Night Messiah gimmick was too similar to his Reverend Jeremiah Constantine character.

Washington, who was fired by WWE in 2012, uploaded in-character videos to his YouTube channel in 2019 and 2020. After sending his work to WWE, he was informed that a lead writer had seen the videos.

Speaking on the High Spot Podcast, The Prime Time Players’ former manager claimed that his religious gimmick had been given to Rollins:

“It just upsets me the fact that you can’t even acknowledge me and that you’re taking from my stuff, especially with the Seth stuff, the Monday Night Messiah. I’m pretty sure they got that from my promos,” he said.

When Washington made that comment, Rollins performed as The Monday Night Messiah while Bray Wyatt had recently introduced The Fiend.

Washington did not accuse Wyatt of stealing The Fiend idea from him. However, he claimed that Wyatt’s Firefly Fun House newscast segments had similarities to his Reverend Jeremiah Constantine videos.