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Post by Lance Uppercut on Aug 31, 2005 19:35:29 GMT -5
I know some people have expressed this before, but How come some guys only get announced by one name? And not just that, some people, when they're addressed, are addressed by the full name all the time (like Matt Hardy how you doing? Shawn Micheals what's up? Ric Flair what are you doing here?).
Let's see who they have with one name:
Heidenreich
Snitsky
Maria (no last name ever mentioned on tv)
Carlito
Austin (Sometimes)
Hurricane (Helms has been dropped)
Juventud
Eugene
NIdia
Rikishi
Candice (or Candice Michelle, despite her last name being Beckman).
Melina (I'm sure they called her Perez on RAw).
Batista
Funaki (He used to be Sho Funaki)
JIllian (no relation to Scott Hall)
Tajiri (wasn't he YOshihiro tajiri in ecw?)
Full names:
Shawn Micheals
Steve Austin (as in, he's never just called Steve when he's not called Austin)
Matt Hardy
Kurt Angle
Christy Hemme
Ashley Massaro (everytime, since she's won, she's been called by her full name)
Rob Van Dam
Shelton Benjamin
Ken Kennedy
MIchelle McCool
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Post by Phoenix on Aug 31, 2005 19:57:36 GMT -5
and when you walk up to your friends/coworkers you use their full name instead of just their first?
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Post by KingPopper on Aug 31, 2005 20:02:46 GMT -5
Some guys you have listed WWE still calls them by their full time now and then. Like Dave Batista, Gene Snitsky. But it kinda started with Goldberg. Goldberg sounds like a much tougher name then the full name of Bill Goldberg. That can be said for guys like Snitsky, Batista, and Heidenreich. Thats why they drop the first name sometimes. Its kinda a hoss thing.
Now when they drop the last name thats a different story. I think they dropped Carlito's last name because Cool sounded to gimmicky. Hurricane's was dropped because he turned from a guy thinking he was a superhero, to just a superhero. Juventud's last name was probably dropped because it sounds to much like Guerrero.
As for the rest of that list, I guess thats what WWE just wanted to call them. Plus some last names or first names are hard to remember. Why call a guy Sho Funaki when you can just call him Funaki?
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Aug 31, 2005 20:05:51 GMT -5
and when you walk up to your friends/coworkers you use their full name instead of just their first? Yes  |
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Post by KingPopper on Aug 31, 2005 20:08:05 GMT -5
JMoney I love the WGTT sig. Just great.
Also a must say why is Triple H's name Triple H. That doesn't make one bit of sence to me.
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Post by Wheresmy5bucks on Aug 31, 2005 20:22:59 GMT -5
Guess Triple H sounds more intimidating than his short name of "Helmsley". And Hunter Hearst Helmsley sounds snobbish when his character isn't that much of that anymore.
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Post by KingPopper on Aug 31, 2005 20:45:54 GMT -5
i know that but why is name spelled Triple H. Why not HHH. Thats retarded.
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Post by havik on Aug 31, 2005 20:45:55 GMT -5
Bischoff still calls Trips Hunter on Raw
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Post by dieeiervonsatan on Aug 31, 2005 21:30:06 GMT -5
i know that but why is name spelled Triple H. Why not HHH. Thats retarded. It's spelled as both; depends where you look. |
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Post by EJS on Aug 31, 2005 21:49:38 GMT -5
On Tajiri... It is an improvement over what he was called in like 1995 or so in WWF as a jobber. He was "Tajiri Yoshihiro". My guess here is some REALLY smart person behind the scenes thought "Gee how could a first name be longer than a last name? This won't work!"
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Post by dieeiervonsatan on Aug 31, 2005 21:51:31 GMT -5
Actually I heard that his real name is Yoshi Hiro. I could totally be off.
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Post by superborracho6000 on Aug 31, 2005 21:55:33 GMT -5
I kind of tought Gene Snitsky wanted his name to almost sound like Gene Kiniski, which it almost does, but that's dumb cuz nobody today knows about Kiniski and filtering out the name-sounding similarity, there's zero comparison.
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Post by 10DollarNoseBleed on Aug 31, 2005 21:56:11 GMT -5
i know that but why is name spelled Triple H. Why not HHH. Thats retarded. It's spelled as both; depends where you look. No they actually stopped this a few years back and just went to Triple H. You can't find anything recent (past two or three years) where his name is written as HHH. |
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Post by EJS on Aug 31, 2005 22:19:34 GMT -5
The people with no last names annoys me to no end. It has become almost the standard in the womens division. I don't mind so much when it's a pretty unique name, but when its a commonly used name it gets annoying...
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Post by scbg on Sept 1, 2005 13:13:12 GMT -5
I'm glad Batista is sticking with just the last name. I mean, how intimidating of a name is "Dave"?
"He's 7 feet tall, he weighs 358 pounds, he's a mountain of death and destruction! His name is...
...Dave."
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Post by gameisgod on Sept 1, 2005 13:31:12 GMT -5
I like the intimidation comming from the rock's real name. HAHA, Dwaine.
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Post by bigjimmy on Sept 1, 2005 14:10:40 GMT -5
it could be worse he could have been called marion
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Sept 1, 2005 15:08:19 GMT -5
I think the key to name shortening is for simplicity. It's easier and quicker to say Batista instead of Dave Batista.
As far as Carlito goes, I'm glad they decided to call him just his first name instead of just his last name. Can you imagine a wrestler simply named "Colon"? Russo would have a field day.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Sept 1, 2005 15:12:58 GMT -5
I think the key to name shortening is for simplicity. It's easier and quicker to say Batista instead of Dave Batista. As far as Carlito goes, I'm glad they decided to call him just his first name instead of just his last name. Can you imagine a wrestler simply named "Colon"? Russo would have a field day. You know if they ever resolved that thing between Jericho and Carlito, he would have made the Colon joke just like he did Ben-oit. |
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Post by kokobware3 on Sept 1, 2005 15:36:17 GMT -5
Triple H called batista dave
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