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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 15, 2011 21:40:57 GMT -5
It goes on.....Damien Sandow, Seth Rollins, Antonio Cesaro, Brad Maddox, Derrick Bateman, Eli Cottonwood, Husky Harris....just awful. Of those, the only ones I'd call awful are the last two, Eli Cottonwood and Husky Harris. |
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Dec 31, 2011 19:20:15 GMT -5
It's not limited to WWE.
TNA did this with Amazing Kong, who renamed herself Awesome Kong. What are the other wrestlers has TNA does this to?
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Post by Oak: Certified Jade Hater on Dec 31, 2011 19:38:28 GMT -5
It's not limited to WWE. TNA did this with Amazing Kong, who renamed herself Awesome Kong. What are the other wrestlers has TNA does this to? Angel Williams and Talia Madison come to mind. Or, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky as they're now known as. |
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Post by The Line on Dec 31, 2011 19:46:25 GMT -5
It's not limited to WWE. TNA did this with Amazing Kong, who renamed herself Awesome Kong. What are the other wrestlers has TNA does this to? Angel Williams and Talia Madison come to mind. Or, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky as they're now known as. Austin Aries became Austin Starr |
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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 31, 2011 20:07:03 GMT -5
Angel Williams and Talia Madison come to mind. Or, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky as they're now known as. Austin Aries became Austin Starr Low Ki became Senshi. |
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Post by zing on Dec 31, 2011 20:32:18 GMT -5
I always wonder how the new names come about.
Some guys obviously get to pick theirs - Wade Barrett for example, which I always found a spectacularly stupid name and so very un-English before finding out the reasoning behind it. But I doubt Joe Hennig sat down and thought "I need a five syllable surname, STAT!" or that anyone would call themselves "Husky Harris"
With the next generation kids, where there is name value to trade on, I don't get why they don't let them keep the surname but give them a new first name. That gives them something to trademark but also lets them keep the recognition.
So we get Raquel Guerrero and Mike Hennig for example.
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Post by Reflecto on Dec 31, 2011 20:43:41 GMT -5
Point of order at least on hers...wasn't there already an "Amazing Kong" on the national scene before her If so, things like that do make some sense [see, Michael Shane being renamed to Matt Bentley because the WWE signed Mike Shane- only to rename him and his brother The Gymini, or to a lesser extent WWE renaming William Regal from Steven...]
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 31, 2011 21:01:31 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd wager that they want to own the names, so they rename guys now. As for why they're doing it more now, if I had to hazard a guess it'd be in response to Kurt Angle et al jumping to TNA. While they don't have anything to worry about right now from TNA, I think they're aware that casual fans from past eras might turn on the TV, flip around, hear names they used to hear in WWE, and find TNA that way. They don't want fans to keep hearing Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, Rob Van Dam, Bobby Lashley, Taz, et al on a competitor. I wouldn't be surprised if it occurs more now because they feel they have more competition than they used to and want to hedge their bets. So the guys they're bringing in or up in their own developmental, for the most part, get new silly names. The exceptions to this are, of course, guys whose names were known before WWE, like Miz and Otunga. As for why they they refuse to officially use American Dragon for Daniel Bryan, they probably know that Disney's lawyers are scarier than theirs  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2011 21:39:19 GMT -5
If they're going to make up first and last names, they should be a bit more over the top action sounding imo.
I mean come on they're pro wrestlers, larger than life they don't need to be regular ass boring guys with regular names.
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Post by Starshine on Dec 31, 2011 21:49:21 GMT -5
Austin Aries became Austin Starr Low Ki became Senshi. Christopher Daniels became... Daniels. |
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Post by CH Punk on Dec 31, 2011 22:02:01 GMT -5
As for why they they refuse to officially use American Dragon for Daniel Bryan, they probably know that Disney's lawyers are scarier than theirs It depends on when he started using the name. If it's pre 2005 (when the show first came on) and Bryan is willing to give up the rights to the name then WWE could have a case to use and trademark the name American Dragon (It would be a lot like Dean "Shark Boy" Roll and Miramax [Ironically owned by Disney at the time]). |
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Post by Lila on Jan 1, 2012 0:19:09 GMT -5
Point of order at least on hers...wasn't there already an "Amazing Kong" on the national scene before her If so, things like that do make some sense [see, Michael Shane being renamed to Matt Bentley because the WWE signed Mike Shane- only to rename him and his brother The Gymini, or to a lesser extent WWE renaming William Regal from Steven...]But Matt Bentley is his real name. Michael Shane was to tribute his cousin, Shawn Michaels. |
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jan 1, 2012 0:21:31 GMT -5
Austin Aries became Austin Starr Low Ki became Senshi. Shiima Xion became Zema Ion. |
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