most common name in wrestling?

[Throwback]

I'd have to put "Scott" into the hat
Three's Scott Hall, Scott Norton, Scott Putski, Scotty too Hotty, Scotty Riggs, Scott Steiner, Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, Scott "Raven" Levy. and I'm sure some I can't think of.

[________ has left the building]

John and its many variations.

[A Platypus Rave]

Chris is probably up there too

[Bo Rida]

The

[Steveweiser]

In terms of surnames, "Storm" is quite popular (Lance, Jonny, James, Quiet, Nikki).

[WBL a.k.a. Mountie II]

It's pretty obvious what the most popular name is.

Quackenbush.

There's "Stone Cold" Steve Quackenbush, The Quackenbush, "The Heartbreak Quackenbush" Shawn Quackenbush, The Quackenbushtaker, Hulk Quackenbush, Bret "The Quackenbush" Quackenbush, John Quackenbush, Y2Q Chris Quackenbush, The Big Quackenbush, Daniel Quackenbush, CM Quackenbush, Triple Q (Quackenbush Quackenbush Quackenbush)...

[froggyfrog]

Chris, Matt, or Mike. And their variations

[bytor]

I always thought there were an inordinate amount of Scott's and Chris'. WWF had a lot of Steve's for a while there too.

[osiris]

Jim/James

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Anderson is pretty popular too
Ken
Ole
Arn
C.W.
Gene
Lars

[usemeplease]

Sean/Shawn

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May 15, 2013 12:36:01 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

John and its many variations.

After a quick browse through OWW's profiles, I'd have to agree with this.

[Andrew is Good]

Off the top of my head, I'm gonna try to name as many of the most common names as I can think of.

Chris/Christopher: Chris Jericho, Chris Hero, Chris Hammerick, Chris Candido, Chris Benoit, Christopher Daniels, Christopher Nowinski, Chris Sabin

John/Johnathan/Johnny: John Cena, Johnny Ace, John Morrison/Johnny Nitro, Johnny Curtis, John Nord, Johnathan Coachman, John Tolos, Big John Studd, Jon Moxley

Jim/James/Jimmy: James Gibson, Jimmy Yang, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Uso, Jimmy Jacobs, Jimmy Rave, Jim Duggan, James Mitchell, Jimmy Olsen, Jimmy Garvin, Jim Neidhart, James Bronson, James Storm, Little Jimmy (of course)

I think Jimmy is an under appreciated common name.

Let's try some more, this is fun:

Bob/Bobby/Robert/Rob/Robbie: Rob Terry, Robbie E, Rob Van Dam, Bobby Roode, Bobby Lashley, Bob Orton Sr., Bob Orton Jr, Bob Sapp, Bob Holly, Bobby Duncum, Bobby Duncum Jr,

[A Platypus Rave]

I would stick Christian under the Chris names as well

[Andrew is Good]

Yeah, I looked it up. It would, and it would add Christian and Christian York to that list there.

A lot of common names in general are wrestling names. WWE for awhile though has been trying to curb repetitive names, except for a period where they had 4 people named John on the main roster.

Though, even some common names they've tried to curb. Shawn for instance. After Shawn Michaels, they limited the use of that name. Shawn Spears' name was changed from Shawn to Gavin for that reason.

I was trying to think of Joe names as well, and I could only think of 5. Samoa Joe, Joey Mercury, Joseph Park, Joe E. Legend and Joey Styles.

Though, I found another one. Mike

Michael Tarver, Mike Knox, Mike Dalton, Mike Awesome, Mike Sanders, Michael Wallstreet, Mike Modest, Mad Mikey (Crash Holly), Michael Cole, Mike Mondo, Michael McGillicutty, Mick Foley, Mikey Whipwreck, Mike Dibiase

I think we have our winner, that I can think of anyway.

[Deleted]

"Steve Williams" seems to pop up a lot in some variation or another.

[h]

I've noticed that "Big" and "Giant" are popular given names, although many midget wrestlers tend to have been named "Little." As for last names, "Dudley" seems fairly common.

[Larryhausen]

To add to the "John" list:

Johnny Saint, Johnny Kidd, Johnny Gargano, Johnny Yuma, Johnny Goodtime, Johnny Saovi

[Slingshot Suplay]

In the 80's, anyone with a name beginning with a J would most likely have the nickname "Jumpin'".