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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 12, 2018 14:43:51 GMT -5
Dan Spivey Epico Frankie Kazarian It's not on the level of everything else mentioned but I just want to note that I hate Kenny's new "Best Bout Machine" monicker. May as well call him "Mr. Workrate". I know The Cleaner started as a Bullet Club thing but it just fits him so well. I hope something else is on the horizon. I was about to say I hate names that talk about putting on good matches, but then you have the excellent nickname of The Showstopper. That one plays into the egotistical part of HBK's character though. Best Bout Machine sounds like a nickname they came up with in Japanese that doesn't quite work in English The worst is when the English commentary actually talked about Meltzer star ratings.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Jul 13, 2018 15:56:02 GMT -5
Lift Sawyer is so bad I feel I need to mention it even though it's already been mentioned twice. Who names their kid Lift? Anything with the word "terrorist" in it - the Terrorist, the Cuban Terrorist, El Terroristo, Palestina the Syrian Terrorist, etc. Which reminds me that GFW had a tag team (in fact apart from the Bollywood Boyz and The Young Bucks, their ONLY tag team) where they were two Muslim brothers who claimed they didn't want to subscribe to evil muslim sterotypes in wrestling... which is why one of them was called Ali Akbar.
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 13, 2018 16:17:48 GMT -5
Moustache Mountain, sounds like a hipster record store Ohio Vs Everyone Velveteen Dream, yeah, he got over, but you know he's going to change that name once he hits the main roster
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Post by Mr T L Wolf on Jul 13, 2018 22:15:02 GMT -5
Maybe I missed it, but I'm surprised no one mentioned that one time WCW called a dude The Final Solution.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 13, 2018 22:39:24 GMT -5
Maybe I missed it, but I'm surprised no one mentioned that one time WCW called a dude The Final Solution. FAN Rule #3: if you post "I'm surprised no one has mentioned..." it will have been mentioned already, always.
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Jul 14, 2018 11:18:26 GMT -5
This isn't a slight on either wrestler because I really like them both, but the names Zack Sabre Jr. and Kenny Omega both scream "nondescript indy wrestler" to me even though they're both really good. Kenny Omega irritates me in particular since Wikipedia lists his real name as Tyson Smith, which would be a perfectly good wrestling name.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jul 15, 2018 1:00:06 GMT -5
Some of the worst ones are when wrestlers leave a promotion and can't use their old name so come up with their own rip off name that harks back to their previous name. Stuff like Alberto El Patron which admittedly sounds fairly cool to an English speaker but in translation just sounds pathetic. Those are sometimes funny.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Jul 15, 2018 2:13:26 GMT -5
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Beaver Cleavage
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Post by CertifiedBA on Jul 15, 2018 3:28:33 GMT -5
Sick Boy, General Hugh G. Rection, Tough Tom, Mean Mike, The Wall
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Jul 15, 2018 3:45:03 GMT -5
Dominik Dijakovic
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Post by knifeedgechop on Jul 17, 2018 23:34:12 GMT -5
I still contend "The Big Show" is a horrible name I do too. I've grown used to it but I really liked Titan the Corporate Giant which is what I believe they were originally going to call him. And of course down the line it would've been shortened to just Titan, but I think it sounds more imposing than Big Show
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Post by knifeedgechop on Jul 17, 2018 23:40:49 GMT -5
I realize they couldn't keep calling him by the regal Hunter Hearst Helmsley name once his character got that DX Edge to him. Bit Triple H does nothing for me.
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Mike Awesome - lazy and forgettable name The Dumpster Test - still don't get it Meat Normal Smiley
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 18, 2018 9:30:46 GMT -5
This isn't a slight on either wrestler because I really like them both, but the names Zack Sabre Jr. and Kenny Omega both scream "nondescript indy wrestler" to me even though they're both really good. Kenny Omega irritates me in particular since Wikipedia lists his real name as Tyson Smith, which would be a perfectly good wrestling name. ZSJ's name bothers me because there wasn't ever a "Zack Sabre Sr.". I kind of agree with Vince McMahon, "Junior" never sounds cool, and certainly not enough so to put it on one's ring name with no justification.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Jul 18, 2018 10:41:39 GMT -5
TAGAR Lord of the Volcano's
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