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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 23:57:17 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Nov 12, 2019 23:57:57 GMT -5
THANK YOU
He is by far the most egregious case of name loss.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Nov 12, 2019 23:59:48 GMT -5
Guarantee this happened as a result of that CBS spotlight.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Nov 13, 2019 0:02:41 GMT -5
I'm glad, the dude seemed gutted when he lost the Mustafa part of his name, and it's probably all because of CBS, but f*** it, anything to get it back for him.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 13, 2019 0:19:25 GMT -5
As much as I try to not let the name changes bother me, the thing I don’t understand about them is... Wouldn’t it be easier to get the merchandising trademarks with a longer unique name? I’d know for sure that WWE would have had trouble with just Ali alone because the estate of Muhammad Ali would almost certainly have dibs on that.
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Post by hbkid718 on Nov 13, 2019 0:23:53 GMT -5
At least he got his 1st name back, so I don't have to move him in my records since I go by alphabetical order by Last Name.
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Post by DSR on Nov 13, 2019 0:30:43 GMT -5
HOORAY!
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Nov 13, 2019 0:33:31 GMT -5
WWE taking last and first names away was stupid to begin with. Ali was not a good name. Mustafa Ali sounds way more impactful, I hope it helps him
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 13, 2019 0:33:41 GMT -5
As much as I try to not let the name changes bother me, the thing I don’t understand about them is... Wouldn’t it be easier to get the merchandising trademarks with a longer unique name? I’d know for sure that WWE would have had trouble with just Ali alone because the estate of Muhammad Ali would almost certainly have dibs on that. The conspiracy theorist in me says that this was flying under the radar until the CBS thing and someone with Muhammad's estate became aware of it. |
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Post by RI Richmark on Nov 13, 2019 1:10:46 GMT -5
Good. Now he can finally team up with his brothers Col. Mustafa & Kama Mustafa.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 13, 2019 1:37:10 GMT -5
WWE taking last and first names away was stupid to begin with. Ali was not a good name. Mustafa Ali sounds way more impactful, I hope it helps him Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it's dumb. Ali losing his first name was stupid. Cesaro and Rusev didn't bother me any since, like Batista, they have very easily remembered and impactful last names. Big E just barely gets away with it, on anyone else it'd be terrible. |
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Nov 13, 2019 2:05:09 GMT -5
WWE taking last and first names away was stupid to begin with. Ali was not a good name. Mustafa Ali sounds way more impactful, I hope it helps him Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it's dumb. Ali losing his first name was stupid. Cesaro and Rusev didn't bother me any since, like Batista, they have very easily remembered and impactful last names. Big E just barely gets away with it, on anyone else it'd be terrible. Seriously Rusev, Cesaro and Big E are the only three people this has ever worked for and that's cause they're names no one else has. |
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 13, 2019 2:08:24 GMT -5
Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it's dumb. Ali losing his first name was stupid. Cesaro and Rusev didn't bother me any since, like Batista, they have very easily remembered and impactful last names. Big E just barely gets away with it, on anyone else it'd be terrible. Seriously Rusev, Cesaro and Big E are the only three people this has ever worked for and that's cause they're names no one else has. I'll throw Elias into that as well, as it kind of fits the whole enigmatic musician thing to just have one name. Of the others, Andrade... I can take it or leave it, but I think Heavy Machinery probably need their surnames back. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 13, 2019 2:13:56 GMT -5
CBS def played a part in this but f** it i'm happy
Now if only we can get the full Andrade "Cien" Almas name back
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Post by Perd on Nov 13, 2019 2:16:51 GMT -5
It was definitely one of the more headscratching name changes. Mustafa Ali just sounds so much better than just Ali.
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Nov 13, 2019 2:19:00 GMT -5
Seriously Rusev, Cesaro and Big E are the only three people this has ever worked for and that's cause they're names no one else has. I'll throw Elias into that as well, as it kind of fits the whole enigmatic musician thing to just have one name. Of the others, Andrade... I can take it or leave it, but I think Heavy Machinery probably need their surnames back. Honestly, Elias strikes me as someone who needs a last name and I would be fine if he had only a last name instead of just a first name. Andrade is the worst offender, even if he doesn't get Cien back, at least give him Almas back. It sucks we can't call him All Night Tucker Knight anymore or the the BullDozer. |
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Post by Starshine on Nov 13, 2019 2:20:36 GMT -5
I can't decide which was worse between this and Apollo.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Nov 13, 2019 3:34:25 GMT -5
As much as I try to not let the name changes bother me, the thing I don’t understand about them is... Wouldn’t it be easier to get the merchandising trademarks with a longer unique name? I’d know for sure that WWE would have had trouble with just Ali alone because the estate of Muhammad Ali would almost certainly have dibs on that. The conspiracy theorist in me says that this was flying under the radar until the CBS thing and someone with Muhammad's estate became aware of it. See, I didn't even think of that. I just assumed it was a bad look to have CBS do a spotlight on him bringing a positive light to his culture while WWE purposefully changed his name to sound less foreign. I know that's why he disliked the name change himself. |
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Nov 13, 2019 4:45:06 GMT -5
I always heard the name Mustafa and thought of that guy who teamed with New Jack. Or Mufasa from the lion king.
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Post by eJm on Nov 13, 2019 4:46:19 GMT -5
The conspiracy theorist in me says that this was flying under the radar until the CBS thing and someone with Muhammad's estate became aware of it. See, I didn't even think of that. I just assumed it was a bad look to have CBS do a spotlight on him bringing a positive light to his culture while WWE purposefully changed his name to sound less foreign. I know that's why he disliked the name change himself. I can easily buy both of these reasons to be honest. Whatever happened, the CBS story pretty much forced their hand on the issue. |
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