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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Nov 13, 2019 5:07:04 GMT -5
Good.
I hate the single-name changes in general, but this one bothered me particularly, and I'm glad it's the rare case of them reversing course.
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Post by héad.casé on Nov 13, 2019 5:24:45 GMT -5
Good. Ali just sounded weird on it's own. Even if I was just getting used to it.
Glad he's got it back.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2019 6:37:12 GMT -5
Guess I’m in the minority here.
“Ali” sounds way cooler and more marketable than “Mustafa Ali”
Mustafa only reminds people of the Lion King cause it sounds like one of the characters.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Nov 13, 2019 7:35:46 GMT -5
Chad Gable is trying to contact CBS for an interview as we speak
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Nov 13, 2019 8:01:57 GMT -5
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Post by eJm on Nov 13, 2019 8:05:22 GMT -5
So just to throw out a random theory out there, do you think they gave him his full name back to also quell that low morale state he's been in Tweet wise the last few months?
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Nov 13, 2019 12:12:04 GMT -5
YAY!!!! Now, Big E needs his Langston back.
That sounded a lot less dirty in my head. Let's try again:
Cesaro needs his Antonio back.
Dammit! It still sounds like a dick joke. One more try:
Sheamus needs his O'Shaunessy back.
Screw it. They all sound like dick jokes.
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Post by cabbageboy on Nov 13, 2019 12:31:35 GMT -5
The Ali thing was always goofy. It's just not something that works as a single name. I dunno that it even works 100% with Muhammad Ali just being Ali. Perhaps it's just too generic a name?
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Post by facethatrunstheplace on Nov 13, 2019 12:47:15 GMT -5
Good. Now he can finally team up with his brothers Col. Mustafa & Kama Mustafa. There's also Mustafa Saed from ECW.
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Post by CMWaters on Nov 13, 2019 12:52:46 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. [granted WCW did that one and they've gone back and forth, but most times it's just the one name.]
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2019 13:11:41 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. [granted WCW did that one and they've gone back and forth, but most times it's just the one name.] Eh, I wouldn't really call it taking away his because they acknowledged it all the time and everyone knew it. It's pretty much just like how they do with Batista and, inconsistently, Lashley.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 13, 2019 21:29:50 GMT -5
I find his real name way more marketable and better.
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Post by Evil Homer on Nov 13, 2019 22:04:58 GMT -5
Guess I’m in the minority here. “Ali” sounds way cooler and more marketable than “Mustafa Ali” Mustafa only reminds people of the Lion King cause it sounds like one of the characters. Alladin went by Ali when he pretends to be a Prince , so yeah a Disney character name either way
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Post by fw91 on Nov 13, 2019 22:13:05 GMT -5
good.
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Post by Redbeard's Ghost on Nov 14, 2019 21:28:44 GMT -5
WWE taking away first and last names has been one of my biggest pet peeves over the past few years. It's almost like they do it just to make the puns easier.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2019 21:37:46 GMT -5
Thank heavens no more Aladin.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 14, 2019 21:55:02 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 I completely understand shortening Andrade Cien Almas, because that's a mouthful. But they did exactly the opposite of what I would've done, as I thought Cien Almas would have been a great full name.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2019 22:07:47 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 I completely understand shortening Andrade Cien Almas, because that's a mouthful. But they did exactly the opposite of what I would've done, as I thought Cien Almas would have been a great full name. They made it super obvious why that change happened a week or two after the fact when the commentators randomly started laughing about how fun Andrade is to say.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Nov 15, 2019 9:36:51 GMT -5
Mustafa Ali!
Fabulous is he!
Ali Ababwa!!!
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