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Post by Lance Uppercut on Dec 21, 2022 4:34:55 GMT -5
I never cared for WALTER as a name but I’m digging Gunther. Especially the way the Smackdown ring announcer woman pronounced the name when he comes down to the ring. Ado the way she says Giovanni Vinci.
Alba fyre is a good name I don’t mind Lyra Valkiria. As there was already Taya Valkyrie, and there’s the Viking raiders running around, so don’t need to make that connection. Also, I keep getting thrown off by Irish names and didn’t know how to pronounce Aoefe. Valhalla is a stupid name, and I would have thought if they were gonna use the name Valkyrie, it’d better for that gimmick Katana chance is still ridiculous Io to Iyo makes no difference to me. Shirai was fun to say, but Sky is close enough and makes sense. Axiom is better than A Kidd JD Mcdunnaugh is lame, but at least it’s a continuation of his old name I miss Max Dupree and LA knight is a dumb name but I guess he needs it just for the rhythm melody of Eli drake Michin is a weird nickname but at least it’s just her nickname and she’s officially Mia Yim. Also the raw ring announcer dude keeps calling her Mi Chan.
What names have you gotten used to or still hate?
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Dec 21, 2022 4:38:19 GMT -5
They should start calling Alba Fyre, Fyre Fox
and Lyra Valkyria Bird Babe.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 21, 2022 5:26:48 GMT -5
Feels like we’re almost restored things back to normal. Fix up Doudrop, Butch, Angel and Humberto and I’ll call it good. With stretch goals of Otis and Big E.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Dec 21, 2022 5:44:57 GMT -5
Feels like we’re almost restored things back to normal. Fix up Doudrop, Butch, Angel and Humberto and I’ll call it good. With stretch goals of Otis and Big E. I thought they gave Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo their names back. Then again, it has been a while they’ve been on tv, so I’m not sure
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 21, 2022 6:10:51 GMT -5
Feels like we’re almost restored things back to normal. Fix up Doudrop, Butch, Angel and Humberto and I’ll call it good. With stretch goals of Otis and Big E. I thought they gave Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo their names back. Then again, it has been a while they’ve been on tv, so I’m not sure Based on the WWE.com roster, they haven’t been changed back. But again, they haven’t been on TV in ages so who knows? Also, the WWE.com people can still be notoriously slow in updating this stuff.
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Post by SneakMan on Dec 21, 2022 7:30:17 GMT -5
He will always be WALTER in my heart. Same with Io.
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 21, 2022 14:15:18 GMT -5
Aiofe is pronounced "waffle."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2022 14:44:19 GMT -5
I still prefer WALTER.
Gunther just doesn't roll off the tongue as well. WALTER sounds more dominant.
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Post by Cyno on Dec 21, 2022 14:47:27 GMT -5
"Iyo Sky" is dumb, since she'd been Io Shirai for years in the WWE system already. Though at least "Iyo" sounds functionally the same as "Io." Katana Chance and Valhalla are also just bad ring names in general.
Glad some of the dumber Vinceisms got reverted, like Theory and Riddle getting their first names back.
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Post by ayumidah on Dec 21, 2022 15:38:50 GMT -5
I don't pay attention to Kacy enough to care about what they call her.
The only name change that really still bugs me is Dunne being Butch lol
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2022 16:17:10 GMT -5
I'm fine with JD McDonaugh.
Jordan Delvin always had "go away" heat with me since he was in Progress and NXT UK. A simple name change and a little more length to the hair and now I think he's a decent heel.
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 21, 2022 17:28:07 GMT -5
I'm fine with JD McDonaugh. Jordan Delvin always had "go away" heat with me since he was in Progress and NXT UK. A simple name change and a little more length to the hair and now I think he's a decent heel. I do like his sadistic "anatomy expert" character, even if I did get sick of him constantly getting NXT World title shots.
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Post by koreycaskets on Dec 21, 2022 18:04:18 GMT -5
Sad they didn't change Douprop's horrid name back to Piper or Viper.
Have a feeling HHH has big plans for her in 2023, which hopefully comes with a name change.
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 21, 2022 18:12:25 GMT -5
Sad they didn't change Douprop's horrid name back to Piper or Viper. Have a feeling HHH has big plans for her in 2023, which hopefully comes with a name change. She hasn't wrestled since getting her nose broken in a match on NXT when she teamed with Nikki ASH against Toxic Attraction. Although there was this update:
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Dec 21, 2022 18:16:44 GMT -5
Considering how everything's turned out, GUNTHER is honestly my fav one. Watching dude reinvent himself has been one of my favorite parts of this year even before the name change when he was like realtime adapting WALTER things for TV in NXT 2.0 super brief. Also I love calling him GOOTER and I couldn't do that with WALTER. Can't do WATER. Sippy Sippy It's The WATER Guy.
Alba Fyre probably my least favorite one and the one I wish they would most abandon. Kay Lee Ray with the bat was great, why did they stop that and make her fire woman
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 21, 2022 18:20:01 GMT -5
I think having Samantha Irvin as Smackdown's ring announcer has been an absolute godsend for the Gunther (Or is it GUNTHER? Did all caps carry over from WALTER?) transition as well as Imperium as a whole. Sometimes it's the small things that help with those adjustments to change.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Dec 21, 2022 19:21:36 GMT -5
I think having Samantha Irvin as Smackdown's ring announcer has been an absolute godsend for the Gunther (Or is it GUNTHER? Did all caps carry over from WALTER?) transition as well as Imperium as a whole. Sometimes it's the small things that help with those adjustments to change. I like Samantha Irving. I thought I heard Alicia Taylor’s voice at war games, so I forgot Mike Rome is still there. But yeah, the little things and announcer does kind of adds to the presentation.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2022 19:25:20 GMT -5
Can't do WATER. Sippy Sippy It's The WATER Guy. Let's be glad they let him stay badass and didn't give him a waterboy gimmick.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 21, 2022 19:26:20 GMT -5
Considering how everything's turned out, GUNTHER is honestly my fav one. Watching dude reinvent himself has been one of my favorite parts of this year even before the name change when he was like realtime adapting WALTER things for TV in NXT 2.0 super brief. Also I love calling him GOOTER and I couldn't do that with WALTER. Can't do WATER. Sippy Sippy It's The WATER Guy. Alba Fyre probably my least favorite one and the one I wish they would most abandon. Kay Lee Ray with the bat was great, why did they stop that and make her fire woman At least shell out for The Cult's "Fire Woman" if you're going to call her that.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Dec 21, 2022 19:26:27 GMT -5
I think Butch essentially being Pete Dunne in all but name now after the weird “British Scrappy Doo” run has helped me get use to the name.
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