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Post by James Fabiano on Aug 4, 2023 19:13:14 GMT -5
By mid 90s, I hadn't discovered the IWC quite yet, but did read New Wave Wrestling, which gave me a limited insider look including real names. So I decided to piece together real names from this. The results?
When I was writing up a SummerSlam '94 preview for my friends, I mentioned the likes of Larry Luger, Nelson Knight, Samu Anoia AND Fatu Anoia.
Did you ever misunderstand real wrestler names like this?
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Post by Spider2024 on Aug 4, 2023 19:16:35 GMT -5
For a long time, I thought Hulk Hogan's name was Terry Boulder.
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Post by THE FVNKER on Aug 4, 2023 21:27:40 GMT -5
For a long time, I thought Hulk Hogan's name was Terry Boulder. I don't think I ever made up any names, but I do specifically remember an Uncle of mine telling me that Hogan's real name was "Terry Hogan" like it was some kind of super-insider secret lol. Wasn't he credited as that in a few films/shows though? I wanna say that's what they listed him as on Thunder in Paradise. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 4, 2023 22:34:43 GMT -5
A wrestling mag once said Taker's real name was Marl Calloway.
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Post by PrimeTyme on Aug 4, 2023 22:40:29 GMT -5
For a long time, I thought Hulk Hogan's name was Terry Boulder. I don't think I ever made up any names, but I do specifically remember an Uncle of mine telling me that Hogan's real name was "Terry Hogan" like it was some kind of super-insider secret lol. Wasn't he credited as that in a few films/shows though? I wanna say that's what they listed him as on Thunder in Paradise. He was billed as Terry “Hulk” Hogan in Thunder in Paradise and because of owning that VHS as a kid I believed well into the late 90s that that was indeed his legal name. |
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Post by Cyno on Aug 4, 2023 23:01:36 GMT -5
I remember seeing variations of Triple H's real name as "Jean-Paul Levesque," "Jean-Michael Levesque," and "Jean-Paul Lafayette."
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Post by wildojinx on Aug 4, 2023 23:18:17 GMT -5
Thanks to him being billed as Cactus Jack Manson early in his career, I assumed that Cactus's real name was Jack Manson.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 5, 2023 1:46:06 GMT -5
I remember seeing variations of Triple H's real name as "Jean-Paul Levesque," "Jean-Michael Levesque," and "Jean-Paul Lafayette." I remember some fan site saying that was his name, Jeal-Paul Levesque. Same site claimed Mankind's was Francis Michael Foley, rather than Michael Francis Foley, his actual name. Amusingly, he actually has a story in Have a Nice Day of a woman calling him "Frank" and him initially trying to rationalize it as being short for Francis before admitting to himself that it simply was her not knowing his name. |
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Aug 5, 2023 4:05:21 GMT -5
I'm reminded of the infamous Complete Idiot's Guide To Professional Wrestling, which I think claimed that The Rock's real name was Rocky Melvin.
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Post by thegame415 on Aug 5, 2023 19:27:41 GMT -5
I used to think Bradshaw/JBL's real name was Brad Shaw.
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Post by ppl591 on Aug 8, 2023 3:06:23 GMT -5
I used to think Bradshaw/JBL's real name was Brad Shaw. Being a big hockey fan and card collector I thought Brad Shaw a player from the late 80s-early 90s and Bradshaw were related somehow |
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Aug 8, 2023 6:12:36 GMT -5
I used to think Bradshaw/JBL's real name was Brad Shaw. According to JBL the Iron Sheik thought the same. He went to JBL’s Dad and said something like “Mr. Shaw your son is wonderful”. |
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Post by stephen90 on Aug 8, 2023 7:10:40 GMT -5
I really thought Ron Simmons was a Muslim that changed his name to Faarooq.
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Post by Push R Truth on Aug 8, 2023 7:28:55 GMT -5
For a short period of time I thought it was Yoko Zuna. You know, like Yoko Ono's big fat brother.
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Post by tafkaga on Aug 8, 2023 8:03:08 GMT -5
Hogan still thinks Mr. Wonderful's name is Paul Orn-doff.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Aug 8, 2023 12:06:35 GMT -5
For years, I doubted that Michael Hickenbottom was Shawn Michaels real name and assumed it must have been an internet joke from the mid 90s that spread so widely that people believe it.
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Post by THE FVNKER on Aug 8, 2023 13:48:31 GMT -5
For years, I doubted that Michael Hickenbottom was Shawn Michaels real name and assumed it must have been an internet joke from the mid 90s that spread so widely that people believe it. To be fair, at least for me since I was like 11 when I found that out.. it's a pretty insane last name for a kid to hear hahaha. |
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