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Post by ellisdee on Jun 1, 2007 16:51:49 GMT -5
Could someone explain to me WHY though. It doesn't make any sense to me since pro wrestlers are basically actors on a television show. Don't think I would call Alfonso on Fresh Prince Carlton Most wrestlers like the name they're given. It'll usually make them more happy if u call them by their wrestling name. Exactly. The same goes for musicians with fake names. You wouldn't call Slash,Saul. Or 50 Cent by his real name.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2007 16:54:10 GMT -5
Hell even the wrestlers often call each other their in ring names.
Pretty normal for someone that dons a single long term name for stage use.
Yeah Tom Hanks is Tom Hanks, not Forrest Gump...But if he were to host a show or something for several years under a new name, there wouldn't be anything weird about calling him by that name.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Jun 1, 2007 17:00:13 GMT -5
Hell even the wrestlers often call each other their in ring names. Exactly. Listen to shoots. You don't hear them call each other by their real names. Joe always calls Punk "Punk" or Homicide "Cide" or "Dee". Similar with others. So if the guys who actually know each other don't use their real names, why should you, a fan, think you have any right to do so?
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Post by Sumbody Gon' Get Dey Kneelift on Jun 1, 2007 17:05:08 GMT -5
That must be a weird conversation.
Imagine if I were to start dating Edge and calling him Edge when we date or whatever. When do I start calling him Adam? When we sleep together? When we're "in a serious relationship?"
When they diagnose the herpes?
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Post by therealmamamiller on Jun 1, 2007 17:29:31 GMT -5
Actors play many different parts. If you met for instance Brad Pitt you couldn't call him by just one of the character's names he's played becuase he's played so many. But you look at a guy like The Undertaker. He's spent 17 years being the Undertaker and brining him to life so it would be a sign of respect to refer to him as Taker. Some of it also depends on the circumstances I don't think his kids teachers refer to him as Mr. Undertaker but if you're meeting him as a fan then he's Undertaker not Mark or even Mr. Calaway.
Just my opinion and that would apply to any of the wrestlers who whether or not they succeed put their butts on the line to entertain us every day.
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Post by The F'N Captain on Jun 1, 2007 17:36:46 GMT -5
That must be a weird conversation. Imagine if I were to start dating Edge and calling him Edge when we date or whatever. When do I start calling him Adam? When we sleep together? When we're "in a serious relationship?" When they diagnose the herpes? According to Lita he REALLY likes it when a girl calls him "The World Champion of Sexin" during the act.
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Jun 1, 2007 17:38:14 GMT -5
That must be a weird conversation. Imagine if I were to start dating Edge and calling him Edge when we date or whatever. When do I start calling him Adam? When we sleep together? When we're "in a serious relationship?" When they diagnose the herpes? I got a feeling when it comes to a situation like that, he would be like "Hey just call me Adam" in which case you could. I don't think that Edge's wife was at home shouting "HEY EDGE! PUT THE SEAT DOWN!"
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Jun 1, 2007 18:08:20 GMT -5
That's like reading someone's name tag from their job in the street and calling them by their name. It's an invasion of privacy.
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Post by Matt Rogers on Jun 1, 2007 18:11:42 GMT -5
Pro wrestling may be acting, but try telling a guy like Low-Ki that. You don't call the guy Brandon. You don't call Homicide Nelson. You call a guy by the name they have chosen to be known as in their circle, because we're all a part of that circle.
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Post by Square on Jun 1, 2007 18:14:28 GMT -5
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Post by The F'N Captain on Jun 1, 2007 18:15:20 GMT -5
Pro wrestling may be acting, but try telling a guy like Low-Ki that. You don't call the guy Brandon. You don't call Homicide Nelson. You call a guy by the name they have chosen to be known as in their circle, because we're all a part of that circle. That's a great way to look at it! THE CIRCLE OF 4LYFE!
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Post by leemir on Jun 1, 2007 18:15:49 GMT -5
Actors do be all over magazines with their real name all over the place, they want to be known as them selves & for an actor it's not good to be known as a single character but in Wrestling thats what they want.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jun 1, 2007 18:16:11 GMT -5
I have it on good authority that in 1994, a fan called Vader "Leon". Vader was so enraged, his anger took him back in time where he powerbombed a Tyranosaurus Rex and the impact created what would eventually become the Grand Canyon.
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Post by Matt Rogers on Jun 1, 2007 18:17:12 GMT -5
I have it on good authority that in 1994, a fan called Vader "Leon". Vader was so enraged, his anger took him back in time where he powerbombed a Tyranosaurus Rex and the impact created what would eventually become the Grand Canyon. And he didn't stop there, no no no. To make an example of the dinosaurs, he proceeded to make them extinct with punches.
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Post by The Line on Jun 1, 2007 18:22:45 GMT -5
Hell even the wrestlers often call each other their in ring names. Exactly. Listen to shoots. You don't hear them call each other by their real names. Joe always calls Punk "Punk" or Homicide "Cide" or "Dee". Similar with others. So if the guys who actually know each other don't use their real names, why should you, a fan, think you have any right to do so? Yep. I was gonna use that same example. With the exception of maybe a few guys(like Cide usually being called "D"), most wrestlers refer to each other as their ring names, even out of the ring. CM Punk is "Punk", not Phil. Colt Cabana is "Colt", not Scott. Austin Aries is Aries, not Daniel. Christopher Daniels is Chris(or OMD, according to Joe and Punk), not Daniel(his real first name). Arn Anderson is Arn, or Double A, not Marty. I could go on all day, but you get the point.
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Post by leemir on Jun 1, 2007 18:28:11 GMT -5
Exactly. Listen to shoots. You don't hear them call each other by their real names. Joe always calls Punk "Punk" or Homicide "Cide" or "Dee". Similar with others. So if the guys who actually know each other don't use their real names, why should you, a fan, think you have any right to do so? Yep. I was gonna use that same example. With the exception of maybe a few guys(like Cide usually being called "D"), most wrestlers refer to each other as their ring names, even out of the ring. CM Punk is "Punk", not Phil. Colt Cabana is "Colt", not Scott. Austin Aries is Aries, not Daniel. Christopher Daniels is Chris(or OMD, according to Joe and Punk), not Daniel(his real first name). Arn Anderson is Arn, or Double A, not Marty. I could go on all day, but you get the point. Wouldn't you just look like a retard going up to Double A as a fan & calling him "Marty"
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Jun 1, 2007 18:33:51 GMT -5
Exactly. Listen to shoots. You don't hear them call each other by their real names. Joe always calls Punk "Punk" or Homicide "Cide" or "Dee". Similar with others. So if the guys who actually know each other don't use their real names, why should you, a fan, think you have any right to do so? Yep. I was gonna use that same example. With the exception of maybe a few guys(like Cide usually being called "D"), most wrestlers refer to each other as their ring names, even out of the ring. CM Punk is "Punk", not Phil. Colt Cabana is "Colt", not Scott. Austin Aries is Aries, not Daniel. Christopher Daniels is Chris(or OMD, according to Joe and Punk), not Daniel(his real first name). Arn Anderson is Arn, or Double A, not Marty. I could go on all day, but you get the point. Never mind the fact that 22 years on people from Memphis will still call Mick Foley 'Jack,' and that at one point that included Steve Austin on Raw in 1998.
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Post by The Line on Jun 1, 2007 18:56:05 GMT -5
Yep. I was gonna use that same example. With the exception of maybe a few guys(like Cide usually being called "D"), most wrestlers refer to each other as their ring names, even out of the ring. CM Punk is "Punk", not Phil. Colt Cabana is "Colt", not Scott. Austin Aries is Aries, not Daniel. Christopher Daniels is Chris(or OMD, according to Joe and Punk), not Daniel(his real first name). Arn Anderson is Arn, or Double A, not Marty. I could go on all day, but you get the point. Never mind the fact that 22 years on people from Memphis will still call Mick Foley 'Jack,' and that at one point that included Steve Austin on Raw in 1998. and kinda in the some vein, that a lot of ECW guys call Sandman Hak
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Post by Captain Wonderful on Jun 1, 2007 21:33:39 GMT -5
Could someone explain to me WHY though. RESPECT. Something tells me you wouldn't be around too long in a wrestling locker room environment. You're missing the point entirely here. Alfonso Riberio doesn't command respect like a wrestler does, nor is Carlton his real-life alter-ego. He may have made a career out of playing Carlton Banks, but did he bust his ass, break bones, tear muscles, bleed, sweat and cry to be known as Carlton? Go up to the Undertaker and say "hey, Mark," and try not getting punched in the face. I have it on good authority that in 1994, a fan called Vader "Leon". Vader was so enraged, his anger took him back in time where he powerbombed a Tyranosaurus Rex and the impact created what would eventually become the Grand Canyon. In all seriousness, though, look at a guy like Vader. This is a guy who beat up a talk show host for "insulting" him by reading a viewer's question that called wrestling "fake." Would you EVER walk up to Vader and call him "Leon?" The man would crush you. Wouldn't you just look like a retard going up to Double A as a fan & calling him "Marty" Pretty much. You wouldn't call HHH "Paul," not only because you'd look stupid, but he's just not KNOWN as Paul. You'd call him "Hunter."
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Jun 1, 2007 21:42:30 GMT -5
although next time I see tripple H I DO want to call him terra ryzin, just to see his reaction.
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