Why don't we have good nicknames for guys anymore?

[Unocal 76]

One of the things that you don't see too frequently these days are nicknames for guys. Sheamus had a decent one in Celtic Warrior, but really, it's hard to come up with some that stick.

Not just top-tier guys like Rock, Austin, Triple H, Kane who had many a nickname for themselves, but look at some of the other names from a long time ago. They had nicknames/personas or whatever that stuck- The Lethal Weapon, The Big Valbowski, The 9th Wonder of the World, The World's Most Dangerous Man.

Drew Mcintryre's Chosen One isn't exactly quite the same. Barrett Barrage? Seriously, that's a move moreso than something that sticks to a guy like him.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

I'm happier without the nicknames. 99% of them are lame and shoehorned in wherever possible. It's even worse when people on twitter, Facebook, and forums use them.

[The Man They Call Asher]

THE FLYING GOAT

[FinalGwen]

The Anomaly/Beast, the Funkasaurus, Captain Charisma, Best In The World, the Intellectual Savior of the Masses, the Show Off, the Hybrid Diva, the World's Strongest Man, the Viper, the Celtic Warrior, the Real Deal... I think we've got a healthy number of nicknames.

[Chip]

The 9th Wonder of the World always just made me picture that scene in The Simpsons where they have King Kong restrained to a wall and all of the cameras flashing send him into a blind rage where he breaks free and goes on a rampage.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Long Island Iced Z

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"Wildcat" Kofi Kingston Andre the Giant?

[Chip]

Oh, there's also the Suntan Super-man, Worlds Largest Athelete and the Devils Favourite Demon

[dreidemy]

What you're talking about??? We have THE WILDCAT KOFI KINGSTON, THE MAN THE WWE UNIVERSE CALL WILDCAT, THE WILDCAT WILDCAT!!!11!!

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Some of them are bad nowadays. Like "the Great White" and "The Wildcat". I always liked Titus O'Neil's nickname though. "The Big Deal" Titus O'Neil has a nice ring to it.

I always thought Wade's nickname since he's got a bareknuckle gimmick should be "The Guv'nor" as a homage to Lenny McClean. Plus 'Guv'nor' is a cockney title given to the local hardman so it would suit Wade.

[Paco]

We need more nicknames that go in between first and last names (i.e.: The Hitman, The Anvil, The Hammer, The Barber, etc.)

[Bone Daddy]

I was going to say MMA, but I guess they all have nick names too. I think the days of real gimmicky names are behind us. The crowd just craps on them anyway. #Tensai

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

All the MMA ones are extremely forced and generic. Hence, Bart "The Hammer" Gunn during Brawl 4 All

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The Eater Of WhoppersWorlds.

[Sephiroth]

Because Douchetista topped them all, there could be no going back

[Allie Kitsune]

Because Matt Striker ruined nicknames for everybody, forever.

[Hit Girl]

It's because creative really aren't that creative.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

because self-appellation is considered extremely cheezy. whenever Triple H for instance comes up with a new forced nickname he wants people to call him (King of Kings, One True Destroyer, The Asskicker) I can't help but think of the episode of Seinfeld where George tries getting people to call him T-bone. it's especially jarring because Trips has 2 perfectly serviceable nicknames already (The Game, The Cerebral Assassin). it's the same thing when they tried getting people to call Kofi "the Wildcat", or when TNA seemed to have a ridiculous nickname for everyone on the roster (they'd never just call them Abyss or Rhyno, it was always "The Monster, Abyss" or "the War Machine, Rhyno", as if that's what their mothers named them). nicknames should be organic and make sense.

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"Blackpool Pleasure Beach" Lord Steven Regal should have one last run.

[Djm Doesn't Find You Funny]

Aug 16, 2013 9:58:36 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

It's because creative really aren't that creative.

Stop posting so well about everything.

Honestly, the last decent nickname was the Celtic Warrior. And someone thought "The Great White" was better.