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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 10:25:27 GMT -5
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. {Spoiler}{Spoiler} EDIT: spoilered for size, sorry!
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 16, 2013 13:46:19 GMT -5
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. It's crazy how nothing seemed to work for HHH, but Taker managed to naturally acquire as many as he did over the years ("Deadman", "Deadman Inc", "Phenom", "Big Evil", "Red Devil", "Booger Red", "Demon of Death Valley", "One on One With The"). The only one that really was terrible for Taker was "The conscience of the WWE".
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Post by Young Game on Aug 16, 2013 13:57:44 GMT -5
Because Matt Striker ruined nicknames for everybody, forever. "The Jumping Bomb Angel" Gail Kim. Way to dust off the references Striker.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 16, 2013 14:01:25 GMT -5
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. It's crazy how nothing seemed to work for HHH, but Taker managed to naturally acquire as many as he did over the years ("Deadman", "Deadman Inc", "Phenom", "Big Evil", "Red Devil", "Booger Red", "Demon of Death Valley", "One on One With The"). The only one that really was terrible for Taker was "The conscience of the WWE". the only person who ever called Taker "Booger Red" was Jim Ross. it was the first sign that it was time to put Good Ol' JR out to pasture. in fact, I believe the reason Taker forced JR into Vince's KMA club was because of "Booger Red".
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Post by Square on Aug 16, 2013 14:05:23 GMT -5
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. Well since Wade is from the north calling him by a cockney moniker is inappropriate
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 16, 2013 14:08:58 GMT -5
It's crazy how nothing seemed to work for HHH, but Taker managed to naturally acquire as many as he did over the years ("Deadman", "Deadman Inc", "Phenom", "Big Evil", "Red Devil", "Booger Red", "Demon of Death Valley", "One on One With The"). The only one that really was terrible for Taker was "The conscience of the WWE". the only person who ever called Taker "Booger Red" was Jim Ross. it was the first sign that it was time to put Good Ol' JR out to pasture. in fact, I believe the reason Taker forced JR into Vince's KMA club was because of "Booger Red". Of course, the funny part about Booger Red (I didn't think it sounded as bad as "The Conscience of the WWE", personally) was that JR meant it to be a reference to an old-timey college football player. Thing is, not long after JR started using the name, ANOTHER guy with the nickname "Booger Red" (not the college football player) got arrested for child abuse/child molestation.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 14:41:10 GMT -5
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. Well since Wade is from the north calling him by a cockney moniker is inappropriate Could be Wade's new character. "For I am a Cocker-ney, I am from NW3 Presenting myself, with dig-ernity Brown bread, brown bread The King of England has a Cockney head" From pretending to be all of the cultural stereotypes of England he's gone mad! Mad! Then he can become, I don't know, Peter Andre.
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Post by Square on Aug 16, 2013 14:42:54 GMT -5
Well since Wade is from the north calling him by a cockney moniker is inappropriate Could be Wade's new character. "For I am a Cocker-ney, I am from NW3 Presenting myself, with dig-ernity Brown bread, brown bread The King of England has a Cockney head" From pretending to be all of the cultural stereotypes of England he's gone mad! Mad! Then he can become, I don't know, Peter Andre. As someone from Preston, I would go mental about this
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 14:50:07 GMT -5
Could be Wade's new character. "For I am a Cocker-ney, I am from NW3 Presenting myself, with dig-ernity Brown bread, brown bread The King of England has a Cockney head" From pretending to be all of the cultural stereotypes of England he's gone mad! Mad! Then he can become, I don't know, Peter Andre. As someone from Preston, I would go mental about this His face turn can happen when "Blackpool Pleasure Beach" Lord Steven Regal takes him outside of the 02 Arena and sombrely says "It isn't you, Wade, this isn't you, we've been feeding you tin cans for so long you've turned into Rocky 3 Act 1...three letters, PNE. PNE, Wade, PNE."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 16:07:09 GMT -5
What I want to know is what happened to people with nicknames that were actually announced during their entrance? Like "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 16:12:33 GMT -5
"The Big Deal" Titus O'Neil might be the greatest name of all time.
That is all.
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Post by grimbiniho on Aug 16, 2013 21:19:33 GMT -5
Could be Wade's new character. "For I am a Cocker-ney, I am from NW3 Presenting myself, with dig-ernity Brown bread, brown bread The King of England has a Cockney head" From pretending to be all of the cultural stereotypes of England he's gone mad! Mad! Then he can become, I don't know, Peter Andre. As someone from Preston, I would go mental about this Cool I'm also from Preston. Small world!
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Post by Crimson on Aug 17, 2013 0:46:53 GMT -5
Because Triple H has a monopoly on nicknames.
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Post by lildude8218 on Aug 17, 2013 0:49:07 GMT -5
"Badger f***in'" Mike Quackenbush was the best nickname
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 17, 2013 0:54:11 GMT -5
Because Matt Striker ruined nicknames for everybody, forever. I actually liked "The Poison Fist of the Pacific Rim" Yoshi Tatsu and "The Dreadlocked Demolition Man" Tyler Reks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2013 0:57:12 GMT -5
I like to think it's because they realized how stupid it was to sign that no-name indy guy just to use "The Last Outlaw" as a Taker nickname.
Once you do that, you kind of have to reassess yourself.
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Post by Square on Aug 17, 2013 7:02:28 GMT -5
As someone from Preston, I would go mental about this Cool I'm also from Preston. Small world! There's an awful lot of people from the north west on this board. Where in Preston your at?
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Post by percymania on Aug 17, 2013 13:14:20 GMT -5
There are several good nicknames in WWE right now:
The Viper The Game The Champ The Show Off The Deadman The Great One The Celtic Warrior Long Island Iced Z Funkasaurus World's Strongest Man
just to name a few.
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