Out of all the Indy Darlings who got the best name?

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With Solomon Crowe fka Sami Callihan finally making his debut, I was wondering who you guys think got the best bite of the apple over the years.

[slappy]

CM Punk

[Hit Girl]

Bryan and Ambrose


Rollins isn't a bad name either.

[Starshine]

Evan Bourne.

[Big DSR Energy]

I like Rollins the best. Mostly because I dig Henry Rollins, but whatever.

Evan "Air" Bourne is pretty good, too.

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Dammit, I knew I was forgetting someone. I didn't list Punk since he got to keep pretty much all of his character.

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1. Daniel Bryan
2. Antonio Cesaro
3. Seth Rollins

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CM Punk

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The name "Daniel Bryan" rolls off the tongue a lot better than "Bryan Danielson," IMO.

[Bear Skin Rug]

Half of the garbage the name generator spews out is still better than 'CM Punk'

[Manute Bol]

If strictly ROH alumni then you're missing Evan Bourne, Luke Harper, Corey Graves and Adrian Neville. If including guys from other indies, you gotta have Kalisto on the list as well.

[Essential1]

Antonio Cesario.

Daniel Bryan sounds like some kid who washes peoples cars for pocket change.

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

Bryan, with Ambrose in a close second. I like the sound of "Solomon Crowe" as well, but it's probably too early to judge.

Ohno and Neville are names I've grown to like less and less since hearing them initially. Not a huge fan of Zayn either.

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Antonio Cesaro is really good. You look at a guy like that, and if you had to guess his name you'd come up with something like that.

I really like Sami Zayn though. It's a great nice guy name for a character.

[rapidfire187]

Punk definitely. I don't know why nobody else was able to pull that off. I assume Punk signed over the name, but I can't imagine him putting himself in a position to be screwed over by WWE back then.

[Bub (BLM)]

"Antonio Cesaro" is a kickass ring name. It sounds both like a real name and like a main-event wrestler. In a world of "Lift Sawyer" and "Buddy Stetcher", he was damn lucky to get such a sweet name.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

Antonio Cesaro is an excellent name. I loved it the second I heard it. Kaval was kinda cool, too. I loved his ring/entrance gear. Abrose is good. Still don't get the Kassius Ohno name, but I haven't ever watched NXT since it went off-air so maybe there's more to it?

It's a shame Nigel didn't have much of a career in TNA, because I'd consider Desmonde Wolfe to be one of the best character names in wrestling history.

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Antonio Cesaro because it's actually better than his indy name.

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

All the names on there are decent or better (with Bryan, Cesaro and Ambrose being the best) with the exception of Ohno (seriously?), Zayn and Goldman (Neville's pretty bad too but it wasn't listed).

["American Nightmare" B.B. Bart]

Sept 2, 2013 1:00:32 GMT -5 @wvguitar said:

The name "Daniel Bryan" rolls off the tongue a lot better than "Bryan Danielson," IMO.

For me, it's to the point where I think "Daniel Bryan" is his actual name and "Bryan Danielson" is his alias. Hell, the latter even sounds like a fake name he'd come up with.