Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Nov 27, 2013 8:22:04 GMT -5
Not just wrestler names, although a lot of the ones they come up with are dreadful (Buddy Murphy, Adrian Neville, Kenneth Cameron (which did not fit the gimmick at all)) but finisher names too.
Compare with past eras where the moves had awesome, memorable names. The Tombstone Piledriver, The Stone Cold Stunner, The Rude Awakening, Diamond Cutter etc with todays era which has very few good, memorable names. The FU was good (Attitude Adjustment is ok) and I like RKO as a name too.... but the majority are just bland with little creative thought or effort going into them. Like "You're Welcome" which is a dreadful name for a finisher or, "What's Up" for Truth's finisher. Just bland, forgettable names that seemed like they took 2 minutes to think up.
Then there's nicknames. We used to have great nicknames "Ravishing", "The Heartbreak Kid", "Hitman", "Macho Man" now we don't. There's a few good ones (I love "The Big Deal" Titus O'Neil) but then there's dreadful ones like "The Great White".
It just seems like for some reason, WWE creative consider names whether it be finisher names, wrestlers names or nicknames to not be worth bothering about. When really, they're important. Would Stone Cold be as popular as he was if his name was "The Wildcat" Buddy Murphy and his finisher the "You're Welcome"?
Compare with past eras where the moves had awesome, memorable names. The Tombstone Piledriver, The Stone Cold Stunner, The Rude Awakening, Diamond Cutter etc with todays era which has very few good, memorable names. The FU was good (Attitude Adjustment is ok) and I like RKO as a name too.... but the majority are just bland with little creative thought or effort going into them. Like "You're Welcome" which is a dreadful name for a finisher or, "What's Up" for Truth's finisher. Just bland, forgettable names that seemed like they took 2 minutes to think up.
Then there's nicknames. We used to have great nicknames "Ravishing", "The Heartbreak Kid", "Hitman", "Macho Man" now we don't. There's a few good ones (I love "The Big Deal" Titus O'Neil) but then there's dreadful ones like "The Great White".
It just seems like for some reason, WWE creative consider names whether it be finisher names, wrestlers names or nicknames to not be worth bothering about. When really, they're important. Would Stone Cold be as popular as he was if his name was "The Wildcat" Buddy Murphy and his finisher the "You're Welcome"?
