DragonMasterP
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Post by DragonMasterP on Dec 6, 2013 10:06:55 GMT -5
Would Big Show being called his real name for the first few months in WWE count?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Dec 6, 2013 12:23:38 GMT -5
Davey Richards said in a promo on ROH TV once that Wesley Richards was his real name. "Wesley" is a pretty appropriate name when one considers how he was booked during the Cornette era.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 6, 2013 12:28:07 GMT -5
Punk in general is lame to me. He reminds me so much of the South Park episode where Butters tries to do someone amazing, over the top and that has never been done before, that will garner a lot of attention. Punk seems like a guy who, despite seeming to not want any attention whatsoever, wants to do something amazing, over the top before and never done before that will gain lots of attention. With Butters he is told repeatedly "Simpson's did it." Punk is the same way in that there has been nothing in wrestling that hasn't been done before. Austin was more groundbreaking, n w o was more groundbreaking, even Shane Douglas' NWA title throw down was more groundbreaking and they were all years before Punk. Not sure how I feel about the real names being used. In some cases I suppose it has to be done to change the wrestler's gimmick (Sincere to Brandi). Tatanka's was strange as I don't recall him being called by his real name on TV. Perhaps a WWF Magazine had an article with his real name. When he signed autographs (at least up until 2007 when he was only signing Tatanka), he signed with his real name. I would think something like that would be frowned on. I like the suspension of disbelief in not using the real names. They never hid Tatanka's real name. I can't say as I recall them ever saying it on TV, but they made no attempt to hide it. Tatanka's first vignettes started with him as Chris Chavis. As they progressed, he took part in a ceremony where he was rechristened Tatanka and then finally debuted. Also, during the very weird, very stupid but also very funny "Raven is really just a spoiled rich kid" skits in WCW, his "mom" and friends referred to him as Scotty. During the same skits, Sandman/Hak was called Jim.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 6, 2013 12:28:59 GMT -5
Oh hell, Dusty Rhodes referring to himself as Virgil Runnells just a few months ago on Raw.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Dec 6, 2013 12:38:57 GMT -5
Hacksaw Jim Duggan called Hulk Hogan Terry in the early stages of the nWo storyline.
Believe AJ Styles recently said his real name in TNA, but I don't really follow them closely.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Dec 6, 2013 18:05:50 GMT -5
Pro Wrestling Illustrated, a kayfabe magazine, mentioned in passing that Diesel's real name was Kevin Nash, in 1995. They actually had a sit down interview with Vince and Diesel on Superstars right after he won the title where Vince said straight up that Diesel was a stage name if Kevin Nash
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 7, 2013 12:32:19 GMT -5
When Colonel Mustafa debuted, Gorilla said "THAT'S THE IRON SHIEK!" I love how in pro wrestling, someone's "real" name is the Iron Sheik, but colnol mustafa is clearly a made up name
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Post by Phil Parent on Dec 12, 2013 18:23:17 GMT -5
Bob Backlund was first to mention Diesel's real name on the air, December 19th, 1994.
"Kevin Nash... YOU'RE LIKE A NEANDERTHAL!!"
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Post by AJ Smudgico on Dec 16, 2013 7:52:00 GMT -5
I think Vince called Bam Bam his real name on Raw the night after Royal Rumble '95 to show, and sell, the seriousness and reality of his scuffle with Lawrence Taylor the previous night. I might be wrong of course
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 7:54:54 GMT -5
The concept of a "stage name" is compatible just fine with kayfabe.
Hell alot of old time boxers used stage names.
Plus Kayfabe was long dead by 1996 despite how history has been rewritten to make it look as though everyone believed wrestling was a shoot until Triple H hugged Diesel at a house show only 20,000 people and hardcore fans who traded tapes saw
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Post by MiLB Fan on Dec 16, 2013 10:01:36 GMT -5
The Undertaker was acknowledged as Mark Calloway during his feud with Vince, when he was trying to abduct Stephanie. The entire time Sara was around, she would just call him Mark and you tell he was annoyed by it because character. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSsT2uvWeqMawkward.com! You have to link me if there's video of this for comedic reasons. I might be wrong, but I seem to remember Vince being the one that said something like, "Mark has become so obsessed with this character, The Undertaker, that it is taking over who he really is." I think it was one of those "Live from Vince McMahon's home in Greenwich, Connecticut where he is with his daughter" interviews. If I am wrong, I will be so glad. Then I can see the first Sarataker's acting chops. Watching episodes of Raw on Classics On Demand, Jim Ross said that a lot. He'd say "Man I love The Undertaker, but he's taking this way too far! It's almost like he's become his character!"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 10:43:35 GMT -5
This isn't CM Punk talking to Triple H, this is Phil Brooks speaking to Paul Levesque! Although both those names are obviously stage names anyway. We can thank ECW for bringing these promos out into the forefront. (Although how difficult is it to believe that "Pitbull #1" and "Pitbull #2" aren't their real names? Shane Douglas would refer to them as "Gary Wolfe" & "Anthony" all the time.) "And Brian Pillman, this isn't from New Jack, this is from Jerome Young!" The night Brian Pillman referred to the Gangstas as "N.W.A." and New Jack demanded equal time or else he was gonna quit. Heyman said no, he was blowing his last chance. Even Mustafa told him to settle down. New Jack did the promo and it pretty much killed any heat for the rest of the show, because people just didn't really care. So, it doesn't always work. *** I seem to recall Jim Ross telling us specifically about "his" Razor Ramon & Diesel, that it wasn't Scott Hall & Kevin Nash. (Probably to quell the lawsuit.)
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Post by fw91 on Dec 16, 2013 12:46:12 GMT -5
vince calling for "paul" after theset collapsed on him.
and the supervisor of chef shawn michaels: HICKENBOTTOM!, HICKENBOTTOM!
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Post by agent817 on Dec 16, 2013 12:48:39 GMT -5
During Hulk Hogan's 2002 run, he mentioned that his real name was Terry Bollea. I remember in 2000, Hogan actually mentioned his real name on Nitro in a promo he was cutting. Also, on "WWE Confidential," Shawn Michaels actually mentioned his real name.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Dec 16, 2013 13:03:08 GMT -5
During his first few appearances as a babyface in 1986, Honky Tonk Man was actually referred to as Wayne Ferris a few times on commentary.
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