Hawk Hart
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Post by Hawk Hart on Jan 2, 2015 13:17:14 GMT -5
I know this isn't exactly a popular subject especially among those of us that have followed the indie circuit for years or at least did when a lot of WWE signees were active but I think that in the Era of WWE changing names for ownership purposes, they've hit on a few solid names. KENTA to Hideo Itami, Prince Devitt to Finn Bàlor, Kevin Steen to Kevin Owen, El Generico to Sami Zayn, Claudio Castagnoli to Antonio Cesaro (not a fan of just Cesaro though), and even Bryan Danielson to Daniel Bryan were all excellent choices for renaming talent.
What are some of your favorite and least favorite changes?
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Post by cait on Jan 2, 2015 13:25:58 GMT -5
Most.
People need to move on from FCW. The NXT name prediction guessing games are so lame and never give NXT the benefit of the doubt. Also operates on the belief names are imposed on people without their input.
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Jan 2, 2015 13:31:40 GMT -5
Ambrose and Rollins
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Pushed to the Moon
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Jan 2, 2015 13:39:48 GMT -5
Hideo Itami - sounds cool
Sami Zayn - Not cool
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Post by Main Eventer on Jan 2, 2015 13:43:32 GMT -5
Seth Rollins was a great name change.
Still don't know about Dean Ambrose, sounds like a spoiled rich kid's name.
Even though Hideo Itami is cool sounding I think they should have made an exception and let him keep KENTA.
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Post by karl100589 on Jan 2, 2015 13:56:30 GMT -5
I always felt Daniel Brian rolled off the tongue better then Bryan Danielson
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 2, 2015 14:00:21 GMT -5
Hideo Itami - sounds cool Sami Zayn - Not cool The only thing I didn't like about Sami Zayn, is that at first I would get it confused with Sami Callihan, who is now Solomon Crowe. |
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 2, 2015 14:29:49 GMT -5
I don't generally have a problem getting used to name changes since they've yet to really come up with a blatantly bad name, but Kevin Owens is probably my favorite just because of how it came about.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 2, 2015 14:31:08 GMT -5
None. I just begrudgingly accept them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 14:52:23 GMT -5
All of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 14:53:20 GMT -5
All of them, you just have to give it a while to get used to.
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AdamAFL was sooooo wrong
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Jan 2, 2015 15:58:45 GMT -5
Good: Hideo Itami, Dean Ambrose, Antonio Cesaro, Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan and Adrian Neville
Okay: Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens
Bad: Kassius Ohno and Finn Balor
So, to me, that's not a bad record.
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Jeff Mangum PI
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Post by Jeff Mangum PI on Jan 2, 2015 16:00:22 GMT -5
Leakee to Roman Reigns was a damn good switch.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jan 2, 2015 16:07:46 GMT -5
All of them, you just have to give it a while to get used to. Same. A lot of the names nowadays aren't even out and out bad, just different. After I've heard it for a few months and gotten used to it, I've got no problem using the name for that performer. |
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 2, 2015 16:12:26 GMT -5
I always felt Daniel Brian rolled off the tongue better then Bryan Danielson I am the exact opposite. Maybe it is the years spent calling him by his real name but Daniel Bryan just feels clunky and wrong compared to Brian Danielson. Not that I hate it or anything, it has just never felt natural like most others. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 16:12:41 GMT -5
All of them, you just have to give it a while to get used to. Same. A lot of the names nowadays aren't even out and out bad, just different. After I've heard it for a few months and gotten used to it, I've got no problem using the name for that performer. I think people forget this isn't FCW anymore, so no more Michael McGillicuty's or Husky Harris' (hopefully). |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 17:35:30 GMT -5
I always felt Daniel Brian rolled off the tongue better then Bryan Danielson I am the exact opposite. Maybe it is the years spent calling him by his real name but Daniel Bryan just feels clunky and wrong compared to Brian Danielson. Not that I hate it or anything, it has just never felt natural like most others. I don't like how he has two first names. But that's probably because of "TELL 'EM, STEVE DAVE!" |
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Post by Nickybojelais on Jan 2, 2015 18:21:09 GMT -5
I find it hard to use Rollins' full name because over here in England the name Seth is mostly associated with 92 year olds.
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Post by Reflecto on Jan 2, 2015 18:23:02 GMT -5
Same. A lot of the names nowadays aren't even out and out bad, just different. After I've heard it for a few months and gotten used to it, I've got no problem using the name for that performer. I think people forget this isn't FCW anymore, so no more Michael McGillicuty's or Husky Harris' (hopefully). But that also ties into the other side- NXT is really popular (while FCW was more obscure), and NXT is also relatively easy to come across through the Network (as opposed to FCW, where you either had to live in Florida and get it locally or acquire it using dubious means to get it). As a result, people who undeniably would have looked like they had stupid names (Bull Dempsey, Mojo Rawley) or weird looks (Enzo Amore), who would be maligned as FCW CAW-types in most cases, can end up getting given a fair chance that they would have never received in FCW. |
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