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Post by nickcave on Jun 20, 2018 14:22:20 GMT -5
This topic is inspired by the fact that I didn't realize Corey Graves had been wrestling on the indies for years and was in ROH before he signed to WWE. I didn't start paying attention to NXT until after he retired so I always thought he was some performance center guy they felt bad about and decided to give another shot on commentary. It wasn't until his comments about being former friends with Punk that it clicked in my head because I was trying to wrap my head around how that was possible until I looked at his Wikipedia. Do you have any of those duh moments?
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Post by the2ndevil on Jun 20, 2018 15:47:46 GMT -5
Probably not what you meant, but I only recently got the “joke” behind Ivory’s name.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jun 20, 2018 16:58:07 GMT -5
Not totally WWE, but it took me about a year to get "Justin Credible."
"Credible" actually is a good last name for a wrestler! I guess on some level I wanted to believe they wouldn't do THAT BAD a pun.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Jun 20, 2018 17:00:10 GMT -5
Probably not what you meant, but I only recently got the “joke” behind Ivory’s name. Which is... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 17:05:18 GMT -5
Bret "The Hitman" Hart's finisher was called "The Sharpshooter" because he's the hitman. Even his nicknames "The Excellence of Execution" and "The Best There Is, The Best There Was and The Best There Ever Will Be" all relate to how he's a hitman and how great he is in his craft.
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Post by ANuclearError on Jun 20, 2018 17:12:01 GMT -5
Probably not what you meant, but I only recently got the “joke” behind Ivory’s name. Which is... She was brought in to be with Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry wasn't she? Making them ebony and ivory. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 17:15:23 GMT -5
I can’t think of a WWE example, but just yesterday I found out that “Black Mirror” = a phone/computer/tv screen and I’m still dealing with that.
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Post by Perd on Jun 20, 2018 17:29:22 GMT -5
That fan opinion doesn’t matter.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Jun 20, 2018 17:40:03 GMT -5
She was brought in to be with Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry wasn't she? Making them ebony and ivory. Wow. I would have gone my whole life not figuring that out haha. |
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Post by Skull0mancer on Jun 20, 2018 18:02:27 GMT -5
It took me entirely too long to realize that "RKO" are Randy Orton's initials.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Jun 20, 2018 18:04:57 GMT -5
It took me entirely too long to realize that "RKO" are Randy Orton's initials. I knew that part, but it did take me years to realise it was supposed to be a pun on the TKO. Speaking of pun based finishers, at one point rockstar gimmick wrestler Heath Slater used the Overdrive as a finisher. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jun 20, 2018 18:12:00 GMT -5
She was brought in to be with Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry wasn't she? Making them ebony and ivory. Wow, I completely blanked on how she came into the company. |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 20, 2018 18:16:38 GMT -5
She was brought in to be with Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry wasn't she? Making them ebony and ivory. Wow, I completely blanked on how she came into the company. And they ended up being reunited in the same Hall of Fame class 19 years later. |
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Post by BatPunk on Jun 20, 2018 18:21:54 GMT -5
I’ve learned so much already in this thread.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Jun 20, 2018 19:49:49 GMT -5
Wow, I completely blanked on how she came into the company. And they ended up being reunited in the same Hall of Fame class 19 years later. Glad to see I'm not the only one who made that connection. Meanwhile, I was confused for years why they spelled Val Venis' name with an I instead of a U. Then some years later it dawned on me that it was a play on penis. I mean, to be fair, I was only 10 when he debuted, but it still took me longer to figure it out than I'm willing to admit. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 20, 2018 19:53:52 GMT -5
I can’t think of a WWE example, but just yesterday I found out that “Black Mirror” = a phone/computer/tv screen and I’m still dealing with that. Yeah, it's an old way of talking about a turned off Television. |
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Jun 20, 2018 20:16:33 GMT -5
I did not realize Andrade Cien Almas was previously La Sombra. I had heard of La Sombra as a named bandied about as this guy down in Mexico who is supposed to be good. And at the same time I was watching Almas and thinking "wow this guy is pretty good for a rookie". When I finally looked up his wikipedia I felt like I had not been paying attention.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 20, 2018 20:30:53 GMT -5
I did not realize Andrade Cien Almas was previously La Sombra. I had heard of La Sombra as a named bandied about as this guy down in Mexico who is supposed to be good. And at the same time I was watching Almas and thinking "wow this guy is pretty good for a rookie". When I finally looked up his wikipedia I felt like I had not been paying attention. As his WWE theme song says "LA SOMBRA!" yes... you were clearly not paying attention  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 21:08:26 GMT -5
Not totally WWE, but it took me about a year to get "Justin Credible." "Credible" actually is a good last name for a wrestler! I guess on some level I wanted to believe they wouldn't do THAT BAD a pun. Well, the ECW fans first called him Justin Edible, which didn't make sense. |
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Post by Topher is Human on Jun 20, 2018 21:24:44 GMT -5
I only recently realised why New Day’s finisher is called the Midnight Hour... I just thought it was an obscure pop culture reference I didn’t get.
Because the Midnight Hour is the start of a New Day...
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