Wrestlers referred to by another name accidentally multiple

[OGBoardPoster2005]

For instance, watching a Raw from 1993, Vince is interviewing IRS and on 3 occassions in a row calls him Mr. Rotundo, before later saying Mr. Schyster twice towards the end of the promo.

Another occassion was Jerry Lawler on Primetime referring to Mr. Perfect as Curt Hennig, but as mentioned in another thread it seemd like Curt Hennig was his name, he was just referred to by a nickname, "Mr Perfect". He's called that multiple times in his career and even debuted as Curt Hennig, so its not much of a reach to say that "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig was his full name but Mr. Perfect was said more often to empathize his character.

[Urn Anderson]

I recall Ray Traylor calling Curt Hennig “Mr. Perfect” at least once in Nitro.

I have to give AEW a lot of credit that I haven’t heard them slip up and say “Edge” once.

[Hypnosis]

Dec 26, 2023 21:40:35 GMT -5 Urn Anderson said:

I recall Ray Traylor calling Curt Hennig “Mr. Perfect” at least once in Nitro.

I have to give AEW a lot of credit that I haven’t heard them slip up and say “Edge” once.

Malakai Black did slip up and call Castagnoli "Cesaro" on Collision not too long ago.

[The Rick Jericho]

Doug Furnas and Phillip Lafon. For each other.

[Celexa Bliss]

Jericho calling Erick Redbeard "Erick Rowan" as Excalibur tried to correct him during the Brodie Lee Celebration of Life springs to mind.

[WoodStoner1]

Chris Jericho/Benoit especially by JR. Lucky it didn't happen post 2007.

[Mozenrath]

Dec 26, 2023 21:40:35 GMT -5 Urn Anderson said:

I recall Ray Traylor calling Curt Hennig “Mr. Perfect” at least once in Nitro.

I have to give AEW a lot of credit that I haven’t heard them slip up and say “Edge” once.

Yeah, not on TV, though they've slipped during scrums at least once, nothing too major.

[Pure Fusion Jesse Walsh]

I feel like Gorilla Monsoon mixed up Ric Flair and Rick Martel on more than one occasion.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Dec 26, 2023 22:44:57 GMT -5 WoodStoner1 said:

Chris Jericho/Benoit especially by JR. Lucky it didn't happen post 2007.

That seemed to happen to everyone.

Hell they even had an angle where Lillian announced Chris Jericho the winner of a match that Benoit won and he confronted her the next week about it.

[Ozman]

When Damage Ctrl first started teaming up, Bayley accidentally called Dakota Kai “Dakota Sky”. She quickly corrected herself, and used the error to get some heat.

[tafkaga]

Half the former WWF guys referred to Ray Traylor as "Bossman" on WCW programming, before correcting themselves.

[crowley1986]

Dec 26, 2023 22:44:57 GMT -5 WoodStoner1 said:

Chris Jericho/Benoit especially by JR. Lucky it didn't happen post 2007.

He used to mix the Hardyz up too until around 01/02 where they started dressing a bit differently 

[THE FVNKER]

Dec 27, 2023 8:34:04 GMT -5 Ozman said:

When Damage Ctrl first started teaming up, Bayley accidentally called Dakota Kai “Dakota Sky”. She quickly corrected herself, and used the error to get some heat.

Hell of a Google search on that one too.

[Soultastic]

Dec 26, 2023 21:40:35 GMT -5 Urn Anderson said:

I recall Ray Traylor calling Curt Hennig “Mr. Perfect” at least once in Nitro.

I have to give AEW a lot of credit that I haven’t heard them slip up and say “Edge” once.

Happens a lot to Daniel Bryan Danielson tho.

[eudypfohl]

I recall multiple times Heenan on Nitro would call him Perfect. First two times Tony corrected him jokingly. 3rd time it was just like...who cares.

Heenan also called Meng Haku at least once that I remember.

[Citizen Snips]

A lot of the WWWF-era guys would call Monsoon Gino instead of Gorilla during interviews/commentary. Blassie, Captain Lou and Ventura seemed to be the worst offenders.

During the ECW Raw in 1997, Vince referred to Stevie Richards as Stevie Ray. Very difficult to tell those two apart.

[fg]

During Eric Bischoff’s first Raw, he called Big Show the Giant.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Dec 28, 2023 2:44:58 GMT -5 eudypfohl said:

I recall multiple times Heenan on Nitro would call him Perfect. First two times Tony corrected him jokingly. 3rd time it was just like...who cares.

Heenan also called Meng Haku at least once that I remember.

It seems like the old WWF guys had a hard time adjusting to the new names. They were so caught up in the world that Vince created that they struggled acclimating to having to shift gears on not just the names of their long time adversaries but their own selves.

[Ozman]

Dec 28, 2023 12:41:55 GMT -5 Citizen Snips said:

A lot of the WWWF-era guys would call Monsoon Gino instead of Gorilla during interviews/commentary. Blassie, Captain Lou and Ventura seemed to be the worst offenders.

This is true. Jesse Ventura even called Gorilla “Gino” on commentary at the first WrestleMania.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Dec 29, 2023 9:46:38 GMT -5 Ozman said:

Dec 28, 2023 12:41:55 GMT -5 Citizen Snips said:

A lot of the WWWF-era guys would call Monsoon Gino instead of Gorilla during interviews/commentary. Blassie, Captain Lou and Ventura seemed to be the worst offenders.

This is true. Jesse Ventura even called Gorilla “Gino” on commentary at the first WrestleMania.

Gino Marella was his stage name at one point in the WWWF and with how the WWF tended to alude to the names as being "stage names" at times, i.e. "Mr. Perfect" being Curt Hennig but rarely referred to as such and "Red Rooster" being Terry Taylor which the whole Heenan feud was based on Taylor being a nobody before Heenan made him the Rooster.

Same for One Man Gang and Akeem. They were one in the same as a product of trying to reinvent themselves to better their career.

Funny enough, his real name is Robert James Marella, which is not even close to Gino. I write that off as more of an alternate than a mistake or a callback to Gino Marella.

I don't think the WWF intended "Gorilla" to be his real first name as he was so far removed from the original Gorilla Monsoon character's original background as being a Manchurian savage turned wrestler.

In Kayfabe, you could say, Gorilla was a nickname and Gino was his first name, but in real life and even on a show he hosted unrelated hewas referred to as Bob Marella, which must have been odd for fans familiar with Gorilla to see him on a show but he's not called Gorilla Monsoon.