BullyRayStoleMyKitKat Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I think the naming/copyright issues were best summed up when TNA tried to promote an ECW reunion, whilst being legally restricted from saying the initials in question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2014   Now I think about it, I think it's worse for TNA wrestlers going to WWE than the other way round. True, they don't have the name recognition problem, but Braden Walker? Marcus Cor Von?  When did the WWE start giving wrestlers such shit names anyway? I can't recall that being the case in the main part during the 80's or 90's. Almost all wrestlers ever have had shit names. The WWF didn't often make up name names in the old days, though, they'd just use the name the wrestler was already using and maybe give them a gimmicky nickname around it (Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, ) or instead of it (Mr Perfect, Diesel etc). It seemed like the mid-ninetieswas  when they started doing name names... Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Duke Droese, Henry Godwinn, Rocky Maivia etc.  Pretty much. If Braden Walker and Marcus Cor Von got over, nobody would think they were shit names. Rob Van Dam for instance is pretty terrible if you really think about it. If a wrestler came on the scene now called Kenny Segal, people would piss their sides. But he got over huge and 90% of his whole act was point and saying his name. I remember people thinking Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins were crap names, but can you imagine them as anything else now? If you catch on, the name is just a name. I always remember thinking X-Pac was fucking horrid when I watched Live Wire one afternoon and heard they changed the 123 Kid's name (another crap name if you think about it). But if you get over, you forget. You can have the best name ever, but if you aren't interesting in the slightest, nobody is going to care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 10, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 10, 2014 Marcus Cor Von's a good name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnauk Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Racking my brain for some other name changes that haven't been mentioned yet.  I remember when they brought in Brooke Adams as Bischoff's assistant and thinking renaming her to Ms.Tessmacher (like Lex Luthors girlfriend and assistant in the old Superman movies) was pretty goofy. But its actually kinda worked out for her and kinda stuck. I suppose she wasn't exactly that famous in WWE though.  Regarding the earlier post about Justin Credible choosing P.J. Polaco - that wasn't to do with TNA wanting the rights to the name, and wasnt by choice. I believe some kid trademarked the name without his knowledge and demanded money. It resulted in Credible going by "Justin Time" and "PJ Polaco" on the indys for a good while. Anyone else remember this story?  Still think WWE has been worse when it comes to their names though, its like their using some sort of random name generator. Joe Hennig to Michael McGillicutty still makes me facepalm when I think about it.  Does Xavier Woods own the name "Consequences Creed" or TNA? Him and R-Truth as "Truth and Consequences" has a ring to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2014 They were Truth and Consequences when they were teaming for a few weeks in TNA. Probably why he was named Consequences Creed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name_here Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Who was the guy who got lumbered with the name Rellik? I wanna say Vito but i think i may be wrong. Anyways point being that i always thought that was a shoddy name, they might have just got away with it if we didn't have to hear Taz say "That's Killer spelled backwards" every 10 seconds. Â Edit: A quick check tells me it was actually Johnny Stamboli not Vito, well i was close enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted August 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2014 What is the best name in wrestling though? Ever, I'd say Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, Rey Mysterio and Goldust are up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2014 Ultimate Warrior. Easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUM Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I always thought Jimmy Wang Yang was the worst name ever. He was fine without his wang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 We need a name thread, there are some truly awful ones out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGIT Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I always thought Jimmy Wang Yang was the worst name ever. He was fine without his wang.I hate shit like that, hated Kung Fu Naki for similar reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted August 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2014 What is the best name in wrestling though? Ever, I'd say Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, Rey Mysterio and Goldust are up there. Stone Cold Steve Austin is pretty much perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 10, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2014 What is the best name in wrestling though? Ever, I'd say Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, Rey Mysterio and Goldust are up there. Â Yeah, Hulk Hogan for me. Even nicknames seem to have gone by the wayside. "Long Island Iced Z" isn't much compared to "Stone Cold" or "The Hitman". But as noted earlier, Bret Hart (nicked) and Steve Austin came up with those names as opposed to being given them on arrival as happens now. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGIT Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Bam Bam Bigelow, that's a great name, innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyRayStoleMyKitKat Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Â These days, it's all about 3 syllables - works best for the duelling chants:, and in a natural rhythm being chanted on their own. Â Edited because my phone is a fucking clownshoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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