Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted October 11, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted October 11, 2018 I mentioned this a few months ago, but have just come across it again now. The shittest (actually best) nickname in history is one of the Tsars of Russia, one of the Alexanders, who was known as 'the abomination of desolation'. To have a wrestler come out announced with 'The Abomination of Desolation...' before their name would be utterly cringey, and yet wonderful at the same time. Not enough of today's shit nicknames rhyme, unless they're Lio Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrasslin Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Prince of Parkour for John Morrison was pretty shit. Nothing he did in the ring really resembled parkour at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 "The Lunatic Fringe" (Dean Ambrose) is the worst for me. It sounds so forced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted October 11, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 11, 2018 7 hours ago, HarmonicGenerator said:  To have a wrestler come out announced with 'The Abomination of Desolation...' before their name would be utterly cringey, and yet wonderful at the same time. Has this really not happened?? Either (1) a member of the Dungeon of Doom, (2) someone awful TNA bought in to feud with Abyss, or (3) Abyss? Not that "Abyss" isn't a shit name for a scary wrestler anyway. You're.... a hole? A massive hole. And mere mention of TNA made me remember Charismatic Enigma and now I'm going to avoid wrestling all night to try and forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 It's originally from the bible. Â It was also the name of a Morbid Angel album, which in itself is a good nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted October 11, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jeff Hardy - The Rainbow Haired Warrior was pushed upon us for a while after his first return from TNA. I can’t remember if he was called that his first time round with wwe, but I know it came up a lot when he came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 11, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 11, 2018 52 minutes ago, air_raid said: Not that "Abyss" isn't a shit name for a scary wrestler anyway. You're.... a hole? A massive hole. I think "Abyss" is fine. It has more nuance than just "a hole" - there's the implication of something scary, like the term "the void". It has a connotation of hell, damnation, or, at the very least, the terrifying unknown. It also implies that, unlike the simple emptiness of a gap or hole, it's a sinister, ominous emptiness with sentience - "stare in to the abyss long enough, and it will stare right back". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted October 11, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted October 11, 2018 Watching this week’s NXT and was reminded that Mauro keeps trying to get ‘The Cheat Code Of NXT’ over as a nickname for Ricochet. It is not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Could be worse, if it was an up to date nickname it'd be "The Microtransaction of NXT". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meng Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Mexico‘s Greatest Export The Premiere Athlete The Man of Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
returner82 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 10 hours ago, HarmonicGenerator said: Watching this week’s NXT and was reminded that Mauro keeps trying to get ‘The Cheat Code Of NXT’ over as a nickname for Ricochet. It is not good. That's Mauro for you.  Remembered that on Hannibal's YouTube channel there was a match featuring a guy that the commentator kept on and kept on trying to get over as "the belligerent beast". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpo Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Upon The Giant's arrival from WCW, it took a while for them to muddle their way to The Big Show. He initially went by "Big Nasty" Paul Wight, which really took something away from his initial momentum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted October 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, Simpo said: Upon The Giant's arrival from WCW, it took a while for them to muddle their way to The Big Show. He initially went by "Big Nasty" Paul Wight, which really took something away from his initial momentum "King, it's Paul Wight!" was bad enough at Massacre. Nobody has even been scared of a Paul, fact. Fin Martin told me in PS they were going to call him Titan. Because it's a name that's like Giant but... you know.... Titan Towers. Glad they didn't, that kind of shit tributey rename is more like the kind of thing WCW would have done. Although I've always thought "The Big Show" (or Bigshow if you're PSF) is shite anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted October 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, air_raid said: "King, it's Paul Wight!" was bad enough at Massacre. Nobody has even been scared of a Paul, fact. Sheryl Gascoigne would give a thumbs down to this post. If they perminantly fused of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted October 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 10/12/2018 at 9:00 PM, air_raid said: "King, it's Paul Wight!" was bad enough at Massacre. Nobody has even been scared of a Paul, fact. Fin Martin told me in PS they were going to call him Titan. Because it's a name that's like Giant but... you know.... Titan Towers. Glad they didn't, that kind of shit tributey rename is more like the kind of thing WCW would have done. Although I've always thought "The Big Show" (or Bigshow if you're PSF) is shite anyway. I actually quite like "Titan", but feels a bit too '80s gimmicky for the era. Wasn't "The Big Show" a rubbish snipe at TBS? Russo-riffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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