September 2021 Wrestling Discussion

[For Great Justice]

McGillicutty has to be up there, if not the winner. I actually dug Husky Harris (and Skip Sheffield). Bull Dempsey was a name I could get down with too, but should’ve gone to a trucker that just breaks arms and arm wrestles.

For your consideration: Brayden Walker, The Viking Experience

If Sylvester Turkay wasn’t the dude’s real name, it’d be on the list. 

[Eoae]

Oney Lorcan?  Not sure that counts.  IRRC, the former Biff Busick suggested that himself (if true, that's probably an argument in favor of the random name generator).

Orcan or the already mentioned Digg Rawlis would probably be my picks.  

46 minutes ago, eikerir said:

I still can’t get used to Kassius Ohno.

Didn't Hero either suggest that himself or at least pick it from the list of suggestions?  I might be wrong, but I'm thinking Hero wanted a name with the initials KO to riff off his Knockout Kid gimmick.

 

Edited September 15, 2021 by Eoae

[BobbyWhioux]

Best bad WWE name belongs to Roman’s older cousin and predecessor Luther Reigns.

[BobbyWhioux]

All the Storms, Pages, and Cages should start kayfabing that they’re related. Greatest wrestling families, etc

[Curt McGirt]

1 hour ago, Ultimo Necro said:

Oh lord, just realised that Bronn Brekker will just be “Brekker” when he gets that main roster call up. 

Which brings up Riddle and Murphy being terrible WWE names.

"He's a breaker, he will take ya/destroying all around you..." - "Breaker", Accept

[BobbyWhioux]

If Biff Busick claims to be Big Bully Busick’s son then I will have a new favorite wrestler and I haven’t even watched him yet

[Infinit]

8 minutes ago, BobbyWhioux said:

All the Storms, Pages, and Cages should start kayfabing that they’re related. Greatest wrestling families, etc

I could dig face Adam and heel Ethan Page being cousins that don't really get into each other's business but unite in a time of need like the Garvins did with Cornette nearly blinded Ronnie.

[Elsalvajeloco]

16 minutes ago, BobbyWhioux said:

Best bad WWE name belongs to Roman’s older cousin and predecessor Luther Reigns.

My favorite running gag on What Happened When is Conrad insisting Teijo Khan is related (Tony's uncle) to Shad and Tony Khan to the point where it legit got back to TK.

Re: Robbie Steiner's kid having a shitty 80s B-movie villain name that probably came from an online generator

Based on the naming convention, maybe someone is a NBA fan and wanted something along the lines of Von Wafer and Thon Maker.

[DJ Hero Morganti]

1 hour ago, BobbyWhioux said:

All the Storms, Pages, and Cages should start kayfabing that they’re related. Greatest wrestling families, etc

It would be like drag families.

[Doragon]

 

[Unnatural]

I got maybe, maybe 5. Took me a moment to realize this wasn't Nitro era, I don't think

[Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie]

2 hours ago, Technico Support said:

If this is a low key diss on “Africa,” I will fight you and it will most definitely take a lot to drag me away from you.

No way. There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.

[Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie]

2 minutes ago, Hayabusa said:

 

I got maybe, maybe 5. Took me a moment to realize this wasn't Nitro era, I don't think

I'm thinking that's the roster of the Festival de Lucha pilot taping, since I see what I think is Blitzkrieg's head poking up in the back over Psicosis' shoulder.

[Zimbra]

Who's the blonde guy next to a Villano in the center?  He looks familiar but  I can't place his face.

I don't think I've ever seen Jericho look as gassed up as he is in that picture.

[grilledcheese]

26 minutes ago, Stefanie the Human said:

I'm thinking that's the roster of the Festival de Lucha pilot taping, since I see what I think is Blitzkrieg's head poking up in the back over Psicosis' shoulder.

I think you are correct. Garza is wearing a Festival de Lucha t shirt, and that is absolutely Blitzkrieg.

[LoneWolf&Subs]

24 minutes ago, Zimbra said:

Who's the blonde guy next to a Villano in the center?  He looks familiar but  I can't place his face.

Lenny Lane

[Zimbra]

9 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

Lenny Lane

I should have recognized Great Value Jericho

[Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie]

4 minutes ago, Zimbra said:

I should have recognized Great Value Jericho

He never did give Jericho's Loverboy tape back, did he?

[LoneWolf&Subs]

 

[LoneWolf&Subs]

19 minutes ago, Zimbra said:

I should have recognized Great Value Jericho

Better question… Who’s the blonde guy behind the Cuban Assassin?

[Zimbra]

21 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:

Better question… Who’s the blonde guy behind the Cuban Assassin?

American Wildchild/Ron Rivera

Looks like the whole thing is up on Youtube:

 

[Shartnado]

3 hours ago, Stefanie the Human said:

He never did give Jericho's Loverboy tape back, did he?

He did, eventually, but it still ended in tears, because he took so long that Jericho no longer had a functioning tape recorder to play it on.

[Go2Sleep]

6 hours ago, The Idiot King said:

Is there a general consensus on the worst WWE-name of all time? That is to say, either a renaming of an indy talent or a wholly original name for a debuting talent in the house style of First Name-Last Name (but with a bunch of unnecessary letters)? So for example, Mantaur is disqualified from this not only because it's a very cool name and gimmick.

After a while, you get used to them, but Dolph Ziggler and Braun Strowman were pretty roundly hated for a long time. Jaxson Ryker and now Bron Breakker have gotta be top contenders, too. Brooks Jensen is bad but only in a boring way. The women seem to have gotten off a lot easier, overall -- the only really awful name that leaps to mind (and is ancient at this point) is Kelly Kelly.

Dolph Ziggler is still the all-time bad WWE name, he's just been around long enough and fairly successful so people ignore it now.

Bron Breakker, Oney Lorcan, and Husky Harris lead the NXT-style names. Dean Ambrose is one that gets forgiven more because of the guy's talent.

Going back to the mid 2000s you had some awful "brother" tag teams like Doug and Danny Basham and James and Chad Dick.

[DreamBroken]

My first thought was back in 2012/13, they had very briefly signed the wrestler Brian Breaker, but changed his name to "Brandon Traven". And now they've come up with Bron Breakker.

[The Z]

5 hours ago, Go2Sleep said:

Bron Breakker, Oney Lorcan, and Husky Harris lead the NXT-style names. Dean Ambrose is one that gets forgiven more because of the guy's talent.

Almost everyone who was in Season 2 of the original NXT is a strong contender: Husky Harris, Lucky Cannon, Eli Cottonwood and of course Michael McGillicutty.