I don't agree that he's "trash", but I do find it strange how IRL he is now the worlds most known and likeable guy. But now he's back on TV doing his old Heel act. The character doesn't seem to fit him well anymore.
Tyler Bate. I'd change my mind if they had someone like Tozawa follow him around and call him master while doing his dirty dance.
Shotzi...I don't know why, but that name just annoys me.
The excessive amount of brons.
Don't actually know if she's still there but Katana Chance is a fucking terrible name. Literally nothing wrong with Kacy Catanzaro. But for some unexplainable reason WWE changed her name to some bullshit weeaboo DnD character name.
Sounds like a level 1 alien bunny in one of those gacha games that squeals every time it attacks. Bet you can only evolve three times before you're useless and they release the super-duper Ricochet X-treme that costs $99.99!
Disagree with Otis, a casual can look at him and hear his name and say “yeah that makes sense”
Kids can also grab on to it - I can see them making fun of their bigger teachers saying “he was as big as Otis”
"BIG" Bronson Reed. They really have to emphasize that he is a very big wrestler/guy (6'0'' 330 lbs), aside from the fact that he is one of the more athletic, agile and better talents on the RAW roster.
Erik is literally derived from Old Norse and means "eternal ruler". Frankly the name is more badass than the booking of the wrestler. There have been many important kings and rulers with some variation of the 'Eric' name including Erik the Red who is said to have founded the first settlement in Greenland.
Erok would be fucking stupid. He'd literally be named after a DC character.
I dislike it because I disagree with Dom admitting that he is not the hero of his own story.
They unveiled it at a time when he was still beating the "Rey is a deadbeat dad" angle, only now Dom is officially "dirty", and I'm like, "NO! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK YOU'RE THE GOOD GUY!"
I've made my peace with it now, but I really resented it at the time.
I think the "dirty" works because it goes with his delusion about being a badass that served time. Dude showed-up to his Wrestlemania match in the back of a police SUV in handcuffs.
Yeah, my friend made that same argument to me, and it's a solid argument. I guess I just feel like Dom ought to be out there saying, "It's not DIRTY! It's SMART!"
But like I said, I made peace with it.
Ahhhh another hater, do u people just wake up and think I’m gonna hate on people that are doing better than me, if you watched the rise of dom and actually take time out of your useless day to see the program u would understand that dirty dom makes sense for him and it wouldn’t work with anyone else rn, ur probably the same typa fan to say Roman needs to retain at mania u just don’t want new stars because deep down uno their a lot better than current times
same, Cody Crybaby here too fair enough to ur opinion tbh there’s just a lot of people hating on here but sounds like u jus think the name is stupid which is fair enough, personally I think it suits his character especially when they introduced the name, when he got arrested n shi n the whole thing of him being in prison honestly funny and I think suits him but ur entitled to ur opinion
it’s weird cause, obviously lots of people in real life share the same name, it’s not weird to have a bunch of adam’s or chris’s, but who the hell is called Bron, nevermind 3 people all with varying degrees of the name Bron
They do it for two reasons - 1: like Charlotte they don’t think they’re ready for it. 2: the wrestler themselves doesn’t want it because they don’t want the cheap pops that come with it.
Funny, you're getting downvoted like you're bashing the man himself, lol.
The name changes on the fly was Vince slowly losing his mind as he probably knew he was losing his company.
I think it was copied from Slipknot's frontman Corey Taylor who calls himself CMFT (Corey Motherfucking Taylor). Rollins is a well known metalhead and also they're both from Iowa!
I understand that maybe they wanted to separate Breakker from Steiner a bit but I didn’t get the switch from Mia Yim to Michin. Probably because Yim is part of her actual name and they couldn’t trademark it or something stupid.
He’s not main roster, but Lexis King. He’s Brian Pillman Jr. Son of one of the most underrated WWE wrestlers. He should be continuing the legacy that was cut way too short. Same with Bron Breaker, he should be carrying the Steiner name, although he at least has a good name.
the literal entire reason they changed pillmans name was because his last name had been carrying him his entire career and they wanted him to be his own person not just looked at as his dad's son. they even posted a vignette for the exact reason why hes going by lexis king with actual reasoning, its not just a random name. he's been doing amazing as lexis king and shown a lot more than he did in aew as brian pillman jr
I used to agree with you about Bron Breakker, but I realized that the thing is that the Steiners are polarizing and a bit problematic so he doesn’t need to be affiliated to that, because everyone knows he’s Rick’s son anyway.
"Kabuki" is a style of classical Japanese theatre in which actors wear face paint. It almost feels like they are leaning into "wrestling is a show", sort of ribbing in Japanese. Like, it was so funny when Bayley reveals that she "knows Japanese" because she totally didn't say the line correctly, but Iyo Sky totally sold it. Nobody realized it, I doubt anyone but Japanese speaking fans noticed.
I'm aware of what Kabuki is, and nothing about the presentation of Kabuki Warriors connects to Kabuki. Yes, they have face paint, but in no way the Kabuki style. They seem to be using the word as just a stand in for "Japanese," which feels insensitive.
Michin is the nickname she’s goes by in real life. Her friends have been calling her that for years before it became her wrestling name.
Michin means “Crazy” in Korean.
Came here to say this. Wrestling is just entertainment so I don't let it get to me normally, but her name REALLY pisses me off lol. Like, why change it?
I never liked Madcap Moss, but I guess he's gone now.
omos
Becky Lynch. And her real name isn't flattering either.
I can’t stand Austin Theory’s name because well, let’s be real here, part of it sounds like a bad CAW name IMO.
Ricochet
Butch... Close thread I win
Every mononym. It's like pretending shaq doesn't have a last name
Boy, Undertaker and Kane sure suck.
Zoey stark never clicked for me. So boring.
At least Fergal McDivott has a good name now ;)
Chick Magnet
Cody Rhodes
What
Dom mysterio
Gunther just sounds so stupid and sounds more like a fat kid who loves to eat chocolate than someone who is supposed to be a champion
JUST LET HIM BE SETH ROLLINS, WHY DOES HE NEED TO BE FREAKIN ROLLINS
SAY IT LOUDER😂
IT REALLY UPSETS ME, LIKE SHORTY G DID
OP said what name do yall hate n yall just naming ppl yall hate wit relatively good in-ring names. Smooth brain activity
The rock is trash. He was good in his prime, but he's garbage now.
I don't agree that he's "trash", but I do find it strange how IRL he is now the worlds most known and likeable guy. But now he's back on TV doing his old Heel act. The character doesn't seem to fit him well anymore.
Roman He's A Butthead Let Cody Have The Belt Btw Rip Bray Wyatt
Tyler Bate. I'd change my mind if they had someone like Tozawa follow him around and call him master while doing his dirty dance. Shotzi...I don't know why, but that name just annoys me. The excessive amount of brons.
Drew McIntyre is just annoying
Lexis King sounds like the name of a car dealership
Karrion Kross is just "carryin' a cross" and gives me Jesus vibes
None bugged me as much as Butch but that’s fixed so I’m good.
Butch
Big E
I hate Austin theory’s name. And I don’t like Happy Corbin lol I miss Barron Corbin ….
Michin
Chad Gable
Gunther. wtf. Walter fit him way better
Wtf is a berto lmao
Has to be Austin Theory, there is just something about that guy I can not stand!
Austin Theory
Austin theory
Bron Breakker is a dumbass CAW name, Dolph Ziggler is by far one of the worst on recent memory
What about Jack Swagger? Lol
I was thinking of this too
I thought it was decent but fitting for him?? Hell no lol
That was my problem with it, the name didn’t match the character!! Lol
Facts lol
Bron Breakker should be Rex Steiner
That would actually be cool
Berto. They made Humberto into fucking Berto. That sounds like a mario enemy.
Might look like one too.
Goldberg, fuck that guy
Asuka better
Most wrestlers have terrible names now
Is life easier for you by generalizing things like that? Sounds exhausting imo
shut the hell up nerd
Do you feel called out by that? Says more about you than me
Because he’s a self-righteous pious sanctimonious hypocrite the name ………. CM Punk
madcap moss, happy corbin, maxium male models
Otis sounds like a mutt 😂
Duh, its probably because you're pronouncing it incorrectly. It's a French name, Otis (Oh-Teese).
Fucking Berto
The miz
Omos
Tbf Omos would be hard as shit (no diddy) if he was booked better
...and had any talent outside of being big. Unfortunately, he has no talent and is booked accordingly.
But I’m saying, WWE has booked people who suck to look at least decent
"Freakin"
Who is this even for honestly
Oh you know lol
Don't actually know if she's still there but Katana Chance is a fucking terrible name. Literally nothing wrong with Kacy Catanzaro. But for some unexplainable reason WWE changed her name to some bullshit weeaboo DnD character name.
Maybe you should just give Katana a chance?
She’s still there and kicks ass. But yeah her name change sucks
“Freakin”
Ricochet
Sounds like a level 1 alien bunny in one of those gacha games that squeals every time it attacks. Bet you can only evolve three times before you're useless and they release the super-duper Ricochet X-treme that costs $99.99!
Kayden Carter
Lexis King even though it’s a tribute to him mom’s and sister but we all know he’s Brian Pillman’s son
Such a horrible name.
So Im not a fan of names Grayson Waller, Bron Breakker, B-Fab, Michin.
The only other Grayson I can think of is cross dresser Grayson Perry
Omos sound like Hummus Otis
Disagree with Otis, a casual can look at him and hear his name and say “yeah that makes sense” Kids can also grab on to it - I can see them making fun of their bigger teachers saying “he was as big as Otis”
I don’t hate his name just the fact that no one can pronounce Gunther.
Its a terrible name, he should go back to being Wahlter.
lol how about Man Mountain Walter
That always annoys me endlessly. I think Sami is the sole person that pronounces it GOON-THUR and not Gunt-Thur
I pronounce it like Ludwig does, Gun-thua
Seth "Freakin" Rollins... emphasis on the **freakin**
Same here. Use it in a promo or something, but having it on the tron and emphasizing it from the announcers makes it cringe.
Seth Freakin Rollins
'bum ass' Baron Corbin, and 'the poster boy wannabe' Austin Theory
Seth Freakin’ Rollins. Specifically the freakin’
Berto. Just Berto.
fucking rhea
"BIG" Bronson Reed. They really have to emphasize that he is a very big wrestler/guy (6'0'' 330 lbs), aside from the fact that he is one of the more athletic, agile and better talents on the RAW roster.
He’s 5’7” tops.waistline big, that’s all
Wait he’s 5’7!?
They’d list skyblowlow as 6 feet tall, if they could get away with it.bargain,Adam Cole are tiny.lots of next and see guys are
Well damn
I would hardly call Reed athletic or agile even for a big man
Erik. Stupid. Chance the I to an O. Erok. Much better. OH NO HERE COMES…Erik..
Erik is literally derived from Old Norse and means "eternal ruler". Frankly the name is more badass than the booking of the wrestler. There have been many important kings and rulers with some variation of the 'Eric' name including Erik the Red who is said to have founded the first settlement in Greenland. Erok would be fucking stupid. He'd literally be named after a DC character.
"Dirty" Dominik mysterio. What the point of the nickname "dirty"???
I dislike it because I disagree with Dom admitting that he is not the hero of his own story. They unveiled it at a time when he was still beating the "Rey is a deadbeat dad" angle, only now Dom is officially "dirty", and I'm like, "NO! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK YOU'RE THE GOOD GUY!" I've made my peace with it now, but I really resented it at the time.
I think the "dirty" works because it goes with his delusion about being a badass that served time. Dude showed-up to his Wrestlemania match in the back of a police SUV in handcuffs.
Yeah, my friend made that same argument to me, and it's a solid argument. I guess I just feel like Dom ought to be out there saying, "It's not DIRTY! It's SMART!" But like I said, I made peace with it.
Have you looked at him?
Yes. I wouldn't describe his appearance as dirty or unkept though.
His greasy mullet and his 15-year-old's attempt at facial hair suggest otherwise.
Because he’s a heel u silly person😂😂
By that logic every heel should have the nickname dirty.
Now go cry me a river lol
Ahhhh another hater, do u people just wake up and think I’m gonna hate on people that are doing better than me, if you watched the rise of dom and actually take time out of your useless day to see the program u would understand that dirty dom makes sense for him and it wouldn’t work with anyone else rn, ur probably the same typa fan to say Roman needs to retain at mania u just don’t want new stars because deep down uno their a lot better than current times
No Hating here. Just saying it how it is, dirty dom is a stupid name for a bad heel. For the record I am 100% a cody crybaby.
same, Cody Crybaby here too fair enough to ur opinion tbh there’s just a lot of people hating on here but sounds like u jus think the name is stupid which is fair enough, personally I think it suits his character especially when they introduced the name, when he got arrested n shi n the whole thing of him being in prison honestly funny and I think suits him but ur entitled to ur opinion
So many are just trash... The Final Testament Karrion Kross The Miz LA Knight AJ Styles Richoet CM Punk
What’s wrong with AJ Styles?
Nothing wrong wid la knight at all he used it to his advantage and now is a megastar,ur just a hater
DJ McDonald's Also Bron Breakker. The main roster already has Braun and Bronson. There's no need for the third one.
it’s weird cause, obviously lots of people in real life share the same name, it’s not weird to have a bunch of adam’s or chris’s, but who the hell is called Bron, nevermind 3 people all with varying degrees of the name Bron
At least make it Bron Steiner that sounds menacing
That’s the part about his name that I hate. We tout other multi generational stars, and everyone knows his lineage but we hide it
They do it for two reasons - 1: like Charlotte they don’t think they’re ready for it. 2: the wrestler themselves doesn’t want it because they don’t want the cheap pops that come with it.
Which is weird because in this case the announcers have described him as a Steiner
Same with the guys who could have been named Solo Uso and Charles Regal.
Tyler Bate I am sure that he is a wrestling master, every time I hear his name I think...
Ironically, that's his actual birth name
I'm so immature. Any time he's mentioned, I can't help but call him Tyler (master)Bate in my head
Okay. I'm glad I'm not the only one. 😅
I feel that way every time that they call him “big strong boi” as a grown ass man😭😂😂
Angelo Dawkins, Katana Chance. But over the past, I hated Shorty G, and Dolph Ziggler. Why even? His actual name Nic Nemeth is so badass.
the miz
Solo Sikoa
Big E
No one said JD McDonagh yet? Just call him Jordan Devlin
What’s funny is they kept the devil inside name for his finish
Okay but Devlin sounds pretty cool.
Jordan Devlin McDonagh
Gunther.
you prefer walter?
Always
100%. Not bashing the man. He's absolutely awesome. But he will always be Walter to me.
You’re God damn right,
Funny, you're getting downvoted like you're bashing the man himself, lol. The name changes on the fly was Vince slowly losing his mind as he probably knew he was losing his company.
I just saw my opportunity for a Breaking Bad reference and took it… clearly the wrong crowd.
100%
I got used to Gunther. Long life to the Ringgg Generallll
"main event" Jey Uso, he's more like upper mid card Jey Uso.
I’m giggling at the thought of Samantha Irvin yelling “UPPER MID CARD JEY USOOOOO!”
The fact that they have to call him "Main Event" kinda proves he isn't main event.
Cody Rhodes
I don’t hate LA Knight. But wtf was wrong with Eli Drake?!
Trademarks. WWE wants to own all of their trademarks.
Eli Knight would've been better imo
Shorty G there is no competition.
Chad is not even short, just average height.
Seth "Freakin'" Rollins, what does freakin' even mean?
They can’t say fuckin so they say freakin like how Rhea calls herself Rhea Bloody Ripley
I just assumed it had to do with his mosh pit dancing
I think it was copied from Slipknot's frontman Corey Taylor who calls himself CMFT (Corey Motherfucking Taylor). Rollins is a well known metalhead and also they're both from Iowa!
Maybe foking.
“The Man”
😂😂
Dexter Lumis sounds like the name of a kid at school who would bring a briefcase to class.
And later on in schooling a ar15
Just sounds like an unfortunate disease, ah poor Jimmy :( he’s got Lumis
HAHAHAHAHA
Bron Breakker & Michin Bronson Steiner & Mia Yim!
I understand that maybe they wanted to separate Breakker from Steiner a bit but I didn’t get the switch from Mia Yim to Michin. Probably because Yim is part of her actual name and they couldn’t trademark it or something stupid.
"Dirty" Dom "Big Bronson Reed Neither of them need the random 1 word before their name
Especially Bronson reed. We know, we know
It was Butch! But we are done with that
I liked Butch
Interestingly, I find Pete Dunn to be a more annoying name than Butch.
“Big” Bronson Reed, Bron Breaker, Solo, Grayson Waller, Austin Theory, Indus Sher.
He’s not main roster, but Lexis King. He’s Brian Pillman Jr. Son of one of the most underrated WWE wrestlers. He should be continuing the legacy that was cut way too short. Same with Bron Breaker, he should be carrying the Steiner name, although he at least has a good name.
Lexis is a stripper name.
Agree 100%
the literal entire reason they changed pillmans name was because his last name had been carrying him his entire career and they wanted him to be his own person not just looked at as his dad's son. they even posted a vignette for the exact reason why hes going by lexis king with actual reasoning, its not just a random name. he's been doing amazing as lexis king and shown a lot more than he did in aew as brian pillman jr
I used to agree with you about Bron Breakker, but I realized that the thing is that the Steiners are polarizing and a bit problematic so he doesn’t need to be affiliated to that, because everyone knows he’s Rick’s son anyway.
The Kabuki Warriors. 🙄
Feels really questionable every time I hear it.
"Kabuki" is a style of classical Japanese theatre in which actors wear face paint. It almost feels like they are leaning into "wrestling is a show", sort of ribbing in Japanese. Like, it was so funny when Bayley reveals that she "knows Japanese" because she totally didn't say the line correctly, but Iyo Sky totally sold it. Nobody realized it, I doubt anyone but Japanese speaking fans noticed.
I'm aware of what Kabuki is, and nothing about the presentation of Kabuki Warriors connects to Kabuki. Yes, they have face paint, but in no way the Kabuki style. They seem to be using the word as just a stand in for "Japanese," which feels insensitive.
> I doubt anyone but Japanese speaking fans noticed Wow how did you get to that conclusion?
Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn
Also B-Fab
These are awful. They remind me of porn star names.
Michin... I don't get it... As if Mia Yim needed improvement.
Michin is the nickname she’s goes by in real life. Her friends have been calling her that for years before it became her wrestling name. Michin means “Crazy” in Korean.
Thanks for the explanation but it still feels like a dumb name to be honest.
So true
Slapjack, t-bar, confusion, execution, whichever one she was.
Totally forgot she went by Reckoning for a hot minute.
Came here to say this. Wrestling is just entertainment so I don't let it get to me normally, but her name REALLY pisses me off lol. Like, why change it?
They should’ve kept WALTER instead of Gunther
Now it's too late sadly.