The Icon Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 credit pwinsider A number of WWE developmental talents have been officially re-christened with what look to be their new official WWE ring names. Stephen Cole has been renamed Cole Andrews Britney Fetkin has been renamed Devin Taylor. Erika Hammond has been renamed Veronica Lane. Smith James has been renamed Bull Dempsey. Lexi Kaufman has been renamed Alexa Bliss. CJ Perry is now LANA. Rebecca Quinn (the former Rebecca Knox) has been renamed Becky Lynch. Adam Scherr has been renamed Braun Stowman. Interesting they would rename him as he's got a bit of a name in the bodybuilding world, having won the 2012 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships. Australian talent Matt Silva has been renamed Buddy Murphy. There should be some additional name changes in the days ahead as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beltster Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 What happened to cool names like Smash, Hitman, Warrior etc?! Give it a f*cking rest with the generic real names! The face of the company for 10 years is John. Lets get some decent gimmick names back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Icon Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 What happened to cool names like Smash, Hitman, Warrior etc?! Give it a f*cking rest with the generic real names! The face of the company for 10 years is John. Lets get some decent gimmick names back. I hear you but sadly it seems the days of good gimmick names are dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran The King Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I hear you but sadly it seems the days of good gimmick names are dying. Long gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrchris Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I actually don't mind Solomon Crowe. It's got a kinda gothic vibe about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran The King Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Sounds like someone who would hang around with the Wyatt's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrchris Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 How about Ambrose, Crowe, Rollins and Reigns? That rolls off the tongue quite nicely! :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran The King Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 It does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxximus Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 How about Ambrose, Crowe, Rollins and Reigns? That rolls off the tongue quite nicely! :lol What have I been telling youse guise? It's habbening! GET HYPE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I'm past the "why the f*ck did they call him that stage" as long as the wrestler behind the name is allowed to work and is not jobbed out. Dolph Ziggler's name was the biggest joke in town, Sami Zayn caused net-rage because WWE dared to rename / unmask El Generico and changing Bryan Danielson to Daniel Bryan had people in a twiz too. Nobody bats an eyelid over those names anymore and I'm sure it'll be the same for the new guys too. Not to mention Buddy Murphy is a fantastic name for a wrestler... especially if he's a friend of Sheamus from the old country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hancock Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Sami Zayn being a terrible name has nothing to do with renaming and unmasking El Generico, it's entirely about it being a really stupid, cartoonish, non-threatening, laughable, nerdy, tacky name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrchris Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Yeah, I think we all knew there was no way he was staying as Generico, but Sami Zayn was initially worse than any of us expected. Not that it's any better now, we've just got used to it, the same as Bryan and Ziggler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran The King Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 It's better than the Ringmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Redman Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I have no problem with the name Sami Zayn, and I think it fits his personality pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horowitz Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Veronica Lane sounds a bit pornstar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun2J Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 And without his name, we wouldn't have got Cesaro to shout Zaaaaaaaaayn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fury Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Samuray del sol's name in wwe is.....Kalisto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrchris Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Isn't that a girl's name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxximus Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Yeah one of Zeus' wh*res as well as sometimes X Men friendly leader of the Morlocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hancock Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Ends with an O, counts as a boys name. Them's the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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