SPIN: What are some of the BEST wrestling ring names ever?

[TheAlbionist]

Always loved the way The Iron Sheikh flows

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Haku
Meng
King Tonga

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Seth Rollins is cool with me but way too many government names used as ring names what happened to Edge, Batista, Booker T, Sting type names?

I was watching backlash and I'm watching the Naomi entrance... it's this spectacular light show and she's doin all these dance moves, and the crowd is getting super hyped, and I'm thinking okay this girl could be a star if they actually presented her like one.

Instead she's just 'Naomi'

Imagine if Superman were just 'Clark'.

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

honestly it occurred to me, and this could be a conspiracy theory, that the WWE has a vested interest in not creating superstars. because the moment you become a superstar, the moment you become bigger than the brand, all of a sudden they lose their bargaining power. what they really want is no different than what you see on your kayfabe screens, a group of obedient workers who do what they're told and don't ever challenge the authority.

actually when you break it down we're living in a reality where the evil mr mcmahon got over on stone cold and and the corporation lived on forever.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

honestly it occurred to me, and this could be a conspiracy theory, that the WWE has a vested interest in not creating superstars. because the moment you become a superstar, the moment you become bigger than the brand, all of a sudden they lose their bargaining power. what they really want is no different than what you see on your kayfabe screens, a group of obedient workers who do what they're told and don't ever challenge the authority.

actually when you break it down we're living in a reality where the evil mr mcmahon got over on stone cold and and the corporation lived on forever.

Pretty much. As soon as the rock and brock left, Vince decided that every time someone got got enough, it's time to cool them down or strip away what got them over in the first place. From 2004/2005 onward, once they got hot enough, you could guarantee they would go on a long losing streak and be taken off tv, be booked like a coward heel and lose clean all the time, spend months with no story, or be fed to John cena several times over. Vince thinks like a pimp does. It means that he punishes anyone who gets over off their own ideas or who makes money independent of him. Look at stories told by Batista, ryback, how they booked Rey after Eddie died, how they booked Christian in 2005 and 2011, how they booked Bryan in 2013, how brock lost his first match back in a way guaranteed to diminish his star power, how they booked the miz when he was champion, how they buried Ryder and Kofi in 2009-14 and 2012-present day, how badly Ambrose was booked once the shield split, and how cesaro was booked once the real Americans split. Vince doesn't want another big star because the ones he still promotes aren't even wrestling anymore so there's no threat of them leaving him. Time and time again he has shown he would rather lose his own way as opposed to winning someone else's way.

 

[patscorpio]

2 Cold scorpio

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Pretty much. As soon as the rock and brock left, Vince decided that every time someone got got enough, it's time to cool them down or strip away what got them over in the first place. From 2004/2005 onward, once they got hot enough, you could guarantee they would go on a long losing streak and be taken off tv, be booked like a coward heel and lose clean all the time, spend months with no story, or be fed to John cena several times over. Vince thinks like a pimp does. It means that he punishes anyone who gets over off their own ideas or who makes money independent of him. Look at stories told by Batista, ryback, how they booked Rey after Eddie died, how they booked Christian in 2005 and 2011, how they booked Bryan in 2013, how brock lost his first match back in a way guaranteed to diminish his star power, how they booked the miz when he was champion, how they buried Ryder and Kofi in 2009-14 and 2012-present day, how badly Ambrose was booked once the shield split, and how cesaro was booked once the real Americans split. Vince doesn't want another big star because the ones he still promotes aren't even wrestling anymore so there's no threat of them leaving him. Time and time again he has shown he would rather lose his own way as opposed to winning someone else's way.

maybe it boils down to stephenie doesn't wanna have to work with any guy she can't slap around on tv.

 

[jackswstd]

STANG

 

[ThaBronxBully]

The One Man Gang Is Pretty Dope

 

[Art Barr]

honestly it occurred to me, and this could be a conspiracy theory, that the WWE has a vested interest in not creating superstars. because the moment you become a superstar, the moment you become bigger than the brand, all of a sudden they lose their bargaining power. what they really want is no different than what you see on your kayfabe screens, a group of obedient workers who do what they're told and don't ever challenge the authority.

actually when you break it down we're living in a reality where the evil mr mcmahon got over on stone cold and and the corporation lived on forever.

This.

Glad someone else sees it.


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

Pretty much. As soon as the rock and brock left, Vince decided that every time someone got got enough, it's time to cool them down or strip away what got them over in the first place. From 2004/2005 onward, once they got hot enough, you could guarantee they would go on a long losing streak and be taken off tv, be booked like a coward heel and lose clean all the time, spend months with no story, or be fed to John cena several times over. Vince thinks like a pimp does. It means that he punishes anyone who gets over off their own ideas or who makes money independent of him. Look at stories told by Batista, ryback, how they booked Rey after Eddie died, how they booked Christian in 2005 and 2011, how they booked Bryan in 2013, how brock lost his first match back in a way guaranteed to diminish his star power, how they booked the miz when he was champion, how they buried Ryder and Kofi in 2009-14 and 2012-present day, how badly Ambrose was booked once the shield split, and how cesaro was booked once the real Americans split. Vince doesn't want another big star because the ones he still promotes aren't even wrestling anymore so there's no threat of them leaving him. Time and time again he has shown he would rather lose his own way as opposed to winning someone else's way.

Prolific posting!


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

The One Man Gang Is Pretty Dope

Man, he was so over over back then.


Art Barr

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Jake the snake Roberts

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Prolific posting!


Art Barr

The prolific posting cosign from the prolific poster himself?

 

[Shaq]

Hydro

Low-Ki

Chuck Taylor

Human Tornado