Big E...Cesaro...why?
 

As some of you may have noticed, Big E. Langston and Antonio Cesaro have officially had their ring names changed to Big E and Cesaro respectively. I can't see how these changes can be beneficial to anyone at all. Can you? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

i'd love to hear the reasoning, too, because they both seem like ridiculous "official" moves to make when you can keep the whole damn thing and just not say it all if brevity is what you're looking for. but whatever. it guess it doesn't really change anything. just silly.

A guy going by just his last name tends to add an aura to him. Goldberg made him seem like more of a badass than "Bill Goldberg". "Batista" is more badass sounding than "Dave Batista". So I guess maybe they were thinking that win Cesaro.

Big E, I don't know. Maybe along the same vein they're thinking it could add a monster mystique to him to just go by "Big E" and eliminate the more regular guy sounding "Langston".

Cesaro had to forgo the first name so folks would quit confusing him with Antonio of the Heart Throbs... :shifty:

I can almost get on board with your Cesaro reasoning there. Especially since they're pushing him as a beast of sorts.

Big E sounds way too clunky to me. Sounds like the name of someone's sidekick at best.

<font color=goldenrod>Big E sounds too much like Big T. Anything that reminds me of Harlem Heat 2000 can't be good.</font>

Big E is obviously a big dude, but I'm not so sure his height justifies the nickname. He'd almost be better going by just Langston.

Well no, maybe not, but the whole name sounds weird to me. Always has, even with the surname.

Big E sold the name Langston for a segway and some 40s.

I saw that on Twitter. I'm glad he's in good spirits about it. Still sounds silly.

In all fairness to Cesaro, didn't Sheamus have a last name at one point? They dropped it, and then gave him a strap. Hopefully it'll work out for him.

<font color=goldenrod>Sheamus was Sheamus O'Shaunessy in FCW but never took it to the main roster. He debuted on ECW just as Sheamus.</font>

"Reports" say that at least with Cesaro, that Vince thought that "Antonio" wasn't a very tough name.

More menacing than Claudio.

claudio castagnoli was a fanstastic name

the most money making man!

It all depends on how good Justin Roberts can say Big E and Cesaro. If he can make the names sound good it will be ok. I'm just glad it's not The Big E... yet.

You don't get "The" until you hit the main event.

Antonio Inoki was pretty tough.

and in the same ballpark, antonino rocca.

Then how does Vince defend "Alberto"? That's not the name of a tough guy. That's the name of someone who you beat up.

they should both kiss their lucky stars their names weren't changed to duke droese or isaak yankem. but Cesaro sounds fine if you want him as a heel, but as a face fans are gonna wanna identify with someone by first and last name. for the record I prefer E. Langston of the new name

"Antonio" is good for a "classy/cocky Euro heel" type, but maybe they figured it wasn't good for "Real American tough guy"

Meh. Maybe it's something they're hoping he can grow into to where people just think of the beast with the name as opposed to really thinking about the name.

I mean... The Undertaker is a fucking silly, bush league wrestling name but it's not something people think of really.

I remember not liking it when they officially changed Hunter Hearst Helmsley into Triple H

This is just cause Antonio Langston is getting ready to debut.

The Undertaker also debuted in 1990. It was perfectly acceptable then. If Calloway debuted last year, I doubt that would have been his name.

Cesaro dropped the "Antonio" and now gets a clean win over the WWE Champion. I'm all for it. :y:

Plus he was Kane the Undertaker initially. Yes folks, I know everything about rasslin.

On Smackdown, they covered up his 'Toni' jacket embroidery with a patch. This has gone too far!

If they have to make him a face, call him Claudio Cesaro. explain it away that Antonio is his middle name, or do like they did when Steven Regal went to William Regal. Not mention it at all.

I'm not infuriated with the change for Cesaro or anything like that, and I'm glad they finally seem to be behind the guy, but this is just another in a long list of things that WWE change for seemingly no reason.

How many times has someone had a really sweet theme song or something, then they start getting over, and they get a really gay version of that sweet theme song?

Big E was a victim of THAT too, now that I think about it.

They should rename Big E to Big Poppa Thump as a tribute to JYD. They are both black you see.

Oh wow, you're right, didn't notice that.

I think they're hoping that going by Big E and Cesaro helps them get more over. Keep in mind that both of them are considered "Cena's Boys."

You mean JOHN Cena? The dude with the first name? Not a particularly intimidating name, either?

No it was a pretty silly, minor league sounding name in 1990 too. It definitely didn't scream "this guy's gonna be legendary..." The point is though that it's an awesome fucking name now and it's only when you really stop and think about it that you realize how silly it is. I can kinda see "Big E" suddenly becoming a good badass name in the same way if he were to actually get over.

Big E >>> Big Show

so he's big, but what does the E stand for?

Maybe just rolls off the tongue better and commentators and fans so used to referring to them by their shortened names, it just stuck. When was the last time anyone referred to big nose (Triple H) by his full name? You either hear people refer to him as Triple H or Hunter.

Maybe it's all part of an attempt to push them both which is what they need tbh.

Cesaro sounds more main event

Big T and the Big O could always be brought in to form a kick ass stable with Big E.