Thread: Do You Miss the Old Character Names in WWE?
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Old 08-22-2010, 11:05 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Next Big Thing View Post
John Cena was the Doctor of Thugenomics.... Word Life!

Bill Goldberg's character was meant to be like that though. When he was on his streak I don't think anyone viewed the name Bill Goldberg the same way they look at the name Heath Slater or Husky Harris. It's especially stupid when it's applied to these second generation guys like Michael McGullicutty. I understand that it's important from a business perspective for WWE to have this control, but it's still fucking retarded from a fan perspective.

Plus certain real names sound right for wrestling... think Bret Hart, John Cena, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Jeff Jarrett, Jerry Lawler and some don't... Scott Levy, Sean Waltman, Terry Bollea.

It's because of the number of letters and syllables in their names that makes it easy to chant and it seems catchy. Full names with fewer letters are a lot more catchy than say a name "McGullicutty".


"Foley" 5 letters
"Angle" 4 letters
"Nash" 4 letters
"Cena" 4 letters
"Hogan" 5 letters
"Austin" 6 letters
"Hart" 4 letters
"Hardy" 5 letters
"Goldberg" 8 letters



Simple unforced names, good to chants.
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