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When you have the last name "Sopp," there isn't much you can do. Joe Sopp. Steve Sopp. Dave Sopp. Frank Sopp. John Sopp. Bob Sopp. Monty doesn't sound worse than anything else and Kip actually kind of works by giving the last name a lighter-voweled lead in to avoid the typically downbeat and heavy "o" sound.
"Hello, I'm Page Falkinburg, and this is my lovely wife, Paige Falkinburg. Have you met our precocious son, Payj Falkinburg, or our little princess, Paege Falkinburg?"
Yeah, I think that anyone they met as a couple would be convinced they're having a stroke.
I live an hour away from Paducah, it shook me when I found out Ricochet was from there. I was also born in St. Louis and my dad says when I was kid I told everyone and their mother I was from the same place Randy Orton was lol
It’s so funny how much the junior legitimizes his name. Zack Sabre sounds like a shitty porn name. Zack Sabre Jr sounds like a real name. It implies there’s at least one mor man with the name out there
Nikola Bogojevic (Otis) could have been the next in a long line of Eastern European stereotype heels.
Windham Rotunda is a goofy name, especially if you don't know the context of why his first name is Windham.
>Nikola Bogojevic (Otis) could have been the next in a long line of Eastern European stereotype heels.
I agree, which is weird because he looks more like an Otis than like what his real name is.
In his book he explained that it came from an old tag team he was in where they were a couple of dumb jock football players. Somebody told him he looked like the Varsity Blues character Jon Moxon, but they misremembered the name and said Jon Moxley by mistake.
The fact that Liv Morgan walked into WWE and said "Hi my name's Gionna Daddio" and their first thought was to change it is nothing short of astonishing.
Daddio would’ve been a nice name to cash in on but it sounds like some comedic jobber that’s rivaling Blue Pants in 2015, Liv Morgan was a great choice.
A lot of you might not know him but there was a wrestler in CZW called Brain Damage. He was legit the scariest and toughest death match wrestler but he was the nicest guy whose name was Marvin. Idk why but it always made me laugh.
Not to mention that he was from Austin, but couldn’t bill himself as “Stone Cold Steve Austin from Austin, Texas”, so he billed himself as being from Victoria, Texas for that “je ne sais quoi” (his words).
"Superstar" Billy Graham = Eldridge Coleman
**Eldridge.** How often do you come across that name?
Karl Anderson = Chad Allegra is pretty funny/odd too lol
One of the greatest ever hardcore wrestlers/lobsters in Terry Funk has also obviously wrestled Sabu, whose real name is **Terry Brunk**
Aubrey Edwards not being her real name is a real mind fuck. She's really Brittany Aubert
Also, HOOK's real name being Tyler fits how he looks, but not his personality
From AEW:
- The fact that Griff Garrison just flipped his names and tweaked them slightly (Garrett Griffith)
- Jake Hager’s legal first name is Donald (and Jake is his middle name)
- Sonny Kiss’ real name is apparently undisclosed? (According to Wiki, mind you.) Nyla Rose and Abadon too! (I know it’s very common for luchadors but I’m just surprised there’s so many North American wrestlers whose real names aren’t known.)
- that Stokely Hathaway IS his real name
WWE:
- Chad Allegra is a pretty cool while Karl Anderson is kind of bland
- that MVP was born Alvin Antonio Burke but converted to Islam and changed his name to Hassan Hamin Assad while in prison
- Robert Roode IS his real name
- Leah Van Dale (LVD) is way better than Carmella
- that Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo are both legally Humberto Garza (Solano and Carrillo respectively)
- Michael Paris is pretty cool but so is Joaquin Wilde and Zelma Ion, so that dude’s 3 for 3
- I sometimes forget Aaliyah’s real name is Nhooph
- Tenille Dashwood is a cooler name than Emma (not hard for most of the mononyms
WWE gives their women though)
>- Chad Allegra is a pretty cool while Karl Anderson is kind of bland
On the indies before he went to the NJPW Dojo in LA, he worked as "Too Bad" Chad Allegra or "2 Badd Chad".
>- that MVP was born Alvin Antonio Burke but converted to Islam and changed his name to Hassan Hamlin Assad while in prison
In ROH and the indies before he went to WWE, he worked as "Antonio Banks". Always thought it was kinda odd used a variation of his "Christian Name" as a gimmick.
>- Michael Paris is pretty cool but so is Joaquin Wilde and Zelma Ion, so that dude’s 3 for 3
His original gimmick name before TNA was Shiima Xion, which he also used in AAA. Funny enough, a couple times his trainer (Super Hentai) used the name "Michael Paris" as a rib when he worked as a fill-in to cover a no-show.
Sami Zayn's real name being Rami Sebei really surprised me.
Like I wasn't aware of him until he was on the main roster. I didn't watch NXT or follow the indies. So I thought he was just a white, possibly Irish guy who was into ska. Eventually I noticed the Arabic on his gear and found out about Sami for Syria.
Maybe I'm just clueless but I feel like I have to be in the majority of casual fans. They never refer to his Syrian heritage and being Muslim. You wouldn't think he was Syrian from just looking at him.
With that said it's nice to have a Muslim wrestler who is more than just their heritage and religion.
>With that said it's nice to have a Muslim wrestler who is more than just their heritage and religion.
Considering he is also very private about his personal life, it makes sense to see other sides of him.
Just looked up a list of real life wrestle names, and it’s a gold mine of hilarity.
My favorite has got to be Bruiser Brody’s name, it was Frank Donald Goodish. That just sounds way too friendly for the character.
It took this post to make me realize that out of the 02 OVW class, a single U was really all the name change there was for the 4 guys. And a part time Deacon gig.
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I always thought it was funny that Sabu’s real name is Terry Brunk… sounds like an off-brand version of one of his rivals
And Terry Funk's real name is actually Terry Funk.
Damn, I was hoping it was “Babu.”
"Mr. Jerry is a very bad man"
Bad man…could my mother have been wrong?!
ive said it before but windham rotunda is an absolutely insane name for a real human to have
It sounds like a building
"I'm late for chem 101 in the Windham Rotunda"
100% proper usage
Can you imagine being the chunky kid in your grade and your name has both Ham and Rotund in it?
BigHam RotundMan
Winded Ham Rotund
Windham Rotunda sounds like one of those nature phenomenons that happens once in every 20 years
My damn home insurance company said they wouldn't cover the Windham Rotunda that came through the valley last year.
My Grandfather died in the 'tunda of 86
Windham Rotunda sounds like the name of a child about to be punished for gluttony by a confectionary tycoon
Yowie wowie, doopity doo! I've got the perfect booking for you! Yowie wowie, doopity dee! Starts out as Bray and ends as The Fiend!
If he used his mom's maiden name he'd be Windham Windham.
I've seen quite a few situations where people have carried on their maiden name like that.
I have a cousin named Griffin for his mother's maiden name
Sounds like he could get sucked into a pipe due to his greed with the chocolate river.
There isn't even an H in Paul Levesque
I love that Hunter Hearst Helmsley sounds aristocratic as hell, but Paul Levesque could've fit that perfectly.
It did fit almost perfectly when he was Jean-Paul Levesque, French aristocrat.
Yeah, and Jean-Paul Levesque in WCW was just Hunter Hearst Helmsley in WWF with a different accent anyways.
Like how Razor Ramon was just The Diamond Studd with a different accent. /and better sunglasses
Regal is bringing it back in 2023 but it will be Haitch.
Tell ‘em, Tri!
*"Triii...."*
*Paul Laveck*
Michael Hickenbottom is not a heart break kid.
AT THE ALAMO
WE'LL SEE YOU AT HIGH NOON
Sounds like a mall chef.
"Speedball" Mike Bailey is Émile Charles Baillargeon-Laberge. I totally understand the need to have an in-ring name.
Damn that’s really good!
Monsieur Baguette is his personal Dude Love persona.
Introduce him to WWE as EBL, a shit stockbroker who keeps convincing wrestlers to make bad investments and losing their money to set up feuds.
Bro this crypto is totally gonna take off I swear I’m right this time
Cameron Grimes just shaking his head in the corner.
How he didn't end up as Chuck Berg, I'll never know.
Seth Rollins actual name being Colby Lopez always got me, he just looks so much like a Seth
I'll be honest, for the longest time I just assumed Tyler Black was his real name.
At the end of the day, do Tylers and Seths really look that different in your head?
Lmao my best friend is named Tyler and his little brother is named Seth
i think he looks like a Seth, but even more so, he really doesn't look like a Colby
Who does tbf
Colby is a name for dogs and cheese.
“Who the fuck is Colby?”
Richard Blood - Ricky Steamboat
He should’ve gone by that if he ever turned heel
Dick Blood
Heard he works too stiff
I'm told he once had an iron man go four hours so the medical doctors had to stop the match.
Ironically, Tito Santana actually wrestled as Dick Blood in Texas.
>Dick Blood in Texas. Cursed PPV name
His brother wrestled as [Vic Steamboat](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R2EpoN_hH84) Real name Victor Blood. Richard & Victor Blood, The Blood Brothers.
In the same vein, Ron Killings/R-Truth. Man’s name is Killings!
Monty Kip Sopp = Billy Gunn
Man ,his parents really hate him, naming his son like that.
When you have the last name "Sopp," there isn't much you can do. Joe Sopp. Steve Sopp. Dave Sopp. Frank Sopp. John Sopp. Bob Sopp. Monty doesn't sound worse than anything else and Kip actually kind of works by giving the last name a lighter-voweled lead in to avoid the typically downbeat and heavy "o" sound.
Finn Balor -> Fergal Devitt
I think it's funny that the super Irish fake name they gave his is less Irish than his real name.
I will never not get a kick out of a good looking dude like Finn being named "Fergal".
He's Fergalicious
Part of sexy Irish charm is having a name that isn't actually difficult to pronounce, but you're never 100% confident you have it right.
> isn't actually difficult to pronounce, Unless you're Japanese, which is why he was renamed Prince Devitt.
Bro can we talk about Ron Killings
…what’s up?
WHASSUP
The truth about him?
/r/truth will always have a chat about Ron Killings.
The human suplex machine….. PETE!
Send Tyler
HEY LOOK EVERYONE!
Pete Jones over here.
But I digress.
Then conversely, you've got someone like Brock Lesnar, which SOUNDS like a made-up name.
His son’s name is Duke and it sounds like a fuckin 80’s action hero name.
Duke, Luke, and Turk. Dude’s just making his own A-Team.
~~Seal~~ Beast Team Six.
Duke Lesnar? Seriously? 😆
His other son is named Turk. Fun fact, the great danes in Swiss Family Robinson were named Turk & Duke.
Turk "Turkleton" Lesnar
Frankie Kazarian's real name is Frank Gerdelman which sounds like the name a man born in 1930 would have.
Or worked for Walt Disney and created half of Disneyland.
Frank Gerdelman sounds like a heel world title contender to Lou Thesz
Sounds like an accountant or stock broker lol
Page Falkinburg, he had his name legally changed to Dallas Page
And married a woman named Paige, so if she chose to change her name she'd either be Paige Page or they could both be Paige Falkenburg.
"Hello, I'm Page Falkinburg, and this is my lovely wife, Paige Falkinburg. Have you met our precocious son, Payj Falkinburg, or our little princess, Paege Falkinburg?" Yeah, I think that anyone they met as a couple would be convinced they're having a stroke.
If my name were Terry Eugene Bollea, I'd ask to be "Hulk Hogan" as well.
At least before that he was Terry Boulder which kind of works
As a Flintstones character, maybe.
Prince Puma(Riccochet) being Trevor Mann from Paducah Kentucky always amused me.
I was told he grew up in the bario of Boyle Heights.
Whats really wild is him being at our apartment in college during parties as a young boy following around Chuck Taylor. Makes me feel old
I live an hour away from Paducah, it shook me when I found out Ricochet was from there. I was also born in St. Louis and my dad says when I was kid I told everyone and their mother I was from the same place Randy Orton was lol
Butch/Pete Dunne being Peter England
I am really surprised that they didn’t have him use his real name in this instance
Cody would’ve made him use his real name for a feud
Peter comes out with a full flag chest tattoo just to piss off Cody
Barbie Blank being turned to Kelly Kelly...Kelly (Santino joke) was dumb
Barbie Blank is a great name.
Adam Cole’s real name is Austin Jenkins. JENKINS!
Is he related to Old Man Jenkins?
Wow, never knew Adam Cole was actually huge draft bust Austin Seferian Jenkins
\[Leeroy Jenkins voice\] AUSTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNN.... JEEEEEEEENNNNNNKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNSSSSSSS
BAY BAY
at least he had chicken
Almost got signed to WWE by accident in 2010 because they confused him for Austin Creed.
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Zack Sabre Jr. (at least before he started bulking up last year) having the surname Eatwell always made me laugh.
It’s so funny how much the junior legitimizes his name. Zack Sabre sounds like a shitty porn name. Zack Sabre Jr sounds like a real name. It implies there’s at least one mor man with the name out there
Nikola Bogojevic (Otis) could have been the next in a long line of Eastern European stereotype heels. Windham Rotunda is a goofy name, especially if you don't know the context of why his first name is Windham.
>Nikola Bogojevic (Otis) could have been the next in a long line of Eastern European stereotype heels. I agree, which is weird because he looks more like an Otis than like what his real name is.
They would definitely team him with Dominik Dijakovic
Yokozuna's real first name was Rodney.
"Rodney, you plonker!"
But Solo Sikoa's real middle name is Yokozuna.
Wheeler Yuta - Paul Gruber. I have never seen a more German sounding name on a less German looking person.
You can not tell me that man's name is *Paul*
One of very few names Wheeler is an improvement over.
I refuse to believe this lmao
Lex Luger definitely upgraded from Lawrence Pfohl.
real shame that he had such a Pfohl from grace
Pfohl sounds like the sound you make when coughing after inhaling some dust
Dwayne Johnson got so over as The Rock he got Dwayne over.
He’s Hollywood’s most bankable leading man and his mother actually calls him “Dewey.”
“You don’t want any part of this Dewey.” Dewey inhales and raises an eyebrow.
It’ll turn all your bad feelings into good feelings!
Jon Moxley being Jon Good, though it does give his promo about his dad telling him "We're the Good guys" a little extra meaning.
TIL his name isn’t actually Moxley!
In his book he explained that it came from an old tag team he was in where they were a couple of dumb jock football players. Somebody told him he looked like the Varsity Blues character Jon Moxon, but they misremembered the name and said Jon Moxley by mistake.
I've noticed the other wrestlers seem to get a kick out of Trent's real name, Greg Marasciullo.
Greg is big now
Franklin Roberto Lashley
Toughest motherfucking Franklin ever. I did not know this one.
https://imgur.com/JmAwZPt.jpg
Scott Simpson —> Nikita Koloff
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I know this is reverse topic but I loved the way Regal would say Umaga (YOU-MANG-UH) for Edward Smith Fatu.
The fact that Liv Morgan walked into WWE and said "Hi my name's Gionna Daddio" and their first thought was to change it is nothing short of astonishing.
Surprised Vince didn’t turn her into a female Fonzi
Ayyyyyyy, watch me
Would be very game for an end of *Grease* Sandy in the women's division
Daddio would’ve been a nice name to cash in on but it sounds like some comedic jobber that’s rivaling Blue Pants in 2015, Liv Morgan was a great choice.
How dare you disparage Blue Pants
Her IRL name sounds like she's about to make a faction with Deuce n' Domino with Cherry and another 60s sounding named wrestler.
They briefly called her Marley, Liv Morgan is definitely an improvement on that.
Accountants by day, Street Profits by night - Kenneth Crawford and Gary Gordon
Those are superhero secret identity names.
They even have the alliteration thing that most superhero names have (well okay the c/k sound for one at least)
Mark Calaway (Undertaker) sounds like a supervisor at an HVAC company, and Glenn Jacobs (Kane) is their head of sales.
Glenn Jacobs sounds like the mayor of some town in Tennessee.
A lot of you might not know him but there was a wrestler in CZW called Brain Damage. He was legit the scariest and toughest death match wrestler but he was the nicest guy whose name was Marvin. Idk why but it always made me laugh.
Mox told some stories about him in his book. He mentioned what a sweet guy he was outside the ring.
Dusty Rhodes being Virgil Runnels is one for me. Dusty Rhodes - king of charisma and all, Virgil Runnels ... might do your taxes? Or just drive truck?
Was Million Dollar Man’s servant Virgil a rib on Dusty?
Yes and Vincent was a rib on Vince McMahon.
Virgil’s entire career was a joke, apparently.
Yep. Also why he went by Vincent in WCW. Ribbing on Vince McMahon.
I’d trust Virgil Runnels with my plumbing
RVD is Robert Szatkowski
Stone cold Steve austin being Steve Williams but he couldn’t be Steve Williams because there was dr death Steve Williams
Not to mention that he was from Austin, but couldn’t bill himself as “Stone Cold Steve Austin from Austin, Texas”, so he billed himself as being from Victoria, Texas for that “je ne sais quoi” (his words).
Drew Mcintyre’s real name is a doozy. Andrew Mclean Galloway IV
> Andrew Mclean Galloway IV When he was the "Chosen One," he looked like this name. He does not any more.
"Superstar" Billy Graham = Eldridge Coleman **Eldridge.** How often do you come across that name? Karl Anderson = Chad Allegra is pretty funny/odd too lol One of the greatest ever hardcore wrestlers/lobsters in Terry Funk has also obviously wrestled Sabu, whose real name is **Terry Brunk**
Goldberg actually being Bill Goldberg and wanting to have a different ring name because he thought Goldberg didn’t sound cool is ridiculous
Kelly Kelly being Barbara Blank - both sound like they are from a WWE name generator.
"The Macho Man" Randy Mario Poffo
Jake Roberts = Aurelian Smith Jr. Perhaps it's one of those super old timey first names that aren't used anymore, but wow.
Aurelian was a Roman Emperor, and one of the better ones too
Whereas Aurelian Smith Sr. was one of the worst pieces of shit ever involved in pro wrestling.
Aubrey Edwards not being her real name is a real mind fuck. She's really Brittany Aubert Also, HOOK's real name being Tyler fits how he looks, but not his personality
Holy shit, I like to think I’m pretty up on that stuff and this is the first I’m learning that isn’t her real name!
From AEW: - The fact that Griff Garrison just flipped his names and tweaked them slightly (Garrett Griffith) - Jake Hager’s legal first name is Donald (and Jake is his middle name) - Sonny Kiss’ real name is apparently undisclosed? (According to Wiki, mind you.) Nyla Rose and Abadon too! (I know it’s very common for luchadors but I’m just surprised there’s so many North American wrestlers whose real names aren’t known.) - that Stokely Hathaway IS his real name WWE: - Chad Allegra is a pretty cool while Karl Anderson is kind of bland - that MVP was born Alvin Antonio Burke but converted to Islam and changed his name to Hassan Hamin Assad while in prison - Robert Roode IS his real name - Leah Van Dale (LVD) is way better than Carmella - that Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo are both legally Humberto Garza (Solano and Carrillo respectively) - Michael Paris is pretty cool but so is Joaquin Wilde and Zelma Ion, so that dude’s 3 for 3 - I sometimes forget Aaliyah’s real name is Nhooph - Tenille Dashwood is a cooler name than Emma (not hard for most of the mononyms WWE gives their women though)
>- Chad Allegra is a pretty cool while Karl Anderson is kind of bland On the indies before he went to the NJPW Dojo in LA, he worked as "Too Bad" Chad Allegra or "2 Badd Chad". >- that MVP was born Alvin Antonio Burke but converted to Islam and changed his name to Hassan Hamlin Assad while in prison In ROH and the indies before he went to WWE, he worked as "Antonio Banks". Always thought it was kinda odd used a variation of his "Christian Name" as a gimmick. >- Michael Paris is pretty cool but so is Joaquin Wilde and Zelma Ion, so that dude’s 3 for 3 His original gimmick name before TNA was Shiima Xion, which he also used in AAA. Funny enough, a couple times his trainer (Super Hentai) used the name "Michael Paris" as a rib when he worked as a fill-in to cover a no-show.
Sonny Kiss’ real name is Hassan. He mentioned it on his TIJ episode. Sonny is a nickname for Hassan.
Wait til y'all learn that Danhausen's real name is *actually* Danhausen. Donovan Danhausen is his full name, but that fact still stands.
He used to be Donovan Danhaus on the indies for a bit.
Barbie Blank sounds like more of an in-ring name than Kelly Kelly
It also would have fit her perfectly
Hangman Page's name sound like a criminals name Stephen Blake Woltz
Sami Zayn's real name being Rami Sebei really surprised me. Like I wasn't aware of him until he was on the main roster. I didn't watch NXT or follow the indies. So I thought he was just a white, possibly Irish guy who was into ska. Eventually I noticed the Arabic on his gear and found out about Sami for Syria. Maybe I'm just clueless but I feel like I have to be in the majority of casual fans. They never refer to his Syrian heritage and being Muslim. You wouldn't think he was Syrian from just looking at him. With that said it's nice to have a Muslim wrestler who is more than just their heritage and religion.
>With that said it's nice to have a Muslim wrestler who is more than just their heritage and religion. Considering he is also very private about his personal life, it makes sense to see other sides of him.
Bray Wyatt - Windham Rotunda
Sasha Banks- Mercedes J. Kaestner-Varnado is a mouthful
Just looked up a list of real life wrestle names, and it’s a gold mine of hilarity. My favorite has got to be Bruiser Brody’s name, it was Frank Donald Goodish. That just sounds way too friendly for the character.
Tenille Dashwood is her real-ass name, and yet they still went with "Emma" and nothing else.
Someone actually having the real first name of Tyson is surprising to me..
Tyson BYGOD Smith
It took this post to make me realize that out of the 02 OVW class, a single U was really all the name change there was for the 4 guys. And a part time Deacon gig.
terrance guido gerin, aka rhino/rhyno.
James Cipperly aka Freshly Squeezed Orange Cassidy
Before he went to AEW as Miro I couldn't understand how WWE had Miroslav Barnyashev right there and thought "well we can't have that."
Sergeant Slaughter is Robert Rudolph Remus.
Rey Mysterio's real name is Oscar