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Post by BcBlingin- Scooter Glenwood on Sept 20, 2012 13:34:36 GMT -5
Just a random thought I had.
Michael Coulthard
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Post by Y3RP: LA MARAVILLA!!! on Sept 20, 2012 13:38:33 GMT -5
Just a random thought I had. Michael Coulthard thats like saying why Hunter Hearst Helmsley(triple h) how come he dont use his real name of Paul Levesque...... i am all lost now, i taught i was going somewhere with this.....  |
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Sept 20, 2012 13:40:59 GMT -5
Because he's a TV personality and Coulthard doesn't roll off the tongue as smoothly as Cole.
Lot's of celebrities have changed, shortened or altered the spellings of their name to be more smoothly and easily pronounced.
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Post by BcBlingin- Scooter Glenwood on Sept 20, 2012 13:44:09 GMT -5
Just a random thought I had. Michael Coulthard thats like saying why Hunter Hearst Helmsley(triple h) how come he dont use his real name of Paul Levesque...... i am all lost now, i taught i was going somewhere with this..... No its not like that.. most of the announcers do use their real names. |
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Sept 20, 2012 13:47:23 GMT -5
Probably the same reason why Geddy Lee of Rush doesn't go by Gary Weinrib... probably because Michael Cole is a much better sounding name.
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Post by LtD73 on Sept 20, 2012 13:50:28 GMT -5
Michael Cole sounds better.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2012 13:54:09 GMT -5
Yeah and why didn't Shawn Michaels go by Michael Hickenbottom?!?!?!
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Post by BcBlingin- Scooter Glenwood on Sept 20, 2012 13:55:52 GMT -5
Yeah and why didn't Shawn Michaels go by Michael Hickenbottom?!?!?! You are not getting my point. I am not talking about full time wrestlers  . Almost all of the announcers I can think of go by their actual names. |
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Post by sean™ on Sept 20, 2012 14:00:57 GMT -5
Bet it was Vince's idea. You know how he is about "his" ideas vs other peoples.
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Post by y2yay on Sept 20, 2012 14:10:25 GMT -5
Cole is catchier.
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Sept 20, 2012 14:11:47 GMT -5
Yeah and why didn't Shawn Michaels go by Michael Hickenbottom?!?!?! You are not getting my point. I am not talking about full time wrestlers . Almost all of the announcers I can think of go by their actual names. Well, I was looking at the names of announcers. These are the only ones who use their real names from the current announcers: Jim Ross Jerry Lawler Scott Stanford Ones not using their real names: Michael Cole Josh Matthews Matt Striker So pretty much half of them currently use their real names and the other half are not. Even if you take out Lawler and Striker because they were wrestlers before announcers, still half and half. Now, if Korpela and Grisham were still here, you had a valid point. Now you still have a little bit of a valid point. I'll say the sme thing the other posts said, some change their name because they are in the entertainment business, so they change their names to something appealing to the mainstream audience. That's honestly the only really good explanation. |
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Post by Scotty on Sept 20, 2012 14:37:52 GMT -5
Well its easier to say and quicker. Not only but it sounds better.
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Post by devilsayi on Sept 20, 2012 14:38:46 GMT -5
Yeah and why didn't Shawn Michaels go by Michael Hickenbottom?!?!?! i hate his last name so much. haha |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2012 14:43:45 GMT -5
Because Stone Cold said so?
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on Sept 20, 2012 15:01:58 GMT -5
You are not getting my point. I am not talking about full time wrestlers . Almost all of the announcers I can think of go by their actual names. Well, I was looking at the names of announcers. These are the only ones who use their real names from the current announcers: Jim Ross Jerry Lawler Scott Stanford Ones not using their real names: Michael Cole Josh Matthews Matt Striker So pretty much half of them currently use their real names and the other half are not. Even if you take out Lawler and Striker because they were wrestlers before announcers, still half and half. Now, if Korpela and Grisham were still here, you had a valid point. Now you still have a little bit of a valid point. I'll say the sme thing the other posts said, some change their name because they are in the entertainment business, so they change their names to something appealing to the mainstream audience. That's honestly the only really good explanation. To be fair, Matt Striker was a wrestler before being an announcer. |
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Post by StoneColdLiger on Sept 20, 2012 15:17:05 GMT -5
Probably the same reason Batista isn't Bautista. Its easier for people to know how to pronounce right off the bat.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2012 15:28:30 GMT -5
For the same reason that Stu Sanders doesn't.
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Post by Liv Is Life on Sept 20, 2012 15:35:52 GMT -5
Dok Hendrix says hello
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Post by Randolph J 'Hurricane' Spencer on Sept 20, 2012 15:45:12 GMT -5
A lot of people in entertainment change their names so their families aren't bothered by crazed fans.
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 20, 2012 17:44:54 GMT -5
thats like saying why Hunter Hearst Helmsley(triple h) how come he dont use his real name of Paul Levesque...... i am all lost now, i taught i was going somewhere with this..... No its not like that.. most of the announcers do use their real names. Michael Buffer does |
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