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Post by theicwguy on Jan 16, 2019 12:49:24 GMT -5
I'd rather Almas tbh.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 16, 2019 12:57:45 GMT -5
It's hilarious that people get so worked up about this. Because it totally ruined Rusev. And Cesaro. And Big E. And Elias. And Andrade totally didn't just have an incredible match on Smackdown. But yea, those dastardly WWE higher ups are ruining wrestling this way. I mean, at least all of those examples still sound decent. Andrade just sounds... flat. It feels like there should be something coming after it. If they just called him Antonio instead of Cesaro, that would be equally as weird. And for the record, I still miss Langston. I think Andrade sounds better than most. At least it's uncommon. Elias sounds like some dude you went to middle school with.
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Post by Thought Collector on Jan 16, 2019 14:26:26 GMT -5
I remember a while back hearing about Austin giving advice to developmental guys about giving themselves at least three names. But what does a veteran, legend, hall of famer know lol.
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Post by davie™ on Jan 16, 2019 14:36:53 GMT -5
Noticed it last night when he pinned Mysterio. Doesn't bother me I can careless it's just a ing name lol
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Post by LK3 on Jan 16, 2019 15:21:03 GMT -5
I thought if they ever changed it they’d make it Andrade Almas. Not a fan of the name shortening but it will become normal eventually and make the previous name seem weird just like the others.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Jan 16, 2019 16:09:42 GMT -5
To be honest I'm not against this. His name was too long but they kept the wrong one. Cien Almas or just Almas would've been perfect instead of Andrade which sounds boring.
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Post by Tim of thee on Jan 16, 2019 16:29:35 GMT -5
Imagine if they shortened other dudes names
Shawn Michaels to Shawn Steve Austin to Steve
Yikes!
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Jan 16, 2019 16:53:21 GMT -5
I think they'll eventually give him back the Cien Almas name again like they did with Apollo Crews
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 16, 2019 16:55:02 GMT -5
Imagine if they shortened other dudes names Shawn Michaels to Shawn Steve Austin to Steve Yikes! WALTER = walter = lolz
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Post by Kyle on Jan 16, 2019 17:00:42 GMT -5
I don't think the issue most people have is the fact that names are shortened, it's the amount of people who have had their names reduced. And it's honestly unnecessary.
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Post by BASTARDKING on Jan 16, 2019 17:39:58 GMT -5
It was a pretty good name. Shame they got rid of 2/3 of it
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Post by Tim of thee on Jan 16, 2019 18:18:45 GMT -5
Seth Rollins to Seth Dean Ambrose to Dean Bret Hart to Bret
Why do some guys get to keep their names and others don’t? Make no logical sense.
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 16, 2019 18:23:17 GMT -5
Ruby to Riottt and they can add another t too!
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Post by LA Times on Jan 16, 2019 19:07:22 GMT -5
Imagine if they shortened other dudes names Shawn Michaels to Shawn Steve Austin to Steve Yikes! I often call Stone Cold Steve Austin just Stone Cold.
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Post by Tim of thee on Jan 16, 2019 19:11:31 GMT -5
Imagine if they shortened other dudes names Shawn Michaels to Shawn Steve Austin to Steve Yikes! I often call Stone Cold Steve Austin just Stone Cold. How about Stone or Cold?
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Post by LA Times on Jan 16, 2019 19:21:18 GMT -5
I often call Stone Cold Steve Austin just Stone Cold. How about Stone or Cold? Nope, but thats what the WWE would do if he were coming up in today's era.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 16, 2019 19:29:54 GMT -5
I remember they did that with Diesel too in 1994.
When he first came in he was known as Diesel Semi Truck!
Then they shortened it to just Diesel.
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Post by BØRNS on Jan 16, 2019 20:46:13 GMT -5
Cant wait for AEW.. So tired of this bs. Shortening a name does that much to your psyche huh? LOL When today everyone thinks there's no points of difference between wrestlers, a unique name would be a start!
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Post by FLUX '97 on Jan 16, 2019 21:55:24 GMT -5
Cant wait for AEW.. So tired of this bs. lmfao as if AEW is ever going to be competition to Vince.
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Post by cordless2016 on Jan 16, 2019 22:04:02 GMT -5
As I said in the SD thread, if nothing else, I would have just went with Almas. Cant wait for AEW.. So tired of this bs. Comments like this is exactly why some people are already sick of hearing about AEW. It's a shorter name, not life or death. You'll survive this. I think the point is that it’s ridiculous how the WWE seems to put more focus on shortening names than giving us consistently good stories. Their names were never even a problem in the first place. It’s just funny that they keep doing this. It’s like during the 90s if they did this and we had names like “ HBK Michaels” and “STONE COLD AUSTIN.”
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