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10 Unbelievable Origins Of Wrestler Names - Chris Jericho! Bayley! Hulk Hogan! Cactus Jack?!

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🗓️ 19 September 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Allow me to reintroduce myself... Adam Wilbourn presents 10 Unbelievable Origins Of Wrestler Names...


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0:00.0

May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get

0:08.0

10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.

0:16.5

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. A wrestler's name is what defines them.

0:34.0

Kane is a far more terrifying title than Glenn Jacobs.

0:39.0

CM punk is cooler than Philip Brooks,

0:41.0

and I sincerely doubt Paul Michael Laveck would have been able to achieve

0:45.1

what Triple H has. There are some great stories behind how performers decided on what they wanted

0:51.2

fans to call them.

0:52.8

We recently found out that Stephanie Newell,

0:54.9

aka Teager Knox, got her in-ring name

0:57.9

by combining her Welsh heritage

0:59.9

with a one extinguishing spell from Harry Potter, which also brings a whole new meaning to

1:05.1

her shiniest wizard finisher.

1:07.1

Kevin Steen became Kevin Owens upon joining WWE as a nod to his son who was named after

1:12.4

the former Universal Champion's favorite

1:14.4

wrestler Owen Hart's Hornswagger was so called because it means to get the better

1:18.7

of someone by cheating or deception and for his character perfectly,

1:22.6

plus it's far better than little bastard.

1:26.5

And finally, Finn Balar, Furgle Devitt before NXT

1:29.2

NXT, got his title by combining two Irish mythological creations,

1:34.4

the fabled hero Fion Maccomhale,

1:37.3

and the one-eyed demon king, Bala.

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