Been trying to think of pros whose names would make great wrestler names
Arto Saari
Anthony Van Engelen
Rowan Zorilla
Frank Villani
Milton Martinez (maybe for a woman)
Not sure on Tony Hawk but maybe Anthony Hawk would make a good one
Tony Hawk would 100% be the name some roided up American used in Japan if it wasn't for skateboarding. Who's the dude that does platipus again? Zarosh Egglestein? That would be an amazing annoying heel manager name. I'm thinking like modern day grand wizard. Alex Midler sounds like it came from the NXT babyface name generator.
Punk v Page is going to be great
Toni Storm is a goddess. Still can't get caught with an OF account though.
My wife thinks HOOK is cute. I think he is badass. I named one of the neighborhood stray cats HOOK. I love that Tony is getting the rights to actual songs for people's intros. That riff on the beginning of the Action Bronson song is great.
Abadonkadonk is as good as its gonna get for that one.
Fully agree with the dropkick analogy. Would Reynolds be Shawn Michaels? While were on the topic of making basics look amazing, I always liked how Ted DiBiase took a back drop.
When Wrestlemania was in Tampa, I went to one convention and paid for 2 autographs. New Jack and BARRY FUCKING HOROWITZ! That Dark Side vignette was one of the best things AEW has ever done outside of the ring.
Regal was one of those guys where as a kid in kayfabe world, I knew he was a bad guy, but I secretly had no clue why I liked him so much. His style was so different from everyone else, and his look of British discontent was so money.
Darby said "Oh you made the swanton famous? Hold my non-alcoholic bev while I climb this ladder"
I'll say this again. Undisputed Elie is a whack ass name and KOR and Fish kinda suck as characters. I hope Jeff wins again in dramatic surprise upset fashion.
MJF is coming up on Rick Rude status as far as greatest heels of all time IMO. But I do love when he is full babyface in Long Island.
Dude I said said the same thing about MJF to someone on a stream last week. He's got the arrogance and charisma of rude, the creativity of Jericho, gets heat like late 90s bubba ray, and delivers it all as smooth as the rock. Best promo and body language in the business right now and it's not close. I really, really hope that the rumors about him wanting more money and TK not wanting to pay it are mostly just him working the sheets. I might actually stop watching wrestling again if I ever see MJF reading scripted PG promos about how he's going to put someone in the local medical facility.
100% agree about undisputed elite. Their group names tend to suck (superkliq is good, I'll give them that one) and redragon is so vanilla. Im hoping the inevitable bucks vs redragon feud will maybe give them some kind of character? In a company like AEW being a technically sound, high workrate team means nothing so you better have some sort of identity (like FTR).
Hookhausen should be a good way for them to both get some seasoning and get comfortable working longer matches. Im hoping they put the actual matches on the YouTube shows and then just let them do gaga like this on Dynamite.
I love Regal so much man. I was just watching an old WCW ppv from 92 where he was super young but already so polished and smooth in the ring. I really didn't like him when I was a kid but I appreciate the little stuff so much more now.
HBK as Reynolds is perfect for this analogy haha. I definitely pictured the DiBiase back drop bump perfectly in my head when I read this, so that works too haha. He was a big dude and got so way up there so it was always like he was floating for a second and then he would sell it like he just shot in the back. His atomic drop selling was always super money too.