As talented as he was, it was hard to take Jimmy Wang Yang serious because of his Asian redneck gimmick and his goofy name. Is a huge MMA fan and frequently attends UFC and Pride FC events. Schultz is of half Ukrainian Jewish and half British descent. It’s a name that's hard to believe was real, almost as hard to believe that five other wrestling names have been worse. As a kid I wondered why someone would eat a beef cake when German chocolate existed. Andre the Giant and Giant Machine are examples of how to do it right. It seems that WWE's naming committee has gotten lazy when it comes to naming its female wrestlers over the last few years. Kelly Kelly. Twist it, rearrange it, replace it, you have to do something. Shaggy 2 Dope sounds like the worst rapper name ever. 2015 Inducted into the San Mateo Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Being named after a stronghold is a great idea, being named after mucous, not so much. Wrestling has a long tradition of names with the word 'giant' in them. Retired with a 1-0 No-holds-barred record. What is supposed to come off as playful, just comes off as trying too hard to be amusing. ( Log Out /  This character was an incestual version of "The Beaver" from Leave it to Beaver. Mention Ziggler's name several times and observe the person's reaction. Because I'd really like to see this gimmick. But why bells? Adding the 'boy' part of Dean Roll's ring name weakens this severely. The name looks misplaced next to AJ Styles or Samoa Joe. He attended Lafayette High School. Schultz was also named University of Oklahoma's "Big 8" medallion winner for outstanding senior male student-athlete. It’s a destructive force which Ottman could be in the ring. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Had he wrestled as Mosh of the Headbangers for his entire career, what could have become of him? When you can make Scotty 2 Hotty sound good, you know you've created a terrible name. He lost in a pin fall to Brock Lesnar after a grueling match during which he was hit 3 times by Brock's finishing maneuver the F5. This thread is archived. One of the worst cases of forced acronyms was the Godwinns. Being called the Minotaur wouldn't have bettered the gimmick, but being called Mantaur makes the whole scenario even more of a joke. 27% Upvoted. Mark Philip Schultz (born October 26, 1960) is an American Olympian and 2-time World champion freestyle wrestler and a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame,[1] the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame, the California Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the San Mateo Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. 12 comments. One might argue that Battman the wrestler is meant to be tongue-in-cheek and fun, but that kind of name always clashes when the wrestler starts to feud with someone with a more serious name. Luckily for Glenn Jacobs, WWE eventually gave him a great character in Kane. Going from the Father of the Gods to Ze Gangsta is a painful tumble. The Undertaker was added onto the event as a replacement for Bad News Brown. It's hard to picture a dumpster doing anything more than lying there and taking abuse. It included the childish Chilly McFreeze. Lewin also wrestled in Vancouver with NWA All Star Wrestling, where he feuded with the likes of Gene Kiniski and "Bulldog" Bob Brown and twice won the Pacific Coast Heavyweight title. "The Tombstone Piledriver" is also another finishing move but not used as often as in the past due to the damage it does to his knees. Four months after Dave's murder, Mark competed in and won an early mixed martial arts event at UFC 9. Professional wrestler known as Bubba Ray Dudley who became famous for being a member of the tag-team duo The Dudley Boyz. Refer to Ric Flair or Chris Jericho for more information. It was all part of a cartoony package that came at the wrong time. Fred Ottman was nearly 400 lbs. Edward Leslie sounded like he was a tough guy, a sex object and a hair stylist with this convoluted name. He wrestled all over the world and even wrestled for the WWF against the likes of Andre the Giant. But Holly did have the ridiculous name to go with his ridiculous outfit for too long. Glenn Gilbertti rocked a bad gimmick and a bad name during years in WCW. Previous Managers: General Skandor Akbar, Paul Bearer, Downtown Bruno, Paul E Dangerously. Taker defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to win his third WWF Title at WWF Over the Edge (1999). It was the longest undefeated streak of the 1990s. Even if there was fire involved in his gimmick, this wouldn't have worked. He died just two days later. And I'm the big dog that runs that yard. Bret Hart only had to add the "Hitman" nickname to complete his moniker. As Earthquake's tag partner, he was known instead as Typhoon. He then dated Jamie Szantyr in 2016. In a sport filled with dragons and vipers, anvils and giants, where exactly do a pair of bells fit. During his Boiler Room Brawl with Mankind at, Lost to JBL when the Undertaker accidentally got himself disqualified when he used the Champsionship Belt to knock out JBL. He wrestled in Australia and New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s with great success, especially in New Zealand where he drew huge crowds during the tours. Attended Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas on a basketball scholarship. The Undertaker's impressive undefeated (21-0) streak at WrestleMania came to an end on April 6, 2014 at WM XXX, making his win loss record at the event 21-1. When it comes to names for rappers or wrestlers, there's no time limit during the creation process.You are not forced to stick with the first thing you blurt out. If wrestling historians years from now scratch their heads as to why someone as immensely talented as Shelton Benjamin never became a world champion, they can start with his ring name. He and his late older brother Dave Schultz, also a wrestler, were noted for both winning gold medals in wrestling in the same Olympics (1984). Post was not sent - check your email addresses! © FamousBirthdays.com - use subject to the information collection practices disclosed in our Privacy Policy. Give him a memorable, fitting name and he may be on his way to legendary status. If you’re as physically intimidating as the Undertaker, you want your name and gimmick to match. Whately wrestled as Willie B. Bert and Shaska over his career. Learn how your comment data is processed. Whether his first WWE ring name "the Ringmaster" was an improvement over his WCW name, "Stunning" Steve Austin is up for debate. Best known as "The Undertaker" from World Wrestling Entertainment. Val Venis was an example of hinting at a man's junk without hitting fans over the head. No word on the outcome of her arrest…but she and her boyfriend were facing 15 years to life in prison if convicted. How many Hall of Famers are there named after food? Iowa's Spencer Lee rides PSU's Brandon Meredith in a dual meet on Jan. 31 (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) Spencer Lee -- University of Iowa junior who was crowned 2020 Big Ten champion at 125 pounds (and named 2020 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year at the conference championships) -- has been named the 2020 InterMat Wrestler of the Year, the amateur wrestling website announced Monday. He also spent time in Detroit working against The Sheik and fellow wildman, Terry Funk. Heck, going as Sex Ferguson, as he was briefly called would have been better than Festus. If you can reference Scooby Doo and use a slang that is no longer cool at the same time, you have to do it, right? [May 2004], Beat Mark Henry at Wrestlemania XXII. ... No one had ever named a wrestler after a type of earring before. [July 2006], At WrestleMania 21, Undertaker defeated Randy Orton to continue his undefeated WrestleMania streak at 13 wins and zero losses. Luckily for them wrestling has moved past their father's gimmick-heavy era. Heffron denied those accusations and claimed that Jasmine simply used him to get her foot in the wrestling business. Layla. Schultz got interested in gymnastics and started competing. What was exactly was he dragging? Cancer Named Mark #4. He is one of only two wrestlers (the other being Shawn Michaels) to have appeared on the very first episode of Raw who are still with the company today.Calaway's Undertaker character has two contrasting gimmicks which are the Deadman and the American Bad Ass. It suffers more from not giving us anything to work with. [April 2005], Defeated Randy Orton in the main event of the Smackdown! Adding tactless innuendo doesn't help. Mother: Catherine Calaway. Named after the famous ape that had recently returned to theaters in 1976’s “King Kong,” Bundy went on to main event WrestleMania 2 against Hulk Hogan and make his mark as an unforgettable ’80s villain. 1This World Championship Wrestling was an NWA affiliated promotion based in Australia that operated from the mid-1960s to the early-1990s. This attempt to be funny isn't really offensive because of how childish it is. While he ended up having a successful career, teaming with Ted DiBiase and as a singles wrestler, Rotundo's name was always a goofy sore on the face of his career. Single names are fine if they have meaning and power. In 1998, after leaving the WWC….Ortiz was arrested after attempting to sell heroin to an undercover agent. Names that are acronyms aren't usually successful. The two had to be separated by other wrestlers and security. Anonymous, Other Works Some men are born with perfect wrestling names. Before joining the WWF, the Undertaker wrestled in WCW under the name Mean Mark Callous. Outside of the wrestling business, he is a real estate investor. Chris Benoit could have gone with The Wolverine, The Crippler or plain old Chris Benoit as his ring name when he wrestled in Japan, but instead went with something that sounds like one of Rainbow Brite's friends. Japanese women wrestlers have long used English words as first names to great effect. He's kind of a meaty guy, so maybe that's what they were going with. Taking names from a list of fad toys is not an advisable choice. Before Fame. He has held the WWF World Title on four separate occasions, first at the Survivor Series (1991) (dubbed \"Hulk Hogan's Gravest Challenge\"), from then champio… There is too much going on here and it doesn't match. His fallen foes include: Before joining WWE in 1990, Undertaker competed under the following names: Texas Red, The Commando, Master of Pain, The Punisher, Mean Mark Callous and Punisher Dice Morgan. Drozdov's skill for on-demand vomiting got him a leg up in the business. He transferred to the University of Oklahoma, redshirted, and in the following three years (1981–83) won three NCAA Championships. Well then they certainly wouldn't have tried to have him wrestle with his full name, Shoichi Funaki. The Ultimate Warrior and the Undertaker had a story angle which began in March that year, with the Warrior winning their matches every time. Luckily, Chris DeJoseph's wrestling alter ago only appeared sporadically.