Worst name ever?
By Scott Keith on 30 May 2015
Hey Scott,
Was thinking about this the other day, after reading a review of some old WCW card that had Kwee Wee wrestling on it: What do you think are some of the worst wrester names ever? I'm not talking about shitty gimmicks that found their way into the name (Red Rooster, Firebreaker Chip), but stand-alone names that were horrible.
I've got Kwee Wee (obviously) near the top, along with Zan Panzer, Dolph Ziggler (although he's overcome it), and maybe Don Kernodle. What say you?
What's wrong with Don Kernodle? You might as well bust on Nick Bockwinkel while you're at it.
Developmental of course has held the record for bad names lately, although to be fair they're more horribly generic than BAD, per se. Kwee Wee was absolutely awful, one of the worst. I think the worst by a country mile was WEE WILLIE WILKINS, but that was more of a specific rib by Dusty Rhodes rather than any kind of attempt at seriously naming someone. And I know others are not on my side on this one, but I always hated "X-Pac" as a name. Never worked for me and didn't really represent anything about the character.
Bruce Hart had some epic bad names when he was booking Stampede, like "Principal" Dick Pound and a million other stupid puns. Speaking of which, I also thought TL Hopper was terrible, unless you're counting that as part of the gimmick.