http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-writing-c ... wrestling/

Probably preaching to the choir around here. What do you all think and what would you put on the list yourself?

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That's freakin' awesome.

Good read! I'll add:

#6 - Quit Changing People's Names! I am so g.d. sick of WWE and TNA changing everyone's names all the time. I understand why they do it, but it's so annoying. The names they're coming up with are better now than they were (Dolph Ziggler), but it still sucks. "Kill Owens Kill" has ABSOLUTELY no ring to it whatsoever. Don't go all Mean Girls on me here ladies, but "Roman Reigns" might be the worst name given to a Samoan dude since "Rosey", they might as well try to convince me his name's Greg Thomas. I don't buy it, and it bothers me.

I'll take Kaval over Senshi, but nobody's fooling anyone - that's Low Ki. Why can't they make some exeptions? Why can't Kenta just be Kenta? Come the fuck on, he's been on NXT for, like, 2 months now and I still can't remember his new name for sure - and that's on the show I WATCH EVERY WEEK. I'm not an "ROH Guy" per-say, but I know "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson just makes "Daniel Bryan" sound even worse than it does without knowing what it used to be. Meh, let's see if Goat Face sticks, there might be some money there... eh boys? Seth Rollins isn't bad, but Tyler Black sounds better. Kalisto, though? Are you kidding me!? Dude comes in with some of the absolute coolest masks the indies have to to offer, with cooler flippies than Rey ever pulled off in his prime... gardammit, Samuray Del Sol was an awesome name, to complete a marketing GOLDMINE. Go to hell, Rey Mysterio Jr! We've got our next cash cow right here! Handed right to us, as is! But, "Kalisto"? That sucks. Sounds like something a guy would name his transvestite diva alter-ego.

Get that smirk off your face TNA, with your Desmond Wolfe's and your Generation Me's. I'll actually give TNA a little credit in this department, they don't change names very often when they don't have to, and when they do it's not as blatantly offensive as WWE's Random Name Generator. Team 3D, with "Brother Ray" and "Brother D-Von" was pretty clever. Tyrus is pretty clever as well. ECIII has WAY more upside to it than Derrick Bateman. They did take America out of The Wolves... and the American in me wants to have a problem with that... but I'm gonna let it go because they got Bully Ray over.

A good list, but I'd argue that the Vince thing is just the same as "the writers are bad storytellers" because Vince is really just a writer. The out of touch thing probably could have been it's own point, though.

Bob-O wrote: #6 - Quit Changing People's Names! I am so g.d. sick of WWE and TNA changing everyone's names all the time. I understand why they do it, but it's so annoying. The names they're coming up with are better now than they were (Dolph Ziggler), but it still sucks. "Kill Owens Kill" has ABSOLUTELY no ring to it whatsoever. Don't go all Mean Girls on me here ladies, but "Roman Reigns" might be the worst name given to a Samoan dude since "Rosey", they might as well try to convince me his name's Greg Thomas. I don't buy it, and it bothers me.

I'll take Kaval over Senshi, but nobody's fooling anyone - that's Low Ki. Why can't they make some exeptions? Why can't Kenta just be Kenta? Come the fuck on, he's been on NXT for, like, 2 months now and I still can't remember his new name for sure - and that's on the show I WATCH EVERY WEEK. I'm not an "ROH Guy" per-say, but I know "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson just makes "Daniel Bryan" sound even worse than it does without knowing what it used to be. Meh, let's see if Goat Face sticks, there might be some money there... eh boys? Seth Rollins isn't bad, but Tyler Black sounds better. Kalisto, though? Are you kidding me!? Dude comes in with some of the absolute coolest masks the indies have to to offer, with cooler flippies than Rey ever pulled off in his prime... gardammit, Samuray Del Sol was an awesome name, to complete a marketing GOLDMINE. Go to hell, Rey Mysterio Jr! We've got our next cash cow right here! Handed right to us, as is! But, "Kalisto"? That sucks. Sounds like something a guy would name his transvestite diva alter-ego.

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Kalisto souds like a heel TNA Knockout's name

cero2k wrote:

Bob-O wrote: #6 - Quit Changing People's Names! I am so g.d. sick of WWE and TNA changing everyone's names all the time. I understand why they do it, but it's so annoying. The names they're coming up with are better now than they were (Dolph Ziggler), but it still sucks. "Kill Owens Kill" has ABSOLUTELY no ring to it whatsoever. Don't go all Mean Girls on me here ladies, but "Roman Reigns" might be the worst name given to a Samoan dude since "Rosey", they might as well try to convince me his name's Greg Thomas. I don't buy it, and it bothers me.

I'll take Kaval over Senshi, but nobody's fooling anyone - that's Low Ki. Why can't they make some exeptions? Why can't Kenta just be Kenta? Come the fuck on, he's been on NXT for, like, 2 months now and I still can't remember his new name for sure - and that's on the show I WATCH EVERY WEEK. I'm not an "ROH Guy" per-say, but I know "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson just makes "Daniel Bryan" sound even worse than it does without knowing what it used to be. Meh, let's see if Goat Face sticks, there might be some money there... eh boys? Seth Rollins isn't bad, but Tyler Black sounds better. Kalisto, though? Are you kidding me!? Dude comes in with some of the absolute coolest masks the indies have to to offer, with cooler flippies than Rey ever pulled off in his prime... gardammit, Samuray Del Sol was an awesome name, to complete a marketing GOLDMINE. Go to hell, Rey Mysterio Jr! We've got our next cash cow right here! Handed right to us, as is! But, "Kalisto"? That sucks. Sounds like something a guy would name his transvestite diva alter-ego.

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Kalisto souds like a heel TNA Knockout's name

My theory has always been that he wears the mask because underneath it, he is an ugly Morlock.