10 Worst Tough Guy Names in Wrestling
Even genuine tough guys need help to sell themselves. These names... aren't helping.
One of the most entertaining aspects of professional wrestling is watching larger-than-life characters put on a show for the live audience and the people watching at home. And a wrestler's name is a huge part of the package.
There are dozens and dozens of examples of bad wrestling names and gimmicks -- Beaver Cleavage, Bastion Booger, and Mantaur come to mind -- but those lists have been done to death. Having a goofy name is one thing. It's something else entirely to sell yourself as a tough guy, only for your name to sabotage you from the start.
You could be the baddest man in the land, a survivor of Cages of Death, Six Sides of Steel, Hell in a Cell, or hardcore battles with New Jack, but brand yourself with the wrong name, and it's all for naught.
We've already seen what a great tough guy name can do for you in professional wrestling... now let's look at the flip side of the tough guy coin.
Oh, before we get started, honorable mention goes to Triple H, for his time in WCW as Terra Ryzin. This so-bad-it's-good name is too funny to make the top ten, but still deserves a shout-out. In terms of tough-guy cachet, it's even worse than Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
10. 2 Tuff Tony
This CZW wrestler and former Juggalo Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion sounds more like a misspelled text message than a credible contender in the ring.
But he's a survivor of JCW, DDT, CZW, and IWA-Mid South, all companies with a reputation for hardcore matches that go above and way beyond, for better or for worse.
The man might be tough as nails, but the name is a disappointment. Then again, he's also wrestled as 2 Strong John and Hollywood Chuck Hogan, so maybe somebody else should take over the gimmick responsibilities in the future.
(Shout-out to M'fufu Baanaana for suggesting him.)