20 Dumbest Wrestler Names EVER (...That We Absolutely LOVE)

11. ‘Astonishing’ Adam Düng

You stopped at 6 Kwee Wees when you scrolled down to see The Miz's barnet, didn't you?

Impact/TNA's 'Throwback Throwdown' events had nothing on WWE's in-house laugh-a-minute parody known as Southpaw Regional Wrestling. Or, should that be Southpaw Regional Wrasslin'? Seems fitting. No, Miz wearing that wig and looking like Sam Roberts before he shaved it all off wasn't supposed to be taken seriously.

Read the subheading again to get the full flavour for his name though. He was 'Astonishing' Adam Düng. Perhaps nobody told WWE or anyone involved in SRW that the umlaut softens that 'u' away from sounding like 'u'. Adam Deung? Adam Doong? No, they wanted Adam Dung. The umlaut was merely for comedic effect and to spice things up a bit.

Granted, 'Astonishing' here wasn't a real wrestler, but he had to be included on the list anyway, because Southpaw was such a giggle. Other gems on the lineup included Karl Anderson as ‘Chad 2 Badd’, The Ascension as ‘Surf Dudes With Attitudes’, and Heath Slater as 'Impressive' Pelvis Wesley.

Basically, everything was a parody of regional wrasslin' in the 1970s and 80s. Hell, some of those promotions were still stuck in the past as calendars turned to the millennium in 2000 and beyond. It's a wonder that Miz wasn't handed a mullet, or something like that.

By the time Southpaw aired, Miz was a made man in WWE circles. He'd come a long, long way from having to get dressed in the public bathrooms because he'd been bullied out of the locker room.