10 Best Tough Guy Names In Wrestling
It takes more than brawling and good music to make a tough guy. You also need a kickass name.
A tough guy aura is something that is cultivated over time. You build a resume of fights, feats, and fearsome moments that become the stuff of legend. Part of that mystique is having a great tough guy name.
It's not the be-all end-all, of course. Men like Danny Hodge, Karl Gotch, and Billy Robinson were tougher than a two-dollar steak, as good ol' JR would say. Sure, they're synonymous with toughness NOW. But those names on their own do not a tough guy make.
Triple H is no doubt one tough SOB -- taking the Walls of Jericho with a torn quad proves that -- but it's not like HHH or Hunter Hearst Helmsley are tough guy names.
So Max Muscle, you need not apply. Abdullah the Butcher? Scary, yes, but more the name of a madman than a badass. A tough guy is something else entirely.
Today, we're looking at ten names that helped launch careers and create legends.
10. The Ultimate Warrior
No, Jim Hellwig didn't have a tough guy persona, and his moveset looked pretty weak and his promos were like hippie magnetic poetry tumbling in a dryer, but there's no denying that The Ultimate Warrior sure sounds like a badass.
In a business where branding and hyperbole are part of the game, there have been plenty of names that promise rough-and-tumble action. The Crusher, The Mongolian Stomper, The Barbarian, The Warlord, another Barbarian...
But we're talking about the Ultimate Warrior here. Not the Penultimate Warrior. Not one heck of a Warrior.
The Ultimate Warrior. That's proper tough-guy branding right there.
Just don't let him, you know, speak. Ever.