10 Dumbest Names For Modern WWE Wrestlers
2. Skip Sheffield
The man known today as Ryback possibly got that name from Steven Seagal's character Casey Ryback from the Under Siege movies. Kind of an odd choice for a mononym, but it sounds pretty reasonable for a grunting tough guy. Certainly it's better than Skip Sheffield, the name with which Ryback was given upon joining the original NXT cast in early-2010.
For some reason or another, Sheffield was presented as a simplistic cowboy, one who proudly took the derisive, and silly, nickname "Cornfed Meathead" for himself when William Regal offered it up as a pejorative. Besides, what kind of name is Skip Sheffield for a bronco-buster, anyhow?
Skip Sheffield is half fifty-something with a fishing boat, half aristrocrat with a keen sense of style.