10 Rejected Wrestler Names WWE ACTUALLY Pitched
8. Reginald DuPont Helmsley (Triple H)
Really, is Reginald DuPont Helmsley that much further from the name WWE ultimately settled on, or the reality of what became of his name once he managed to convince the company to just let him go with the abbreviated version instead?
Hunter Hearst Helmsley was some cartoon villain alliteration for some cartoon villain times, but looked good on a spotlight being reflected onto the canvas, or in magazines that still wanted to put the capital letters in luminous yellow. Reginald DuPont Helmsley could have eventually been shortened to RDH and - in the spirit of many of the guys he hires today - would have suited the post-2010 superworker era of indie wrestling. It's proof really that anything, including 'The Game's original moniker can stick given long enough to cling on.
Any long name indicative of his former gimmick needed to go the second his relationship with Shawn Michaels moved to the other side of the curtain. He'd been established as Triple H by commentators enough in the past that the shift was relatively easy.