10 Rejected Wrestler Names WWE ACTUALLY Pitched
6. Hirohito (Kenzo Suzuki)
Eesh.
Kenzo Suzuki was a flawed project from the very beginning as the mid-2000s threw more sh*t at the wall to try and get over underneath the scant few performers Jim Cornette had kindly readied for megastardom in his famously stacked OVW class of 2002.
For every John Cena and Batista there were about 20 guys WWE either signed or failed profoundly to develop as the next ones. Japanese star (and occasional tag team partner of Hiroshi Tanahashi, who nearly came on board instead) Kenzo Suzuki was ultimately the latter, but almost lost his real name to the horrifically misguided one above when he stepped bravely into the the parts unknown that was and is Sports Entertainment.
A single promo snuck online to highlight just how much very real and painful history would have been drilled into with the character before the company saw sense and let him go with what they eventually settled on. That his run was so unremarkable highlighted just how disastrous the name could have been - the company would have welcomed completely unnecessary controversy, all for a midcarder that wasn't even an effective fit.