10 WWE Moves That Had To Be Renamed

Another instance concerned with character development, this time involving Daniel Bryan during his initial main event run with the company.

Having won his maiden world title, Bryan assumed the role of braggadocious heel—a move that of course gave birth to the sensational “Yes” catchphrase for which Bryan has since become so famed.

But as well as the over-enthusiastic Yes chants, the diminutive champ began making grandiose claims about his abilities. But even after he lost the title, the pompous statements continued. One such example coming during a backstage segment with Kofi Kingston just days after his 18-second loss to Sheamus WrestleMania 28.

When threatening to place Kingston in the Lebell Lock, it suddenly dawned on D-Bry that he was in fact “better than Gene Lebell ever was”. Bryan went on to innovatively rename the submission move the Yes Lock.

This of course was adapted to the No Lock as part of Bryan’s back-and-forth relationship with the WWE Universe, but whichever variant was settled upon, this was another neat example of renaming a move to further develop a persona.