17 WWE Superstars Who Mysteriously Lost A Name

WWE's current saddest tag team used to be a shining example of how to turn two schlubs into a viable property via competent tag team branding. Konor was Connor O'Brian, an NXT rookie most notable for believing that his ratlike face was a suitable foundation to build a pro wrestling career on. Viktor was Rick Victor, an aging Canadian man in steampunk goggles. Alone they were laughable dorks, but together, with the aid of vague Egyptian symbology and a lot of dry ice, they became the Ascension, terror of the NXT tag ranks.

In this case, the name shedding is totally justified. You can't have a big monster tag team with regular dude names. They swapped their C's for K's, but they're still perilously mundane. Like, JBL doesn't note that they use the goth spellings, so they just come off as regular guys cosplaying as a real monster team. "Coming down the aisle, at a combined weight of 500 pounds, Road Warrior Wayne, Road Warrior Tad, the Legion of Meh!"