Meaningful Name/Professional Wrestling

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


It is a long-standing tradition in Professional Wrestling for gimmick names to let fans know exactly what they're in for.


  • Kharma, who beats up heel Divas. In other words, Kharma's a bitch, and it comes back to bite you in the ass.
  • Sin Cara means No Face. This has a double meaning; not only does his mask completely hide his face, but due to legal necessity, he left his previous identity as Mistico behind when he signed with WWE -- in other words, he is now without the "face" he has wrestled under his entire career.
  • A man of mystery: Rey Mysterio, Jr.. Doubles that in Spanish his name is King Mystery or King of Mystery.
  • Pompous Brit: Stephen William Regal
  • Insane woman: Luna
  • Destructive giant from India: The Great Khali [sic]
  • Pain-bringing Wild Samoan warrior: Umaga ("The End")
  • Corrupt taxman: Irwin R. Schyster [sic]
  • Evil dentist (yes, dentist): Isaac Yankem
    • Who later became jealous, murderous brother Kane.
  • Angry Scotsman: Roddy Piper
  • Japanese silent warrior with facepaint: The Great Kabuki
  • Adult film star: Val Venis (Rhymes with...)
  • Texan cowboy brothers: Billy and Bart Gunn
  • Gothic vampire: Gangrel (They even gave White Wolf credit for the name when licensing it!)
  • Little Richard-style flamboyant rock'n'roller: Johnny B. Badd
  • That said, that heel with all the pizazz was really born Ric (Richard) Fleihr, and the egotistical Ravishing Rick Rude was actually named Richard Roode.
  • Buffed out hero. Hulk Hogan (Licensed from Marvel, even.)
  • Treacherous Brother: Judas Mesias
  • Mexican wrestling legend Dos Caras (Two Faces) was so named because he was one of Lucha's first prominent tweeners; on any given night, he could be a Face or a Heel.
  • Though the same height as Kane, but The Big Show is called that rather his birth name, Paul, for a reason. He’s about seven feet tall and a super heavyweight… enough to break the ring upon a superplex. Just ask a former NCAA amateur wrestler and a Olympic weightlifter that… they learn about it the hard way.