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Johnny Landmine
Aug 2, 2004

PURE FUCKING AINOGEDDON

Yeah, fair.

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Thrifting Day!
Nov 25, 2006

https://twitter.com/evandeadlysinsw/status/880729590938972179

Since been clarified as Kairi Sane

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

terrible name

The_Rob
Feb 1, 2007

Blah blah blah blah!!

New member of sanity confirmed.

Basic Chunnel
Sep 21, 2010

Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

is it pronounced with a hard A?

Charles Gnarwin
Jul 31, 2014

I joined the #RXT REVOLUTION.
:boom:
he knows...


Basic Chunnel posted:

is it pronounced with a hard A?

Popped the katakana from her Twitter profile into google translate and it says it with a long A and silent e. Kind of surprised that they went with a name that is so similar to Zayn.

Tweak
Jul 28, 2003

or dont whatever








the hell was wrong with Hojo

Raeg
Jul 7, 2008

The top 1% of ducks have control of 99.9% of the bread.

Tweak posted:

the hell was wrong with Hojo

TOO CLOSE TO TOJO *chokes down a steak wrap*

DarkstarIV
Apr 6, 2010

OFFICIAL RACIST

Tweak posted:

the hell was wrong with Hojo

They (WWE) probably want to own the rights to the name.

MotU
Mar 6, 2007

It was like she was evicting walking garbage.
Pillbug
Sane Kairi is just paving the way for Crazzy Steve to be rebranded as Crazy Kairi

rovert
Jun 10, 2013
The former indie star Evie's NXT debut as a signed talent:

https://twitter.com/joshua7520/status/880958885602963456

Worked NXT TV once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZKyZRTEY34

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer
People get pissy about namechanges every time and it's dumb every time.

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

I'm just catching up on this week's episode and I'm not 100% convinced that they didn't lift Ho Ho Lun's theme from a Dynasty Warriors game.

FullMetalJackoff
Feb 15, 2004

Waluigi want his fucking Amiibo

rovert posted:

Meltzer said Io’s neck injury is legit. WWE found it doing medicals in Pittsburgh. Still WWE bound but it will be a long while.

Or she'll end up like Mio.

Vaguido
Feb 22, 2011

When the drug test comes back positive for performance enhancing drugs.

SamuraiFoochs posted:

People get pissy about namechanges every time and it's dumb every time.

Agreed. Some of the names are dumb sounding at first, but after a few months, Kairi Sane will sound normal to everyone.

Except Kassius Ohno. I would wrestle as poo poo doo doo man before I wrestled as Kassius Ohno

Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!
He chose the name Kassius Ohno.

Blooming Brilliant
Jul 12, 2010

Kerry Sane sounds like a character off Frasier.

Gaz-L
Jan 28, 2009

Senerio posted:

He chose the name Kassius Ohno.

Yes, but the whole reason he did that is now moot because they won't use the initials because that's Owens' thing.

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
Look, it'll all come together when Kenny Omega comes to WWE and gets fat. Just be patient.

Vaguido
Feb 22, 2011

When the drug test comes back positive for performance enhancing drugs.

Senerio posted:

He chose the name Kassius Ohno.

I don't care. It doesn't make it a good name.

Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!
It's a perfectly fine name.

Wazzu
Feb 28, 2008

Are you sure I'm winning the Rumble? That does'nt seem right.....

Senerio posted:

He chose the name Kassius Ohno.

He previously chose the way better name of "Chris Hero". It's so loving awesome, why would you not want to be HERO~~!

Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!
because he came in at a time where they were requesting name changes, and NXT is using previous WWE names if applicable to keep continuity.

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

Senerio posted:

because he came in at a time where they were requesting name changes, and NXT is using previous WWE names if applicable to keep continuity.

But they just renamed Evie on this very page

Senerio
Oct 19, 2009

Roëmænce is ælive!
Yeah, they cycle in and out on whether to rename people. They're on a rename kick.

DarkstarIV
Apr 6, 2010

OFFICIAL RACIST
Fans are real mad at Asuka because of this tweet.

https://twitter.com/WWEAsuka/status/881878222215852032

They are mad because they claim this tweet buries everyone in NXT, and Asuka is boring. :allears:

MotU
Mar 6, 2007

It was like she was evicting walking garbage.
Pillbug
asuka is right

freud mayweather
Jan 29, 2009

Senerio posted:

It's a perfectly fine name.

it's awful and hero is bad at everything in the world except for wrestling and filling out skin tight basketball jerseys.

Go RV!
Jun 19, 2008

Uglier on the inside.

I think Bianca Bel Air is a bad name but I'm not that bothered by it.

Hojo is a much cooler name than Sane though

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

Who owns 'Kairi Hojo' between her and Stardom? Either way this is good

Accident Underwater
Oct 21, 2005

You look like a star!

DarkstarIV posted:

Fans are real mad at Asuka because of this tweet.

https://twitter.com/WWEAsuka/status/881878222215852032

They are mad because they claim this tweet buries everyone in NXT, and Asuka is boring. :allears:

Let Asuka shoot fight fans until a real challenger to her title is found

Super No Vacancy
Jul 26, 2012

someone is free to correct me but i think WWE and AAA are p much the only promotions evil enough to claim ownership of people's ring names, with the sidenote that TNA attempted same but mostly as a pathetic attempt to imitate the WWE

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

I wasn't sure if it was the same with women who train and come up through stardom for their entire career. but maybe her acting name was kairi hojo anyway. i don't Even know. im sory

DarkstarIV
Apr 6, 2010

OFFICIAL RACIST
Odds are, they changed her name because Kairi Hojo plays a bit close to her actual name (Kaori Housako), and didn't feel like she was prestigious enough to keep a name that close to her original (or she didn't want to surrender the name to the WWE, which is also very likely), which is why they went with Kairi Sane.

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

she's not undefeated, someone please correct her

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

If you give your name up to WWE you can end up having to be called loving "Cody", so changes are probably for the best.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



Couldn't he be Cody Runnels? I mean, that is his name. He should have legally changed his name before WWE if he was planning on using his father's legacy his entire career. You would be pretty stupid to run a promotion with merch and licensing deals and not have ownership over the names appearing on screen.

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

He could, but going after the big bad WWE for taking his name got him some attention.

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

It will turn out Kairi changed her name because Hojo makes Vince think of Howard Johnson's and he hates that place.

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MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
I mean it keeps making me think of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsoc1K30Zb0

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