The WWE has decided to start giving fake names to developmental wrestlers in the FCW.
One of the reasons: If the wrestlers choose to go somewhere other than the WWE, they will have to use their real names.
If someone like Stone Cold (real name Steve Williams) were to leave the WWE, the WWE would still own the name Stone Cold, but of course not his real name.
Evan Bourne's real name is Matt Sydal. So coming from developmental, he was given a false name to go by. Since he is famous for being Evan Bourne, not many people will go to see Matt Sydal if he were to leave.
There were rare cases like Ted Dibiase Jr., since his father was in the WWE a while back.
But other than that, all of the names of the new wrestlers you are seeing now—especially in ECW—are not real.
So don't try to look up social security numbers or birth certificates for Ricky Ortiz or Tiffany.
They are not real.
The WWE feels by doing this, the market for people, and of course more of their talent, will still come from FCW like previously stated.
Speaking of FCW, the Florida Championship Wrestling is trying to increase attendance at TV tapings. They had been taping all shows for in-house purposes, but still didn't have a TV deal locally.
The belief among talent right now is that a TV deal has been reached, but no one seems to be aware of any particulars.
This would be good. Seeing the potential superstars coming on would be good. But we all may not get the show, considering not everyone lives in the Florida area.
The WWE is trying to get its own channel which is a while down the road. I figured they would wait until then...oh well.
What do you think about the name change? Is it good or bad for potential superstars?
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