The 25 Worst Names in TNA History

When entering wrestling, finding a name can be difficult.

You have to find something that fits your character, something that is memorable and something that rolls off the tongue.

Things don't always play out that way. 

No company is immune to coming up with terrible names. After all, the biggest wrestling company on the planet invented Bastion Booger, Man Mountain Rock and the most hideous of all: Michael McGillicutty. 

With over 11 years in existence, TNA has a few questionable ones under its belt. These names weren't always created by the company, but they surely had the power to change them. It also immediately prevented the talent from achieving greatness, and worst of all, they insulted our brains with their stupidity.

Here are the 25 worst ring names in TNA history. 

Rosie Lottalove

Rosie Lottalove was portrayed by an overweight woman. There was a "lot to love."

Get it?

She debuted while Vince Russo was writing Impact. Feel free to draw your own conclusion.

Cute Kip

Poor Billy Gunn.

Not everyone can be born with a cool birth name like Kevin Nash or Scott Hall. Some are brought into this world with a Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (Shawn Michaels) or Monty Sopp (Mr. Gunn).

In TNA, Gunn was first The Outlaw, but WWE legal wasn't too thrilled with that. He was later Kip James. That wasn't very good, either.

The worst, though, was Cute Kip. 

Nobody can pull off having the word "Cute" before their name and still seem tough. Cute Steve Austin? Cute Undertaker? It just doesn't work. 

Suicide

Suicide is just a pretty tasteless name for a wrestling character. 

What parent wants to buy their kid an action figure named after someone killing themselves? Merchandise aside, suicide is a very touchy subject among most of the normal population.

TNA also had Homicide on the roster for a few years. Why the two never battled in a death match is a mystery for the ages.

Disgraceland

Sadly, Disgraceland isn't a place that you can actually visit; it was just a lousy name for a midcarder who quickly left the company.

Those who watched WCW closely during its dying days may have recognized Disgraceland as the former Luther Biggs.

Most fans probably don't remember that, either. 

D.O.C.

Nahhhhh, what's up Doc?

Oh, it's D.O.C.?

The Director of Chaos? 

Well that's just stupid. Really stupid. 

Kahoneys

Balls Mahoney, who had a questionable name to begin with, came in for the Hardcore Justice pay-per-view under the even worse name "Kahoneys."

Apparently, WWE had owned the name Mahoney, so Mahoney went with Kahoneys.

Was it a good call or just baloney?

Moose

Mickie Knuckles had a brief run in TNA with the unfortunate name of "Moose." 

Well, that's not very nice. 

The company was clearly insinuating something about her size here. After all, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky didn't have an obese animal as their nicknames. 

Rhaka Khan

Chaka Khan was the singer of "I'm Every Woman" the 1978 hit pop song.

Rhaka Khan was Scott Steiner's freak. 

Why anyone would choose Chaka's name to play off of is a mystery. It could be worse. At least a little. She could have gone by Janet Jerkson. 

Cheex

Cheex was like a mix between Chex mix and butt cheeks. 

It was a true sight to behold and about as bad as you could get. To make things even worse, Cheex's valet was "Brown Eyed Girl."

Murphy

Murphy is a pretty weak name, unless you're talking about Alex Murphy from Robocop. Then it's an awesome name. 

Unfortunately for Murphy, he was just as robotic as the saviour of Detroit and didn't last long in the company. 

Brutus Magnus

Magnus is a pretty cool name, but the Brutus before it was holding it back.

Really, there's only one Brutus in wrestling, and maybe it's best to just leave it that way. 

Petey Williams

There's just something about the name Petey that's not very threatening. As a babyface, it almost works OK, but as a heel, you just can't take him seriously. 

It's like wrestling as a Timmy, Teddy or Billy. If you have the name of a seven-year-old, it's time for an upgrade. 

Sally Boy

Rocco isn't exactly a great name, either, but his tag partner Sally Boy was even worse.

Mick Foley didn't do a great job of finding security with tough-guy names. Maybe he should have lent them one of his former personas like Dude Love to at least make them presentable. 

Rellik

For those who don't know, "Rellik" is "killer" spelled backwards. 

Of course, if you watched TNA, you would know that, because the announcers told us that fact every single match he was in.

'Babybear' Alex Shelley

When Alex Shelley first joined TNA, he was under the tutelage of Goldy Locks.

TNA took this a few steps too far and gave Shelley the nickname of "Babybear." Oh, so threatening!

Naming wrestlers after children's stories is always a terrible idea. That's probably why Rumpelstiltskin never rose above the midcard.

Sangriento

When Sin Cara first joined WWE, he was initially a little popular. TNA wanted to capitalize on this marginal buzz and brought in Sangriento.

Actually, the company didn't so much bring in someone new as it put a cheap mask on Amazing Red and pretended it was someone else. 

And Sangriento? That was just awkward to say. That's probably part of the reason he didn't stick around very long. The other reason was because the entire idea was very, very stupid. 

Shocker

Shocker is the name of a Spider-Man villain. OK, fair enough.

But that character was created in 1967. These days the term "shocker" has a completely different meaning. What does it mean? Well, that's not fit for these pages, but rest assured, there were far better choices. 

At the very least, TNA could have chosen a name that wouldn't have made 14-year-olds giggle every time they heard it. 

Jethro Holliday

The former Trevor Murdoch came to TNA with a mission.

That mission was to lose every match he was in and have a terrible name. Mission accomplished. 

X

Why X?

Because it sounds slightly better than "Z" or "W."

Antonio Bank$

Had MVP been watching too much Arli$$ before he joined TNA?

Let's just keep symbols out of a name. It didn't work very well for Prince, and it was even worse for The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea. 

Bubba the Love Sponge

Yes, Bubba the Love Sponge is the name that Todd Clem uses for his radio personality.

That doesn't make having the name "Bubba the Love Sponge" any less stupid and disgusting sounding in the confines of a pro wrestling program. 

Big Fat Oily Guy

This was a take off of WWE's Big Dick Johnson. Out of all the acts in WWE over the years, TNA wanted one of these guys for its own. 

You could argue that it was simply a spoof, but Oily Guy lasted much longer than Mr. Johnson. 

What really more is there to say about a man whose name is "Big Fat Oily Guy"? That was just downright cruel of his parents to name him that. 

Curry Man

To be fair, Curry Man is so bad that it's kind of awesome.

But still, Christopher Daniels under a mask had no chance of moving up the card with the ring name of an Asian cuisine. 

Vampire Warrior

The former Gangrel was unable to use the Gangrel name outside WWE, so he's used Vampire Warrior on the indies and in TNA.

What exactly is a vampire warrior, though? Is he a vampire that is also a warrior? Or is he a man that battles vampires? 

Either way, vampires aren't real.

Brother Runt

Much like other WWE castoffs, Matt Hyson (the former Spike Dudley) was unable to take his name with him to TNA.

Bubba Ray Dudley became Brother Ray and D'von Dudley became Devon. Those took a little bit getting used to but were fine. 

The name change was less kind to Spike Dudley, who switched over to Brother Runt, and it just never clicked.

Lollipop

In the early days of TNA, its most popular cage dancer (for whatever that was worth), was Lollipop. 

It was hard to think that a company named TNA could sound any sleazier, but Lollipop fit in just fine.