Real names of WWE Superstars

Do you know what the real name of Roman Reigns is?Professional wrestling is essentially storytelling. The writers set up an environment and then populate it with characters that settle their conflicts in between the ropes. Most of these characters will be miles away from what they are in real life. To make this distance more visible, the wrestling promotion even gives wrestlers new names.And they tend to be known around the world through this name rather than their real name. So this opens up the room for some curiosity among the fans. What is the real name of this superstar that I see every week in and week out? This list is going to take a dig in to this question and take a look at some of the WWE superstars and their real names.

#12 Lana and Sasha Banks

Lana - Catherine Perry

The Ravishing Russian

WWE's whole idea of projecting Lana as the ravishing Russian would've crashed and burned if they had used her original name. The real life Catherine Perry was also known as CJ Perry during her pre-WWE days.

But now, the name Lana has taken over and everyone knows her by this name.

Sasha Banks - Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado

Sasha Banks

The real name of Sasha Banks is an impressive one, to say the least. It has a certain ring to it and could fit if she was playing a jacked up gangster in a Hollywood film. The name Mercedes would've worked in the wrestling business as well, but Sasha Banks does a better job.