9 Wrestlers Who Had Their Names Shortened on the Main Roster
WWE is a weird place. Their foresight in TV production and gauging audience reactions is well known. They have seemingly attached a high importance on what name a superstar uses on TV. This has seen multiple character reboots, such as Isaac Yankem becoming Kane or Husky Harris becoming Bray Wyatt.
Even though the name is just a small portion of someone's character, WWE seem to enjoy changing and shortening names of their talent. If names like The Undertaker, The Miz, and Dolph Ziggler have worked, you would think any name is fine on TV. Nonetheless, we will be looking at 9 wrestlers whose names WWE shortened on TV.
#1 From Colin Cassidy to Big Cass
Who remembers Colin Cassidy? Well, SmackDown's newest monster heel did have a very different name before he debuted on the main roster. Tagging with Enzo Amore on NXT, Cass went with the much longer name of Colin Cassidy. However, WWE Creative decided that was too plain for the giant 7-foot man, and decided to just have a word which emphases this.
Cass did use the longer version of his name for a few months on the main roster, having his name changed permanently to Big Cass after Payback in 2016. This seems like a good decision, as Big Cass sounds like a better name than the contrived Colin Cassidy.