Would you...?

[y2josh]

So, I thought this was a thought provoking topic, figured we could all weigh in on it.

Vince McMahon snowballs a lot of workers into giving up the rights to their gimmicks/gimmick names so they can work for him. Some have fought back by changing their actual name to their kayfabe name (Warrior and Chyna come to mind). Some people have gone on to have some really silly new names or have been forced to work under their real names, which no casual fan would recognize (PJ Polaco anyone?)

So, my question is, would you change your name to your gimmick name to be able to legally use it in other federations?

(The whole thing that prompted this, was I was thinking "Why didn't he just change his name to "Justin Credible"?)

[mikey1974]

as long as it sounded okay in real life,i guess....

[Deleted]

I was hoping this topic was going to be about Divas when I clicked it.

Anyway, no I would not. Even if you're a pro wrestler who makes lots of money it's still just a job. If I were a nurse I wouldn't change my name to "Nurse Wiley" or "Nurse Bash" or whatever.

It's a character name. Nothing more. Not worth changing your legal name over.

Besides, you could just go to TNA and become a variant of the name anyway.

[jasonphoenix1]

They might have the name but you have the gimmick. All you have to do is come up with another name. Also if you are going to pay me the money a lot of them make then you can call me whatever you want lol.

[y2josh]

But...c'mon guys! Cajones!?

I think Christian Cage is the only man to ever successfull cheat the McMahon Machine.

[HuskerTornado]

Warrior still makes a load on his name/trademarks every year.

[Nivro™]

Nope. There isnt enough money in the world that could get me to change my name. Especially my last name. My family heritage just means too much to me.

[Deleted]

If it wasn't something ridiculous, I'd think about it or I'd just copyright the name myself so that I owned the rights and just go by whatever name they gave me in the WWE.