B.J. Upton is no longer. Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for Melvin. Upton. Jr. .... You there? Well good old Melvin is not the only one out there who has changed their name with a hopeful push towards greatness. Who did it best?
Wrestling (a million obviously)
Papa Shango - Kama - The Godfather
Cactus Jack - Mankind - Dude Love - Mick Foley
Thurman "Sparky" Plugg - Hardcore Holly
Razor Ramon - Scott Hall
Diesel - Kevin Nash
Dr. Issac Yankem - Kane - Corporate Kane
Rocky Maivia - The Rock
1-2-3 Kid - Syxx - X-Pac
Mike Rotunda - I.R.S.
Mabel - Viscera - Big Daddy V
Ron Simmons - Farooq
Johnny Polo - Raven
Aldo Montoya - Justin Credible
Many, Many More
Baseball
Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Tampa Bay Rays
California Angels - Anaheim Angels - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Joey Belle - Albert Belle
Fausto Carmona - Robert Hernandez
Leo Nunez - Juan Carlos Oviedo
Johan Santana - Ervin Santana
John Paul Bonser - Boof Bonser
Mike Stanton - Giancarlo Stanton
B.J. Upton - Melvin Upton, Jr.
Basketball
Lew Alcindor - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Lloyd Bernard Free - World B. Free
Chris Jackson - Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
Ron Artest - Metta World Peace
Akeem Olajuwon - Hakeem Olajuwon
Olivier Saint-Jean - Tariq Abdul-Wahad
Brian Williams - Bison Dele
Bill Walker - Henry Walker
Other
Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali
Bobby Moore - Ahmad Rashad
Chad Johnson - Chad Ochocinco
Domanick Davis - Domanick Williams
1 comment:
Great idea for an article. I know you mentioned that there were several that could have chosen for wrestling but because he became a legend I find it hard to imagine not including Stunning Steve Austin to The Ringmaster to the legend he became as Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Also I find it impossible to not include Greg White switching his name to Stylez White. He literally changed his name to honor one of the starters in Teen Wolf. Special stuff
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