Double The Letters. WWE Superstar Undergoes Name Change.

I remember that name! Wrestling is a weird place as you see all kinds of performers coming and going but sometimes their names and characters change. It is clearly the same person, but we are supposed to forget that they were ever someone else. That can work if the new character is different enough, but the rather random name changes can become a bit of an issue, so thankfully WWE has fixed one name change.

As shown on WWE.com, Rowan is now known as Erick Rowan again. The original name change came about during Rowan’s time in the Bludgeon Brothers when he and Luke Harper both lost their first name. Since then, Rowan has returned from a long term injury and is now teaming with Daniel Bryan. There is no word why WWE decided to give him his first name back, though they have done something similar when Apollo went back to being Apollo Crews.

Maybe the lookalike made WWE think they needed a way to identify him. Check out Rowan revealing Roman Reigns’ attacker:

Opinion: This is one of those things that doesn’t really matter in the long run, which makes me wonder why they bothered doing the initial change. It’s hard to hide a 6’6 bald monster with a red beard and just cutting off his first name doesn’t change much of anything. I don’t get the thinking here and it’s turned into one of those things that WWE just does for reasons that are probably nowhere near as important as the company thinks they are.

Do you like the first name being back? What is next for Rowan? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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