10 wrestlers who had awful names before reaching WWE

Cesar
Cesaro wasn't always known by his simple one-word moniker

# 3 Heavy Metal Jesus - Elias

It isn
It isn't hard to see why Elias had this name

I actually struggled to put this one in the list, because I think it's an incredible name.

On the indies, Elias was known as Heavy Metal Jesus. No, not a nickname, his actual ring name. His finishing move was called the Halo Bomb and he was known to do a Crucifix Dive.

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Heavy Metal Jesus Logan Shulo thankfully has transitioned to Elias, although I think "Who wants to walk with Heavy Metal Jesus?" has quite the ring to it.

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