10 WWE Superstars and their original WWE gimmick names

Modified Jun 21, 2019 05:45 GMT

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#3 Sheamus was called Sheamus O’Shaunessy

WWE has been known to remove names from Superstars in recent years: (Alexander) Rusev, (Antonio) Cesaro, Big E (Langston), (Erick) Rowan, (Luke) Harper... the list goes on.

But this isn’t a new phenomenon – it actually happened back in January 2009 with Sheamus.

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The Irishman debuted in FCW as Sheamus O’Shaunessy in October 2007 but his name was shortened a little over a year later.

Edited by Prathik R