5 hilarious names WWE Superstars used to have

#3 WWE Hall of Famer Edge has actually gone by two stupid names.

"Damon" Striker

Let's face it - "Edge" is simply a cool name for a cool WWE star. It doesn't roll off the tongue, it leaps off of it and punches you in the face. Not literally, that would be weird. Also, his name has nothing to do with the U2 guitarist, The Edge, but was actually inspired by an Albany, NY radio station.

10 years ago today I was forced to retire. Forfeit the World Heavyweight Championship. Tonight, I main event #WrestleMania against two of the very best to ever do this for the Universal Championship. We all have the power to write our own stories. pic.twitter.com/PHY1N4K41s

— Adam (Edge) Copeland (@EdgeRatedR) April 11, 2021

However, Adam Copeland wouldn't become "Edge" until he arrived in WWE back in 1997. To get there, he had to travel a lot, work a ton of really small venues (we're talking small), and go through some name changes.

Before arriving in WWE, he had a very brief cup of coffee in WCW, wrestling a match against Meng on WCW Pro under the name Damian Striker (WCW, being WCW, listed the name on-screen as "Damon Striker" because of course they did). Granted, "Damian Striker" in of itself isn't that bad of a name - but he'll, unfortunately, forever be tainted with the name "Damon Striker" because someone in the WCW Pro production truck couldn't read.

That's nothing, though, compared to what Edge would choose to start his career with. That name... was Sexton Hardcastle. It's a name that would fit in perfectly in this particular gag from MST3K.

You know a name is dumb when even mid-90s WCW didn't want to use it.

ON THIS DAY in 1998, the WWE Universe got its very first look at @EdgeRatedR. pic.twitter.com/2UgIKme4UV

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) May 4, 2021

Thankfully, Edge finally became, you know... Edge, and didn't have to go into the WWE Hall of Fame as Chunky McSporkbutt or whatever he went by.