5 WWE Superstars who lost part of their name on the main roster

Modified Jan 16, 2019 21:58 GMT

Andrade "Cien" Almas is the latest WWE superstar to lose his name

#3 Alexander Rusev

Rusev and Lana have been partners ever since their time in NXT

Alexander Rusev made quite the impression down in NXT as one of the recruits to the Performance Center when NXT was first starting to become a training facility. Lana joined Rusev whilst he was down in NXT and the couple took over Full Sail University before he was promoted to the main roster and went on to become The Bulgarian Brute.

WWE made the conscious decision to take away Rusev's first name after a few weeks of being on the main roster since there was no need for Alexander to be part of his name anymore. Rusev is quite a unique name for the Bulgarian star to have so WWE decided that this would be enough for him, and he has since been very successful with the shortened version of his name since he is the current United States Champion.

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