Here’s Why Vince McMahon Shortens So Many WWE Stars’ Names

Former WWE star Tucker has explained why Vince McMahon shortened his and Otis’ names from the full names they had in NXT.

In NXT, they were Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic, but like many call-ups before and since them, they only went by singular names on the main roster.

Tucker spoke about this on the What Do You Call It? podcast, and said:

“We weren’t consulted about it or anything. We heard about it on the internet or something, always, which is par for the course. It shouldn’t be, but it is. The reason I was given, which makes sense but it doesn’t make sense.

“Basically, the reason that I understand is that – and this happens more often than not – seconds on television. Vince didn’t like how long it took for the announcer to say ‘Tucker Knight, Otis Dozovic, Heavy Machinery’ coming to the ring. That’s the reason.”

Like Tucker said, you can kind of understand why Vince McMahon has that thought process – the more time the ring announcer is ring announcing, the less time there is for the commentators to sell stuff. So, it kind of makes sense, but it’s also still kind of silly.

The most recent examples of something similar happening are Shotzi Blackheart and Tegan Nox becoming Shotzi and Nox (although Nox has retained her Tegan when she’s being referred to individually), and Reginald becoming Reggie.

Quote via Ringside News

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