Wrestlers have some of the funniest names, yeah? i mean we all know The Rock, The Undertaker, Triple H and Hulk Hogan, but this world has also given us Pegasus Kid, Lash LeRoux, Pez Whatley, SCotty 2 Hotty and of course Dolph Ziggler.
But we thought you might be able to do even better and so we came up with #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe and you did the rest…
[The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is called a Hashtag game. @AFrikkinHashtag [say it out loud] is South Africa’s #1 Hashtag game and is always a lot of fun. The F.L.O.P. [or Fish List Of Prizeworthyness] is the collection of some of the best tweets from each week’s game and is what all seriously comedic Hashtaggers aspire to…]
With @WTFKlorine as my co-host [which, let’s be honest, is a pretty creative wrestler type name already] we set out to see just how popular this might be.
We sent out an invitation:
And then we got the ball rolling:
i decided to give one or two ideas of how this could work:
And of course it was another chance for me to rock my airport greeter:
My co-host WTFKlorine jumped right in:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe '1,2,3 ding dong ding'.
Cuz' it'll take only 3 seconds me to lose.— Klorine (@WTFKlorine) November 30, 2016
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe kid Venus according to https://t.co/7XIad3ocWF …
— Klorine (@WTFKlorine) November 30, 2016
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Klo'Powerpuff'Rine!
— Klorine (@WTFKlorine) November 30, 2016
This was a game which the US took to:
⒈ #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
⒉ #CalmMeDownIn3Words
⒊ #SexyDisney
⒋ #wednesdaywisdom
⒌ #slush162016/11/30 05:39 CST https://t.co/IvleifByXY
— Trendinalia USA (@trendinaliaUS) November 30, 2016
And Canada was not far behind:
https://twitter.com/trendinaliaCA/status/803951769394872320
Four of our favourite bots showed yup to play:
What's the deal with #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe? Do you eye me? Am I a die? Am I an actual generator? Just what am I?
— Seinfeld Bot (@TheSeinfeldBot) November 30, 2016
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe? More like My Wrestler Flame Would Be, amirite?
— AmIRite Bot (@AmIRiteBot) November 30, 2016
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe #MyWrestlerNameWouldSchme…
— Bot? Schmot! (@BotSchmot) November 30, 2016
Everything you know about My Wrestler Name Would Be is wrong.
— Wrong Bot (@yrwrong) November 30, 2016
As well as News 12 from New Jersey:
The News 12 Morning Show chose their wrestler names. What would yours be? #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe #njmorningshow pic.twitter.com/5e2dpdIAWC
— News12NJ (@News12NJ) November 30, 2016
But it was real life in-the-flesh wrestler Brimstone we were most excited about:
Haha, twenty years as Brimstone already – not going to start changing it now! #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe #gotBrim pic.twitter.com/1bJd4EeobV
— Brimstone™ (@entrancetohell) November 30, 2016
And we even had a singer, the talented Djoir Jordan who used her song name as her wrestling name:
Warrior…. Duh!! 🤗🎶 #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Djoir Jordan (@Djoir) November 30, 2016
But of course we know what you came here for – everyone is throwing themselves at the canvas to see if they made it on to this week’s F.L.O.P. and these are the ones who did.
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS
As always with so many thousands of tweets it was hard to sift through all of them and find all the best, but these were definitely some of the great names that caught our eye:
Is it a wrestler name, is it her rapper name? Hard to tell, but here is Grendel:
Slam Master G #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Gretel Armstrong (@SugarGretel) November 30, 2016
Geff tagged in early with the puns:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Bulk Hogan @AFrikkinHashtag
— Geff Gefferson (@GeffGefferson1) November 30, 2016
Shota showed us where his passion lies:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Irn Bru Tyson
— Tom Vaughn (@shotalandia) November 30, 2016
While Zenmeister Zen kept it straightforward and philosophical with:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Ima Wrestler.
— Tag Femmes (@TagFemmes) November 30, 2016
Arricka brought all the amazing alliteration:
The Tyrannical Troll Tamer#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe@AFrikkinHashtag @BrettFishA @HashtagRoundup
— I'm Shucked! (@Aricka_Shuck) November 30, 2016
While Chortler stayed true to form:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe the laughing assassin
— Expert_Chortler (@Expert_Chortler) November 30, 2016
Corey had one of the most out and out there wrestler monikers:
Cubic Zirconia Dallas Page #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Corey Miller (@StopEatingBees) November 30, 2016
While also providing a suitable-ish backup:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The Underachiever
— Corey Miller (@StopEatingBees) November 30, 2016
Veldlot was also channeling Zen:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The diaroque : I am a talker, not a fighter
— VeldLot🌷 (@VeldLot) November 30, 2016
While Richard made no MOSStakes:
Tnetennba pic.twitter.com/9MMG9YylSw
— Richard H (@FeeBooths) November 30, 2016
John scored the misdirectional points for sure:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Darren Braithwaite. Because nobody ever goes that route.
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) November 30, 2016
While Shea let us in on his tactics:
The Sleep Machine #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Shea Browning (@SheaBrowning) November 30, 2016
Shota kinged the puns with this one:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Jock's Trap
— Tom Vaughn (@shotalandia) November 30, 2016
Although Zen was not too far away, bringing Hollywood into it:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Minnie Piledriver.
— Tag Femmes (@TagFemmes) November 30, 2016
Tee also had some allittery things:
Tee the Terrorfying Tower of Torment #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Tee (@liltr2) November 30, 2016
While Tal with this MAKE HER STOP meme brought some punnage to the ring:
The Lord Of The Fries pic.twitter.com/DQNOwwd8Ki
— Sir TΔLIƩSΨΠE 🎸📷 (@Taliesyne) November 30, 2016
Aiden was vying for second place:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
The Penultimate Warrior— Aidan forgets why he (@aidno) November 30, 2016
While Shea reminded us that the steaks were high:
The Buffet Slayer #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Shea Browning (@SheaBrowning) November 30, 2016
Cloudz brought the combo:
Sandy Savage the Macho Macho Man.
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe— Dustin (@Fibers999) November 30, 2016
View didn’t seem to be fully into it:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Triple MeH
— View from my Office (@viewfrommyoffic) November 30, 2016
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
Injure Ninja— Lifa (@MLifaro) November 30, 2016
While MLifaro left no doubts as to his intentions:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The Irish Couch Potato
— Dave's Mug (@MuggyMcMugface) November 30, 2016
This was so random [but related] that i couldn’t help but smile:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The Duvet
— Freshly Comedy Spain (@FreshlyComedy) November 30, 2016
Heather felt like silence was the way to go:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
The Undertalker— Heather 🌸😎🌈🌮 (@heathercore) November 30, 2016
And Katt got huge popularity and deep empathy with this revelation:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
The Rocky Relationship— Katt Funny (@KattFunny) November 30, 2016
Dave was coming at us:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
Plaid Socks— Dreadfully_Dave (@DStap4) November 30, 2016
While Rishabh seemed to possibly be having second thought?
Triple Hmmm…. #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Rishabh Sharma (@im_srishabh21) November 30, 2016
Jacob worked with what he had:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Captain Eyebrows
— Jacob Gallucci (@JacobG88) November 30, 2016
While Diogo’s name just rolls off the tongue:
El Scorpio.#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Diogo Torgal (@dtorgal) November 30, 2016
Package had an amazing name followed by an underwhelming disclosure:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Dominant Gene.
I just think that's an awesome name. My genes are not dominant in any way.
— package (@package0606) November 30, 2016
Brandon had both a name and a tag line:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe AJ Storm. Bringing the Thunder from the land down under.
— Leo Taurus (@LazyLeoYT) November 30, 2016
While Lily really had me believing with this one:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Rapunzel's slap
— Lily Ann Robbie (@LilyNRobbie) November 30, 2016
Sassy somehow managed to sneak this one through, cos wrestling:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
The Incomprehensible Bulge— SassyFacts (@SassyFacts_1) November 30, 2016
While Anthony was coming at ya like a hip hop beast:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Ryan "The Truth" Lyon – "because the one ya trust the most is Lyon!!" And I'll be "breaking necks & cashing cheques!"
— Anthony Brady (@AJBrady_Sports) November 30, 2016
The Dutch team double tagged themselves in this one:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The Dutch Demolition Crew with @VeldLot and @Pascaldegier
— MattRSays (@MattRSays) November 30, 2016
While Christopher even had a signature move:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The Cynic
Finishing Move: Xtreme Eye Roll— Christopher Martin (@ThatFatRascal) November 30, 2016
Sarah had a name and a confession:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Bruises Easily
— Sarah Klauda📎 (@sklauda1) November 30, 2016
While Watcher Man knew which corner he was standing in:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Click Bait. I'd be the ultimate villain. @AFrikkinHashtag
— Watcher Man (@watcherman2094) November 30, 2016
Nicky knew she wasn’t jostling for cool person vibes:
Party's Over Mullet #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Nicky Black (@NickyBlack17) November 30, 2016
While Weird went the pop culture route:
Bitey McBitesalot #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Weird Savant (@weirdsavant) November 30, 2016
David Bell seemed to know where he stood:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
Andre the pretty averaged size guy.— Not THAT David Bell (@BellDavidC) November 30, 2016
While Ketsphen had us guessing and then Boom!
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
Waitferit-Waitferit Punchline— Ketsphen Gin (@Ketsphen) November 30, 2016
Lou also had a wrestling confession:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The Undies Taker
— Cthulhu Lou Grant (@TheRealMattL) November 30, 2016
Lila punned her name to give herself some girth:
Burly Temple #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— Skadi™ (@elegantcrcuitry) November 30, 2016
While the man of steel went for the rhyme…
Jamaican Sensation #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
— NTFRMHRE (@NTFRMHRE) November 30, 2016
And Society really brought it with this absolute rocker!:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe PRIMAL GRAVY!!!!!!!!!
— Society's Basement (@SocietyBasement) November 30, 2016
While Jose seemed a little more chilled about his vibes:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Goes-to-the-gym-every-now-and-then Hogan
— Jose Antonio Ojeda (@ojedasbodega) November 30, 2016
Amithab played with his words:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Tomb's tone.. the silent assassin
— Amithab Kasiparsad (@AmithabK) November 30, 2016
With Miasmo doing the same:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Slammy Davis Jr.
— miasmo (@miasmo_) November 30, 2016
While Franchise didn’t seem quite as dedicated:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe "Wander Woman." You'd wait for me for forever to get into the ring because I'm out wandering the stadium for nachos
— FrancheezyFoSheezy (@FranchiseOooh) November 30, 2016
Jay brought the european flavour:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe El ninja español !!! 🗾🗾🗾
— Jay_is_way (@WareSawyer) November 30, 2016
While Grego went all lituraturic on us:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The Oxford Comma – delivering the 1, 2, and 3 combo.
"Punctuation saves lives, but I'm about to end yours."
— /grego (@Someguygrego) November 30, 2016
Dave the innocent didn’t know what was going on [yeah, right]:
I like to trash talk & lure my opponents into being angry so #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe The Master Baiter! (Why is everyone giggling?)
— Dave-El (@dave_el1938) November 30, 2016
While Roe it seems has a story:
The Rochester Roadblock #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe#truestory
— RoeSoLovesUofM (@roeu812) November 30, 2016
A LONG TIME ago, after High school, I actually went to a pro wrestling school for awhile. This was to be my "gimmick"
— RoeSoLovesUofM (@roeu812) November 30, 2016
So all in all SOME REALLY AMAZING WRESTLER NAMES and well done to all of you. There were however a good few this week that felt like they climbed up on to the corner post and launched themselves at this game and totally flattened it into the canvas and so special mention must go to this week’s
F.L.O.P TWELVE
[12] Twitlitter went old school:
https://twitter.com/Ogreing/status/803926111864389632
[11] Rob snuck his way in with this beautiful ps:
El Elefante! #MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
(I'd also wear gray trunks 😉)— Rob who? (@papermonkeynz) November 30, 2016
[10] i would love to see Tal fit this on his vest:
He Who Beats Down His Opponents With Sarcasm, Wit, Logic And A Chair Whilst Refraining From Unnecessary Verbosity pic.twitter.com/0H80arWLoA
— Sir TΔLIƩSΨΠE 🎸📷 (@Taliesyne) November 30, 2016
[9] Diddles for the name AND the photoshoppery:
Cold Stone Steve Austin pic.twitter.com/CMvkstPjyE
— SophieDiddles (@sophie_diddles) November 30, 2016
[8] Fish seemed to be on to something:
Paper. Because i always beat The Rock.
— Fish in Pants (@TheThinGrayLine) November 30, 2016
[7] While Paul worked in this delightful crossover:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Stone Cold Jane Austen
— Paul Potiki 🎨 (@GuanoLad) November 30, 2016
[6] Nien had probably the best tongue rolling mouth of wrestlername:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Esmeralda Villalobos del Calle
— Nien Nunb (@Nien_Nunb) November 30, 2016
[5] Emily bought the R.E.M.emories:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Mike Stipe because it's the end of my opponent's world as they know it and I'll be fine! @AFrikkinHashtag
— Public Emily (@emily_the_gray) November 30, 2016
[4] Sassy was on form with this classical derivative:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
Billy ShakySpear, The No Holds Bard— SassyFacts (@SassyFacts_1) November 30, 2016
[3] John for just the out and out best name of a wrestler we’d love to see:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Rorschach Thundercheeks.
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) November 30, 2016
[2] While George’s honesty in the face of danger was refreshing:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe Olliecrap Imgonnadie
— george duff (@georgeduff2) November 30, 2016
[1] While Sassy absolutely nailed this game with this so-obvious winner:
#MyWrestlerNameWouldBe
The Physical Manifestation of Morgan Freeman's Voice— SassyFacts (@SassyFacts_1) November 30, 2016
Great game everyone and we will see you next Wednesday at 1pm South African time and 6am EST for another amazing game. You keep playing them and we will keep displaying them.
Let’s keep the WIT in The Twitterer
love brett fish and No_bob the world’s most famous stuffed dolphin
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