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.

About the author

Danny Hart has been one of the most active writers at Sportskeeda since he began working for the WWE section of the site in October 2017.

Danny currently writes around 100 articles per month about WWE. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked for seven years as a writer and editor for the football website Goal.com. He also reported live from Premier League stadiums around England.

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