5 Current WWE stars who you might not know wrestle under their real names 

There are many current WWE stars who wrestle under their real names
There are many current WWE stars who wrestle under their real names

Many wrestlers have two personalities, fans will find that the persona that is being framed on WWE TV is one that has been created by that wrestler and is completely different to the person that they are outside of the ring.

This is why more often than not wrestlers will choose to have separate names because then it will show a very distinct separation between themselves and their on-screen character.

WWE often opts to give new superstars their own ring names when they are first signed to the company because it allows the company to copyright all of the merchandise related to that star whilst under the employment of the company.

Seth Rollins' real name is Colby Lopez, whilst Triple H is called Paul Levesque but whilst two of the company's biggest stars have undergone name changes, there are some current WWE stars who have chosen to keep their real names and adopt them as their ring names as well.


#5 WWE RAW's Humberto Carrillo

Humberto Carrillo is a third generation professional wrestler, but interestingly he has only been in the wrestling business for eight years. Carrillo made his debut back in 2012 under the ring name Ultimo Ninja whilst wrestling in Mexico.

Carrillo signed for WWE back in October 2018 and decided to adopt the ring name Humberto Carrillo, which is his real name. Humberto worked on the NXT brand for a number of months before making his debut on 205 Live when he answered Buddy Murphy's open challenge back in January 2019.

Carrillo was officially drafted to Monday Night RAW in the fall of 2019 and has since stepped into a number of interesting feuds including one against his own cousin Angel Garza, who also wrestles under his given name.

#4 Multi-time WWE Women's Champion Mickie James

Mickie James is a former 6-time Women's Champion but interestingly at present, she is the only female on the main roster who is wrestling under her real name. Ahead of her original WWE debut back in 2005, James wrestled under the ring name "Alexis Laree" in IMPACT Wrestling but changed to her real name when she was signed by WWE.

James has gone on to become one of the most recognizable female wrestlers in the company throughout her tenure and has even been able to slot back into the current Women's Division following her return back in 2016.

James was originally fired from WWE back in 2010 and went on to work in both IMPACT Wrestling and Ring of Honor before the company contacted James about a return to the company and she agreed.

James' first return match was against Asuka at NXT: Takeover: Toronto, a match that was supposed to see Trish Stratus make a one-off return, but at the time the former 7-time Women's Champion was pregnant with her first daughter.

#3 WWE 24/7 Champion Shelton Benjamin

Shelton Benjamin began his wrestling career whilst he was in college, where he met Brock Lesnar. The two men have been best friends ever since and reports suggest that it was actually Lesnar that helped Benjamin to be signed by WWE back in 2000.

Benjamin went on to become a star on Monday Night RAW alongside Charlie Haas as The World's Greatest Tag Team. He later had a successful spell as a singles star where he won numerous Championships that inspired the name The Gold Standard.

Benjamin was released from his WWE contract in 2010 but was then contracted by the company following the WWE Draft back in 2016 and was re-signed. Sadly, Benjamin tore his rotator cuff, which meant that he was unable to return to the company until the summer of 2017.

Benjamin has had a career that has spanned two decades and numerous different companies all over the world but he has always been known under the same name. Benjamin has always wrestled under his given name, from the day he signed with WWE 20 years ago.

#2 WWE NXT's Chelsea Green

Chelsea Green is coming through the ranks in NXT at the moment and is currently engaged to former WWE star Zack Ryder. Green is an interesting addition to this list since she has been known by so many other names throughout her short career.

Whilst Green was wrestling for IMPACT, she was known as "The Hot Mess" Laurel Van Ness before she debuted as Reklusa in Lucha Underground.

Ahead of her appearances for IMPACT and Lucha Underground, Green was used on WWE TV as part of the feud between Brie Bella and Stephanie McMahon where she was known as Megan Miller, who was Daniel Bryan's physical therapist.

The star later auditioned for Tough Enough the following year and was part of the program under her real name, which is perhaps why WWE opted to allow Green to keep her real name after making her debut on the NXT brand.

Green may have only signed for WWE in 2018 but she already appeared on Monday Night RAW since she wrestled Charlotte Flair back in December in a losing effort.

#1 Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Brian Kendrick

Brian Kendrick has been wrestling since he was 20 years old and actually attended Shawn Michaels' training academy. It was whilst attending this academy that Kendrick adopted the ring name "Spanky", a name that he was known under throughout his first spell with WWE.

Kendrick has had four stints with WWE throughout his two-decade-long career and has been released from the company three separate times. Most recently he was re-signed as a Performance Center trainer and was then added as a recurring cast member in Total Divas back in 2014.

The former Cruiserweight Champion was then re-signed as a talent and announced as a participant in the Cruiserweight Classic before he went on to become part of the 205 Live brand.

Kendrick has wrestled for IMPACT, Ring of Honor, and even New Japan Pro Wrestling throughout his lengthy career, and aside from the first few years when he was known as "Spanky" the former Champion has always wrestled under his given name. Kendrick is still currently signed to WWE and appears on the 205 Live brand.

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