5 hilarious names WWE Superstars used to have

#1 WWE Hall of Famer Kane used to go by... just a bunch of lame stuff

The Christmas Creature

Former WWE Champion and current mayor of Knox County, TN Glenn Jacobs, has portrayed the character of Kane - the Undertaker's once thought dead little brother - for pretty much the majority of his wrestling career. It's a name, and a character, that Jacobs was able to enhabit and make legendary - WWE Hall of Fame worthy, in fact. He also deadpanned one of my favorite jokes ever told in a promo:

Kane: "I'm already angry that the #Rapture didn't come yesterday... I was looking forward to it." #WWEOTL

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 23, 2011

(If you're confused, you probably weren't paying attention in 2011.)

Much like everyone else on this list, Kane began his sports entertainment career under some of the most groan inducing handles ever seen in the industry. Let's just... run down the list, shall we?

Beginning in 1992, Kane began his career in a St. Louis, MO promotion under the name Angus King. While that's not too bad of a name, everything else from here was pretty much downhill. He would go on to be called Doomsday (just like the villain in the big "Death of Superman" event DC Comics was running at the exact same time), Unibomb (presumably in reference to serial bomber Ted Kaszynski, commonly referred to as the "Unibomber"), and the Christmas Creature (which... look, just watch...)

Thankfully, he would soon find his way to WWE, where he would never have to deal with a stupid name and/or gimmick ever again.

Oh yeah, right.

Jacobs was introduced into the WWE as Dr. Issac Yankem, DDS - Jerry "The King" Lawler's personal dentist - in 1995. Now, as Britt Baker has proven, a "wrestling dentist" isn't an unrealistic idea. But considering Jacob's Yankem character really leaned into the whole "evil dentist" thing, and the pun of a name he was saddled with, it was a persona destined to go nowhere.

Finally, we get to his run as Diesel. Or should I say "Diesel"? While Kevin Nash had hightailed it out of WWE to WCW, WWE still owned the rights to the "Diesel" name. So, in their infinite wisdom, the company just decided to make Jacobs the same character and apparently thinking no one would really notice. So, it's not the name itself that's silly - just the circumstances behind it.

Fortunately for Mayor Glenn Jacobs, he was eventually given the role of Kane which, when you look back at the names and gimmicks he was forced to endure earlier, seems like The Ringmaster changing to Stone Cold.

And with that, we've come full circle. Know of any other stars who started their careers with a less than favorable name? Educate us all below in the comments section.