5 WWE name changes fans immediately disliked

#4 The Wyatt Family captures WWE gold as The Bludgeon Brothers

"Our purpose is to OBLITERATE EVERYONE!"The #BludgeonBrothers arrive to #SDLive next week. pic.twitter.com/eqQU9JCIWP

— WWE (@WWE) November 15, 2017

Erick Rowan and the late great Brodie Lee, known around this time as Luke Harper, debuted on WWE's main roster as part of Bray Wyatt's group The Wyatt Family. The trio was a monstrous faction of heavy hitters led by a cult leader capable of brainwashing the masses with ease.

To this day, The Wyatt Family is considered one of the greatest factions of the 2010s. Unfortunately, they never truly reached their peak when they were together.

Pure PUNISHMENT is being dished out left and right as The #BludgeonBrothers and The #NewDay battle for the #SDLive #TagChampionship! pic.twitter.com/iFgmvqga00

— WWE (@WWE) August 22, 2018

For some reason, WWE was deadset on breaking the group up time and time again, bringing about quite a bit of infighting. After Harper and Rowan left the group in 2017, we saw vignettes of the duo seemingly ready for a comeback.

Fans were ecstatic, as they had great chemistry together and had pulled out a lot of tag team classics in the past. In fact, they'd do the same within the next year, though under a different name. While WWE could've just gone with "Harper and Rowan," they instead decided to hand them both giant mallets and robes, calling themselves the "Bludgeon Brothers."

It's a downright PHYSICAL match between the #BludgeonBrothers and @LukeGallowsWWE & @KarlAndersonWWE on #SDLive! pic.twitter.com/VrrWdafh2D

— WWE (@WWE) June 20, 2018

It was not well received by fans, who considered it a little too cartoony at the time. Seriously, check out the comments in the first tweet above. People were ready for it to fail immediately.

Luckily for WWE, Harper and Rowan were fantastic together, and their dominant matches soon left fans wondering why they disliked the name in the first place. The second they saw the entrance, fans were immediately sold on the name. Great talent can make any gimmick work, as we saw with these two.