5 WWE Superstars and what their names were originally going to be

Bayley
Bayley was originally going to be called something else

#3 Braun Strowman was originally called Braun Stowman

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Brau
Braun Strowman's name changed before his WWE call-up

While the other names on this list avoided their alternative name choices, Braun Strowman was actually known as Braun Stowman for a short time between his NXT debut in 2014 and his main-roster debut in August 2015.

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Way before he was a “Black Sheep” or a “Monster Among Men”, the inexperienced former competitive strongman defeated the likes of Chad Gable, Dash Wilder and Tye Dillinger at NXT live events using the ‘Stowman’ surname.

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For whatever reason, probably because Vince McMahon felt ‘Strowman’ sounded a lot better than ‘Stowman’, his name was changed as soon as he aligned with the Wyatt Family on the main roster in 2015.

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