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Despite having catchy and powerful nicknames in the ring, many WWE Superstars have funny ones away from wrestling.
Nicknames are essential in WWE. Almost every WWE Superstar has one or two, and sometimes even more. They contribute to creating the stars' in-ring personas and become something that identifies each character.
The Deadman in WWE means one thing only, The Undertaker. The same goes with Shawn Michaels and his nickname The Heartbreak Kid, for example. However, just like they have wrestling nicknames, many WWE Superstars have other real-life ones among their colleagues and families.
To her family, Alexa Bliss is not The Goddess, but just "Lexi." Natalya, too, is just "Nattie" to her family and friends. Nonetheless, other superstars were not as fortunate.
Here are five WWE Superstars who have funny nicknames in real life.
#5 WWE SmackDown's Seth Rollins - The Drama King
Before he became The Architect, The Monday Night Messiah, or SmackDown's Savior, WWE Superstar Seth Rollins had a funny nickname at home. To his mother, Holly Franklin, Rollins was just The Drama King.
She told the story of how the former WWE Champion earned his nickname at home on her son's episode of My Son is a WWE Superstar.
"Talking about Seth Rollins as a child. An animated individual. I used to call him The Drama King. He was always the one to push the envelope."
Franklin gave an example from Rollins' childhood:
"We used to have a pool in our backyard. He would leave his shorts out there by the pool, he would dry off with the towel, then walk into the house subsequently naked. We live at the bottom of a hill, people can see you!"
Rollins explained the reason behind that incident in the same episode.
"Well, we had a big fence, it made sense to me anyway."
The WWE Superstar's mother stated that she learned something from that.
"I kind of learned from that whole issue with him that everything is very logical."
From being The Drama King at home, Rollins became The Kingslayer in WWE. He is now a two-time WWE Champion, two-time Universal Champion, two-time Intercontinental Champion, and a former United States Champion. He is also a six-time WWE Tag Team Champion.
The SmackDown Savior will face Cesaro on the first night of WrestleMania 37 on April 10.
#4 WWE SmackDown's Mandy Rose - Hamburgers
Mandy Rose's nicknames in WWE are God's Greatest Creation and The Golden Goddess. However, to her brothers, she is just Hamburgers.
Rose is the youngest in her family. She has three older brothers, who were the ones behind her unusual nickname Hamburgers, as she revealed on her episode of My Daughter is a WWE Superstar.
"They tease me a lot. Just what siblings do you know? Call me Hamburgers. Which, now, the whole world knows that my nickname is Hamburgers. I guess I just liked hamburgers and my brothers thought that it is funny to call me Hamburgers."
The WWE Superstar told the whole story behind her nickname Hamburgers in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
A six-year-old Rose had one hamburger with her family then asked for a second. It was a surprise for her mother while her brothers were curious to know how many hamburgers their sister could eat.
"I said I could eat 100 hamburgers. They thought that was the funniest thing. From then on, I was ‘Hamburgers.’ We still laugh about it now."
Mandy Rose is now part of a tag team alongside Dana Brooke on Monday Night RAW. They are chasing the Women's Tag Team titles leading into WrestleMania 37.
#3 Former WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar - Vanilla Gorilla
Brock Lesnar is a guaranteed future WWE Hall of Famer. His looks and in-ring dominance have earned him nicknames like The Beast, The Beast Incarnate, The Conqueror, and several others.
Despite this, The Undertaker had another nickname for the 43-year-old former WWE Superstar during their time in the company. The Deadman revealed on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast that he used to call the man who broke his WrestleMania streak Vanilla Gorilla.
"He’s a freak athlete. Oh my goodness [Brock Lesnar’s combine numbers], it’s ridiculous. He’s one of those guys that defy, you know, he was 260 pounds but his shot was like a 160. You can’t believe somebody his size can move the way he can move. He’s a freak athlete. I used to call him The Vanilla Gorilla. He was. He was just a freak, freak dude."
Brock Lesnar is a former five-time WWE Champion and three-time Universal Champion. His WWE contract expired in the summer of 2020.
Lesnar's last WWE match came at WrestleMania 36 when he lost the WWE Championship to Drew McIntyre. Although many people thought he might return at WrestleMania 37, it does not seem that it will happen.
#2 WWE Legend The Undertaker - Wendy
The Undertaker is one of the scariest characters in WWE history. He had several nicknames throughout his career like The Deadman, The Phenom, and The American Badass. However, he also had one lesser-known nickname outside the WWE ring that was not scary at all.
The WWE legend revealed that his former manager Paul Bearer called him Wendy. He told the story behind his odd nickname when he appeared on "Busted Open Radio".
"I remember one time he pissed me off so bad. I had that long hair, it was Brian Adams told Paul Bearer, but they called me Wendy, like from Wendy’s hamburgers. He told Paul, but Paul, I don’t know if it was an appearance or something like that, when I was messing with Paul and he said something out loud right in front of this (crowd), and this is serious stuff don’t screw around Undertaker days, like it’s serious and I don’t crack smiles. He referred to me as Wendy, and I’m like, 'Oooo!' I was calm, but on the inside I was raging. I was like, 'Okay, this is coming back on you.'"
The former WWE Superstar recalled getting his revenge on Bearer.
"I think my retaliation was we were driving through a town for work and he had to really go to the bathroom bad. I kept missing exits for him to get out and go to the restroom. I knew once we got in there, I think it was Seattle or somewhere like that, I knew once we got into downtown there was nowhere to stop, just slam-packed and crowded. He may or may not have soiled himself that day."
The Deadman announced his retirement from WWE last year. His last match came against AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36.
#1 WWE Legend The Rock - Dewey
Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, is another WWE Superstar who has had many nicknames in WWE. He is The Great One, The Brahma Bull, and The People's Champion. To his family, however, he was Dewey.
The Rock laughed when he told the story behind that nickname during a Television Critics Association Zoom panel for the "Young Rock" TV series.
"When I was a little baby, I was with my godparents. I was probably, from what I'm told, 6 months old. And my mom had said to my godmother, 'Is his diaper wet?' She goes, 'No. He's just a little dewy.'"
The former eight-time WWE Champion revealed that people did not react well to his unsung nickname.
"In my existence for years, when my parents would come around in front of my girlfriends or friends or anyone, (it was), 'Hey, Dewey!' automatically. Because it's not like that's a powerful name. Automatically, people were like, 'Oh, God.'"
The Rock has not competed in a WWE ring since WrestleMania 32 when he defeated Erick Rowan in an impromptu squash match.
