Talk:Ring name
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
Ring name is within the scope of WikiProject Professional wrestling, an attempt to improve and standardize articles related to professional wrestling. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, visit the project to-do page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to discussions. |
| Start | This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale. |
| Low | This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale. |
 |
This article falls within the scope of the Anthroponymy WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Anthroponymy, the study of people's names. This project is dedicated to creating uniform helpful encyclopedia quality articles on the surnames, family names and nicknames of people. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. |
| Stub | This article has been rated as stub-Class on the quality scale. |
| Mid | This article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale. |
| If you have rated this article please consider adding assessment comments. |
[edit] Sources
Other than the Hogan stuff below I don't see why sources are needed, it's all common knowledge among wrestling fans. --TheTruthiness 03:30, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hogan
I only remember him being mentioned as "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan, and the legal thing being soley over the "Hulk", much like Big Van Vader and Star Wars. --TheTruthiness 03:30, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
- The WWF promoted Terry Bollea as "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan very early in his second run (when he was brought in to take the WWF title from the Iron Sheik). Marvel Comics made legal threats, and the WWF was forced to sign over rights to the "Hulk Hogan" name, and subsequent uses of the trademark were negotiated with and named Marvel Comics as the owner. Hence, you had a period of time in WCW just after Hogan's heel turn where he avoided using "Hulk" (choosing to be referenced on TV as Hollywood Hogan) to try and opt out of the licensing agreement, and in many of his non-wrestling endeavours, he has been credited as Terry "Hulk" Hogan. - Chadbryant 05:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
