Buddy on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 3:22 AM 

so, they (for now) let Shane Godwin use the Godwin name because of relation, but they make Hennig become “Michael McGillicuty” why?

in time, WWE will change HIS name to something stupid, too…

sean on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 4:23 AM 

i guess is that they can make a name for themsleves then again look at rhodes and debiase they are stars and have their last name being their real name

Fly_Wright on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 4:32 AM 

Since Godwin isn’t his real last name WWE could trademark it, which would stop him from using it in TNA or anywhere else. Also since WWE owns the rights to Henry Godwin’s name they can take credit for it.

But if he does make it to the main roster they’ll probably change it then anyway.

nottingham on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 4:43 AM 

Then why run segments about hwo he is the sone of Curt Henning? That made ZERO sense to me… If your gonna promote him as his son, why in the world do you not have him wiht the same name?

Again, WWE just can’t seem to get out of its own way at this point.

Devil_Rising on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 4:49 AM 

And Randy Orton. And John Cena. And Dave Batista. And Brock Lesnar. And Kurt Angle. Plenty of former and current tops stars have been allowed to use their real names. Or in Orton’s case, specifically because of his lineage.

To NOT let Curt Hennig’s son use the Hennig family name, while allowing Rhodes and DiBiase and Natty Niedhart and D. H. Smith that privilege, is asinine. And the story they concocted, wherein it was “HIS” idea to change his name, to “stand out on his own”, yeah RIGHT. As if he WOULDN’T have wanted to represent his granddad and dad. Right.

Jay B on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 5:06 AM 

The thing that puzzles me most is why they make wrestlers like Chavo, Rey and Ted drop the “junior” from their names . No one in WWE is allowed to use a Jr.

kurt angle on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 6:20 AM 

boring it is and still who cares

scooter on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 7:34 AM 

FCW is a joke they use a padded ring

Zach V on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 7:51 AM 

ya scooter I’m sure they do use a padded ring (sarcasm)

The Pako on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 8:04 AM 

i thought the reason they changed the name of henning was because he wanted to make a name for himself… and not to be known as the son of a former wrestler.

r37 on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 9:26 AM 

the reason they didnt let him use name is bcuz henning never used it in the ring while wit wwe. he was mr. perfect. as u can see now they playin off that image with him on nxt

drg on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 6:10 PM 

why does everyone make a big deal out of joe hennings wwe name michael McGillicuty? sure its not his real name but McGillicuty was his moms name, im not sure if it was her real name or just her kayfabe name for wrestling but hes honouring his mom. its a nice gesture

Daniel on Sat, 31st Jul 2010 8:22 PM 

I think everyone is missing the bigger picture with the last names. If Vince can make a star out of a wrestler and that wrestler is better known as a stage name, rather than his real name, he can have the rights to it (the stage name) and have a bigger hold over the potential star. Sure their are exceptions but if McGillicuty somehow becomes a big name…Vince can copywrite it. If he were to leave to say Tna, then they would have to market him as someone else, thus starting all over.

DK Monster on Sun, 1st Aug 2010 6:59 PM 

Michael Cole mentioned that the name McGillicuty is
Henning’s mother’s maiden name on NXT few weeks ago.
I’m not sure if it’s true or not but I still agree with
all of you guys about how i hate the name change on
the second gen. stars.
We all know he’s Joe Henning. We all know Husky Harris
is a Rotundo.
Kaval gets to mention his old name Low Ki on television
and how come the name Henning is never mentioned when
McGillicuty’s talking?
Did you notice McGillicuty never used Curt Henning’s
trademark moves on NXT? He used it all the time on FCW
He even had to change his finisher which used to be a
modified version of Perfectplex.
I just don’t get it.