Yeah, there’s going to be jokes a-plenty… but let’s be honest; there have been worse and far stupider names in wrestling than someone shortening their last name to one syllable. Besides, it’s not like we couldn’t have seen this coming… how quickly we forgot that this man was TNT Champion and held the COPE OPEN?
And look at him. He’s happy and gleeful. Why would anyone want to crap on this man’s happiness at this stage in his life? Especially after everything that he’s been through with injuries and the hurricane and all that stuff?
Besides, is it really any dumber of a name than EDGE? EDGE – let’s be honest – is a dumb name… but he made a career out of it, so it worked.
If the man wants to be COPE, let him be COPE.
He’s earned that privilege.
And think of all the jokes you could come up with.
That’s a win-win proposition in my book.
P.S. If he doesn’t have a move called the COPE-ing Mechanism, I will be severely disappointed.
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