How WWE Came Up With Names For Several New Talents

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Oct 15, 2014

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The newest member of the WWE broadcast team, Arda Ocal, who now goes by the name Kyle Edwards in WWE, was apparently named by the company after NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards.

On a related note, it’s said that the WWE tag-team Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) were given their names after someone in the creative team discovered that Christopher Columbus had two sons named Diego and Fernando.

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