Former WWE Superstar Rich Swann was recently interviewed by Chris Van Vliet. During the interview, Swann discussed WWE almost changing his name when he first came into the company.
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Swann is one of the (semi) rare cases of WWE Superstars who didn’t get their name changed. It turns out that there were some ideas in the beginning for a new name for Swann.
Here is what he said:
“There was a little bit of a talk of my name, and I was going to have a little bit of freedom. A couple of names were thrown out to me, one (of them) was Silk Morris. I could’ve made it work, baby! Nobody is as smooth as Silk! But people know me, and I think it was their decision. I already had a little bit of a following from the independent scene, and I had two matches on NXT, one against Baron Corbin and one against the champion at the time, Finn Balor.
“And they (fans) knew who Rich Swann was. And I don’t think they wanted to change that.”
Swann also says that he is on good terms with WWE but isn’t in touch with them:
“I’m on good terms, but no (I’m not in touch with anyone from WWE). I’m with Impact Wrestling. I’ve got a contract with Impact Wrestling, and that’s all we’re in touch with.”
Would Silk Morris have worked as a WWE name?
On a related note, Dolph Ziggler shared what WWE wanted to name him in his early career. You can read that here.