Well, as I am an absolute Wrestling-Freak and a lot of my updates always have been declined, I need to open this discussion:

For my private database I always list the wrestlers with their real names in the database, "credited as" with their Gimmick-Names and usually always the role they played as "Himself"/"Herself"

For example:
Actor: Terrence Gene Bollea
Credited as: Hulk Hogan
Role played: Himself

For me the reason is, that a lot of them changed several Gimmicks or appeared under many different names in several wrestling federations.

Example: Real Name is Michael Francis Foley
appearing as Mick Foley, Jack Foley, Mankind, Cactus Jack, Dude Love.....

Or: Real Name is Charles Wright
appearing as Papa Shango, Kama (the supreme Fighting Machine), The Godfather, The Goodfather

I'd prefer to know more about your opinions how to handle this. I downloaded some DVD-Profiles in here where the wrestlers are always to find with their Gimmick-Names, but this way you are never able to see that it is the same person if the Gimmick changes (e. g.: Johnny Hennigan, Johnny Nitro, John Morrison)

If we can find a solution for this, I'd be VERY happy!

I definitely agree with you,
the way you are proposing it would be the best way to do it

Donnie

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I agree with you.  However, I don't think the current set of rules were designed with professional wrestlers in mind.

I agree... I don't believe the current rules allows for it at this time.

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I would argue The Undertaker, et all aren't real people, they are characters. They generally have many characteristics that are quite different than the associated actors. For instance, mark Calway has never actually worked as an undertaker, unlike The Undertaker. I would enter Mark Calaway as The Undertaker (uncredited)

Except that quite a few of them will star in films and use their 'character' name as the credited name...Tripple H in Blade: Trinity, Kane in See No Evil, Hulk Hogan in Rocky 3, etc....so this method doesn't work for all of them.

We are not interested in real names, we are interested in credited names.  While they don't use standard credits, the names are shown on screen.  If they change their name, then we use the most credited form for the common name and use the new name in the 'credited as' field.  I don't know why it has to be any harder than that.

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Quoting TheMadMartian:

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We are not interested in real names, we are interested in credited names.  While they don't use standard credits, the names are shown on screen.  If they change their name, then we use the most credited form for the common name and use the new name in the 'credited as' field.  I don't know why it has to be any harder than that.

Agree

Agreed too; let's not make this any harder than it has to be and minimise 'exceptions' to the Rules especially where the Rules can be applied as is.