Liv Morgan first signed with WWE back in 2014 and since then she’s become one of the top stars in the company. Over the last few years Liv has been consistently featured on WWE programming and her name is familiar to millions.
During a recent appearance on What’s Your Story? with Stephanie McMahon talked about the process of choosing her ring name, and she also explained the reason why some people in WWE still refer to her as Oprah.
“There is a little bit of lore behind it. I didn’t just go full on Oprah. There is a little misconception here. What happened was, you get to the PC and they’re like, ‘What do you want to be called?’ You get to write a list of names. I had a list of names, and they were like, ‘None of these.’
I really wanted to not have a proper name. I didn’t want it to sound like a government name. I wanted it to sound like a character. I wanted like Illy Milly, which I still stand by that. They asked for a second list. I give a second list and they’re like, ‘No.’ I give a third list. At the bottom, I’m being a little cheeky, ‘these will do, or I’ll settle for Oprah.’
For some reason, the Oprah stuck and no one ever let me live it down. Sometimes, I’ll still see Hunter [Triple H] and he’ll be like, ‘Oprah!’ When I was at the Performance Center rehabbing they’re like ‘Oprah!’ I was just trying to be cheeky, but it was the one thing everyone remembered. All that, to still not ever pick my name.”
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