Name
Name verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.
Usage example: I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio
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In modern Wrestling Games with create-a-wrestler modes, announcers either don't say your name or refer to as you as Player One.
Source: Hello, [Insert Name Here] -
The Centaur specifically asks for a brave new name...and when you meet his mother, she'll somehow know his new name and refer to him as such.
Source: Hello, [Insert Name Here] -
Doesn't usually use a Red Baron on TV nowadays, although vignettes and extra media will occasionally stick a "The Incomparable" before his name or refer to him as "The Franchise." Reformed Criminal: In kayfabe.
Source: Wrestling / John Cena
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