Former WWE Superstar and pro wrestling veteran Summer Rae took part in a Q&A session with Golden Ring Collectibles, where she talked about a variety of topics such as how WWE originally gave her the ring name "Kylie Summers," but the late great WWE Hall of Famer "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes hated it and told creative that it needed to be changed.
Summer Rae said:
“Mine came back and I said I wanted the name ‘Kyle,’ like a boy’s name. I didn’t say Summer and they just put ‘Kylie Summers’ as my name. And Dusty Rhodes said, ‘What the hell is a Kylie Summers?’ He’s like, ‘I f***ing hate it.’ In front of everyone, he made me stand up in front of the class and was like, ‘Tell them what they named you, it’s bulls***.’”
Summer Rae also talked about how her in-ring name was eventually changed into what it is today.
Summer Rae said:
“And he wanted everything one or two syllables so when people chant your name it’s not anything crazy. So, I think I said ‘R-a-y,’ like a summer ray, like a ray of sunshine, and they came back ‘R-a-e’ because they’re difficult.”
You can check out Summer Rae's full comments at this link. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
