{"id":96665,"date":"2021-08-24T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T19:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=96665"},"modified":"2021-08-24T14:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T19:09:22","slug":"former-wwe-wrestler-tucker-on-the-heavy-machinery-gimmick-and-who-didnt-care-for-it-initially-names-he-and-otis-wanted-to-use-losing-their-last-names-and-how-they-found-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2021\/08\/24\/former-wwe-wrestler-tucker-on-the-heavy-machinery-gimmick-and-who-didnt-care-for-it-initially-names-he-and-otis-wanted-to-use-losing-their-last-names-and-how-they-found-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE wrestler Tucker on the Heavy Machinery gimmick and who didn&#8217;t care for it initially, names he and Otis wanted to use, losing their last names and how they found out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2393853626\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast with Tucker (Levi Cooper)<br \/>\nHost: JP John Poz<br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwoManPowerTrip\">@TwoManPowerTrip<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmptempire.com\/\">www.tmptempire.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Interview available at <a href=\"https:\/\/tmptow.podomatic.com\/\">Tmptow.podomatic.com<\/a><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tucker on the reasons why he and Otis lost their last names when they moved to the main roster:<\/b> &#8220;From what I understand, the reason behind that was purely and simply, which is funny, it doesn\u2019t make any sense, but in WWE logic, it makes perfect sense, that whenever Vince heard us being announced when we had a TV match, and the announcer had to say, \u2018Tucker Knight, Otis Dozovik, Heavy Machinery\u2019, that was too long, so he shit canned the last names. It was just Tucker and Otis, Heavy Machinery. From what I understand, and we weren\u2019t consulted at all. I found out about that name change via social media. I got a text from the social media guy saying, \u2018We\u2019re going to change your handles because you guys\u2019 names have changed.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018What? What do you mean our names have changed?\u2019 He was like, \u2018Oh, you guys haven\u2019t heard? Vince wanted to get rid of your guys\u2019 last names.\u2019 We weren\u2019t the first ones, and we weren\u2019t the last ones to have that happen. That\u2019s happened several times before and after. That\u2019s the reason from what I understand. The reason why people lose part of their names is because it saves seconds on television.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tucker explaining why he wasn\u2019t on the card at WrestleMania 36:<\/b> &#8220;Otis and Mandy was supposed to be a mixed tag match from what I understand, or a six on six with Dolph [Ziggler] and [Robert] Roode, myself and Otis, or potentially a tag match, or a six-person intergender match. These were all being thrown around before the pandemic happened. The pandemic happened, and then through no fault of his own, Bobby Roode, who lives in Canada, is stuck in Canada for some months at that time. That means I\u2019m not a part of WrestleMania because you can\u2019t have more babyfaces than heels. That doesn\u2019t make any sense, so that match becomes just Otis and Dolph, and I\u2019m not part of it at all.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tucker said he got in better shape and has lost a lot of weight:<\/b> &#8220;I\u2019m probably 240 right now. The biggest I\u2019ve been with Heavy Machinery, I was 325. I was probably 315 when we moved up from NXT to Raw and Smackdown. Part of that fit the fat guy gimmick, part of what Heavy Machinery was. I\u2019ve always been a big guy. I wrestled at heavyweight in college. The weight class there was 285. I don\u2019t have the best metabolism. My family genetically, we just don\u2019t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tucker was asked how he got his name in NXT:<\/b> &#8220;I came up with the name. At the time, and I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s still this way, but you essentially provide them with a list of names. That list is run through legal to see what names they can actually own. I remember putting a list of like 15 together and getting back maybe like four names, and three of the surnames were Knight out of those four. Ultimately, I chose it because I liked the initials the best. I was thinking I might be able to use TKO or something along those lines. That was the initial reason that I chose that. I had the understanding that I could potentially change that name as well moving forward if it didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was actually a time when Otis and I were in NXT, and we were just Otis and Tucker when we made our debut in the Dusty Classic. Everybody loved the name Heavy Machinery except Triple H. From what I understand, he was not a fan of that name. He thought it was too gimmicky, I guess. I guess thinking like fat men in construction hats, but we explained that we are Heavy Machinery. It\u2019s not a gimmick. I wanted to be called Tank and he wanted to be called Dozer, Tank and Dozer, Heavy Machinery. That was our initial pitch, but we were told that \u2018We can\u2019t get those names. We\u2019re not going to be able to register those names, so we can\u2019t do it.\u2019 To me, that would have been awesome. Tank and Dozer, Heavy Machinery, you get it. This dude\u2019s a tank, that dude\u2019s a dozer. They smash everyone. This is what they do. They run through people. To me, it makes sense. It\u2019s not hard to figure out. We couldn\u2019t get those.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Other topics include his run in NXT, his friendship with Otis, what he plans to do next, Vince McMahon, Triple H, turning heel, his amateur wrestling background, and more.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to other shows apart of the TMPT Empire including Shane Douglas\u2019 Triple Threat Podcast, Taking You to School with Dr. Tom Prichard, Talking Tough with Rick Bassman, Taskmaster Talks with Kevin Sullivan, Pro Wrestling 101 with Justin Credible and the University of Dutch with Dutch Mantell.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10099134?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1235297807\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" 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