The power of both video games and wrestling can go hand in hand. For quite a few years, I've been using Fullmetalwwant and Y2Jant to express who I am, both as a wrestling fan and a gamer. But sometimes, a few people ask me how and why did I create such names in the first place. Just for now, I will share with you how these names came to be and why they have a strong connection with me for all these years.
Depending on who you are, Fullmetalwwant has been my gamer tag since I first created it many years ago when joining Xbox Live. The story behind the name is something anime fans should know (or even from a certain movie). My first taste of anything anime related would be Full Metal Alchemist and one day while thinking of joining Gamespot, I decided to create something based on the anime, thus making the Fullmetal part. The other part was just a young me declaring a war with ants, thus, war with ants, or wwant. Combined the two and Fullmetalwwant was born. Plus, it's funny how the online gaming community try to call me during games.
Y2Jant on the other hand started as something that I didn't knew I was going to be apart of something so big. The year is 2008 and just before Wrestlemania 24, I was on Myspace (I know, I'm old school like that) and Double A was hosting a Wrestlemania 24 show, talking about everything related to the big event that day (plus the infamous caller who said he was friends with John Cena) so it was on that night I had to create a name that at least can be related to wrestling in some shape. I decided on three things that night:
1. The name can be related to Chris Jericho, coming back to the WWE in November of 2007, hence using Y2J in my name.
2. That it should maybe use my name in a way, Antonio so using ant in the name.
3. To show support to Double A in some way.
So, quickly I created Y2Jant, combining Jericho as one of my favorite wrestlers, my name and the support of The Rant. And for 5 years, I've held the name proudly. So there you go, a little inside as to why I created my gaming/wrestling names. Not only for the love of the games and anime I watch, but also for the love of wrestling and the support of a show.
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