"Yeah, it is a funny story with that one.  In 1998 I was playing my N64, WWF Warzone.  I was randomly cycling through the create a character looks, just getting looks and I came across this one that I thought looked like an Elizabethan poet with a ruffled shirt.  Thought this could be a fun look so I decided to keep it.  It asked for a name and for whatever reason Poetic Death came to mind.  When I started training I always wanted the name poetic death, when I graduated it was decided that name would suit me well and it stuck."

He smiles.

"That is the origin of my wrestling name."