Liv Morgan reveals one of the ring names she pitched at the start of her WWE career

And so I hand in a list of names and they’re like, ‘None of these.’ And I’m like, ‘Okay.’

I really wanted to not have a proper name. Like, I didn’t want it to sound like a government name, I wanted it to clearly sound like a character.

I really wanted like Illy Milly, which I still stand by. I still stand by that.

And I give a second list and they’re like, ‘No.’ I give like a third list, and then at the bottom I’m kind of like, just—and at this point I’m like being a little bit cheeky. I’m like, ‘Any of these would do, or I’ll just like, settle for Oprah.’

And for some reason the Oprah stuck and like no one ever let me live it down after that. Because like sometimes I’ll still see Hunter [Triple H] and he’ll like ‘Oprah.’

I’ll even go to the Performance Center, like when I was rehabbing and they’re like, ‘Oprah,’ Norman Smiley’s like, ‘Oprah, remember?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I guess I remember.’

And then all that to still not ever pick my name. Like I did not pick Liv Morgan.

So I showed up at ‘NXT’ one day. I really wanted Marley. Oh, I had left a dog back home, Marley, and I wanted to like name myself after my dog.

So, I was like Marley for one episode on NXT, but it never got cleared. So, by the time it aired, I was just local competitor.

And then I walked into NXT and they were like, ‘all right, you’re either Liv Morgan or Liv Gallo,’ like pick. And I was like, ‘well, sh*t.’

So, I picked Liv Morgan, ’cause I think we had like Luke Gallows. And so I was like, ‘all right, I’ll be Liv Morgan.’ And that’s kind of how it went.

At first I remember not really liking Morgan. I knew Liv was like punny though. I didn’t really like Morgan, but it grew on me.”