
(Your eyes do not deceive you — that is indeed an armpit-hair tattoo.)
I don’t know if I should call bullshit on this one, but it’s being reported as actual news, so here goes. The UFC fighter and TUF 6 castmember formerly known as Jon Koppenhaver has legally changed his name to “War Machine” — which was previously his nickname — due to a trademark dispute with TNA Wrestling. As Machine wrote recently on his friends-only MySpace blog:
Subject: Funny ass shit!
SO in case you didn’t notice in my last fight the UFC did NOT use my nickname when I fought. Turns out some gay ass wrestling federation threatened to sue them because they recently named one of their wrestlers The War Machine Rhino and trademarked the name.
Too fuckin’ bad that I have been using this name for 6 years, have it tatted on my body and it is what my fans yell out when I’m fighting.
If you know my personality then you know damn well I am not gonna let some faggot ass, FAKE wrestler steal MY name..
SO 6 weeks ago I filed a change of name request and today I had court to make my name officially WAR MACHINE.lol
Fuckin’ funny right? Didn’t really wanna have to do it but I am sure as hell not lose MY nickname.Time for a nap.
WM
You may remember War Machine’s MySpace blog as the venue in which he expressed his desire to move to the Philippines so he could kill and fornicate as much as he wanted to. Meaning, the name change shouldn’t be that much of a surprise. We just can’t wait until Bruce Buffer has to announce it. And does this mean they have to change his name in the video game, too? Oh War Machine, why must you be such a rebel?
(Props to Rob P. for the heads up, and riceavenger for the full MySpace message)








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commentsPregnant-ass alien man....
Hey PUNK do you hear me!!
Ask any wrestler if it's fake and hopefully you get bitch slapped!
Predetermined yet, choreographed sure,
FAKE--not A FUCKING CHANCE---
GIRLY!
WINE SOME MORE............GP
Universe
Marvel Universe
Real Name
James "Jim" Rupert Rhodes
Aliases
"Rhodey," War Machine, Iron Man
Identity
Secret
Occupation
Initiative instructor, adventurer, government agent; formerly: Sentinel Squad O*N*E combat instructor, soldier, pilot
Citizenship
U.S.A.
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Known Relatives
David Rhodes (father), Roberta Rhodes (mother), Jeanette Rhodes (sister, deceased), Josh (uncle, last name unrevealed), unnamed alleged son
Group Affiliation
Initiative; formerly: Sentinel Squad O*N*E, Office of National Emergency (O*N*E), Crew, Secret Defenders, Worldwatch, Stark Enterprises, Force Works, West Coast Avengers, U.S. Marine Corps
Education
High school graduate, learned aviation engineering in the U.S. Marines
Height
6'1"
Weight
210 lbs.
Eyes
Brown
Hair
Brown (gray streaks)
Powers
None
Abilities
Rhodes is an exceptional pilot, and was trained by the Marines in aviation engineering and armed and unarmed combat.
Weapons
None
Paraphernalia
Although Rhodes is no longer active as War Machine, he possesses a prototype copy of the War Machine armor, and once donned one of its gauntlets to grant himself superhuman strength. His old suit of War Machine armor was equipped with jet boots, a laser sword, repulsor rays, energy cannons, a uni-beam, a rocket launcher, targeting computer and scanning devices, and could be modified in the field for additional weapons.
Rhodes briefly wore a suit of Eidolon Warwear armor, a living suit of armor which rested inside of his body, and could encase him at a moment's notice. The armor duplicated many of the abilities of the War Machine armor, including flight, energy blasts and sensors, but could also "grow" drones which could be used for combat and delivery operations and interface with computers. The armor would react to Rhodes' emotional state, transforming itself to provide him with whatever weapons he might desire.
First Appearance
Iron Man #118 (1979)
Origin
Iron Man #144 (1981)
Significant Issues
first appearance (Iron Man #118, 1979); first became Iron Man (Iron Man #169, 1983); battled the Mandarin (Iron Man 180-181, 1984); battled Tony Stark in clash of Iron Men (Iron Man #192, 1985); almost killed during Earth re-entry (Iron Man #216, 1987); became CEO of Stark Enterprises and became Iron Man again (Iron Man #284, 1992); quit Stark Enterprises, went off on own as War Machine (Iron Man #291, 1993); led Iron Legion against Ultimo (Iron Man #300, 1994); became head of Worldwatch (War Machine #5, 1994); battled Iron Man over [Rhodes'] use of War Machine armor (War Machine #8, Iron Man #310, 1994); went back in time to stop Nazi time-travel plot (War Machine #15-#17, 1995); lost War Machine armor in timestream (War Machine #17, 1995); became bonded to Eidolon Warwear (War Machine #18, 1995); lost Eidolon Warwear (Tales of the Marvel Universe #1, 1997)
Now seeing as marvel has war machine as a current hero in the line up makes you wonder just how long it will be before they decide to hit the lawsuit ring along with tna(who i'm not really sure that they have a legal leg to stand on ) anyway let the fun begin lol
your words:
i find you guys sad… the ones that come on here and talk shit about fighters that work sooo hard every day to be the best. hate on him all you want, he will still do his thing.
now check this:
i find you guys sad… the ones that come on here and talk shit about wrestlers that work sooo hard every day to be the best. hate on him all you want, he will still do his thing.
And you're trying to tell me that just because he's a fighter he demands more respect?
They don't fight as many times as a WWE or TNA wrestlers perform in a year. Wrestler's bodies are more battered and contditioned to take punishment for 5-10
minutes a night, 300+ days days a year (they wrestle more than you see on TV).
and his tat's, are ridiculously stupid just like him...what a surprise.
I hope he moves to the phillipnes and gets some sexual jungle rot, and his dick falls off then he can change his name to dickless machine.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:22 am
I can hear it now,
Bruce Buffer…
Fighting out of California, War “War Machine” Machine!!!!!!!!!!
+1 lol, exactly what I was thinking.
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