Pool players and their nicknames

Professional billiard players would not be the same without their nicknames. The motes identify the character of the billiard player. Where do these "bad names" come from? It is not easy to know exactly the origin of each one, but nevertheless some some are quite clear. In this week's article we review the nicknames of 20 Professional Pool players and why they are called like that.

1- Earl The Pearl Strickland. For his attitude, his complaints, his geniuses and his oddities. In short, because it is a pearl of billiard, as was in basketball Earl The Pearl Monroe.

2- Francisco Django Bustamante. Because he looks like the star of the 1966 western with the same name.

3- Darren Dynamite Appleton. Because this Englishman is pure dynamite.

4- Johnny Scorpion Archer. Because he always had a scorpion as a lucky charm.

5- Shane The South Dakota Kid Van Boening. Because he is one of the great billiard players in the world but he will always be the little boy from South Dakota.

6- Corey Cash Money Deuel. Because the parties are going for money. He also shares mote with Ko Pin Yi as The Prince of Pool.

7- Ruslan The Siberian Express Chinakhov. Because he is really too long and that is what Daryl Peach always calls him.

8- Mika Iceman Immonen. Because playing is colder than a winter at the North Pole.

9- Waled Black Mamba Majid. Because at the table he is as dangerous as the African snake with the same name.

10- Tony Tornado Drago. Because he does not stop to think for a second, he just destroys everything.

11- Jeanette Black Widow Lee. Because she eats people when they come to the table and because se always wears in black.

12- Mike Tennessee Tarzan Massey. Because he jumps, swings and is able to do many things in the jungle of billiards.

13- Niels The Terminator Feijen. Because he destroys you when you don’t expect it.

14- Efren Bata The Magician Reyes. Bata ("Q boy") because when he started playing he had the face of a kid and and The Magician because he is undoubtedly a wizard with a cue in his hand.

15- Thorsten The Hitman Hohmann. Because he is a "hitman" of billiards and does not leave any prey alive.

16- Nick The Kid Van den Berg. Because when he was a young man, he was called like that in a European championship, as he had the face of a child.

17- Dennis Surigao Robocop Orcollo. Surigao is what is called the Filipino town where he was born. And Robocop because of his supernatural powers.

18- Mike Fireball Dechaine. Because it is capable of breaking at some kilometers per hour and blowing the white ball through the air 10 meters.

19- Alex The Lion Pagulayan. For his style of play and because he is the King.

20- Ralf The Kaiser Souquet. Because he is the great German emperor and has already conquered everything.

What is the nickname that most strikes you? Write it in the comments.