User blog comment:Rassilon of Old/Young Justice spoilers at Comic-Con 2012/@comment-5091218-20120721022957/@comment-5329851-20120725073959

For the guys who didnt know the reason why deathstroke was called slade in teen titans cuz they didnt wanted a guy named deathstroke the termainator (not sure if spelled right) so they went with actual name slade wilson