Top twenty worst wrestlers

[Guest Risk]

Who do YOU think are the top twenty WORST wrestlers in "The Company Formally Known As" WWF?

[Guest]

Who do YOU think are the top twenty WORST wrestlers in "The Company Formally Known As" WWF?

Ahh..i dunno about TWENTY..but i know im gonna be disappointed with all the bloody 'Taker is the worst worker' remarks that will be posted here...so please, take the Taker Mark into consideration!

 

Plus i don't feel Taker is anywhere near the WORST worker in the WWE, im certain he really does TRY when he gets in the ring, and i respect that even if he isn't a Kurt Angle or Chris Jericho.

 

But...I have my own opinion on you bad ass no-workers out there..

 

1. Kevin "Workrate?" Nash

2. Mark "Im trying, but its not working" Henry

3. Jeff "Where's my dedication gone" Hardy

4. Big "(enter mountains of spit here)" Show

5. Hulkster "Man, this act will never get old" Hogan

 

Thats my top 5, shoot me if you want, but im a crafty dodger.

 

This has been the critical Taker Mark

[Guest Nater]

Ok, let me set it out that there are two types of poor wrestlers..

 

Ones bad at RingWork: They either have got crap for moves, execution, selling, spotting or are just boring like hell to watch.

 

Ones bad at Gimmick: They cycle through face/hell like nobody's business are painful on the mic and make you wanna change the station when they are part of the 20min intro.

 

Bad Ringworkers: (4 of 5 are big and/or old.. ahem thank you standards set by the Japan-Fanboi's)

Nash

Hogan

Rock

Show

Taker

 

Bad Gimmick: (I goug my eye when I should in fact be ripping off my ears)

Show

Bradshaw

Team Extreeeeeeeme

Bob Holly

[Guest Risk]

In no order:

 

Kevin Nash

Hulk Hogan

Scott Hall

Paul Wight

Mark Henry

Bradshaw

Bossman

Albert

[Guest]

In no order:

 

Kevin Nash

Although thats in no order..Nash seems to top everyone's lists...

 

He's quoted in a few interviews that he's "In wrestling for one thing, and one thing alone...money"

 

Im sure if you asked Lance Storm, Chris Benoit or The Undertaker (yes i said the Taker, he's been in the WWF for a loooong time, even when he could of sold out to Ted Turner for a LARGE pay out, he remained loyal to his fans of the WWF, THAT is dedication brother), they would give you a slightly different answer...

 

Although im sure money is a big factor, the REAL wrestlers are in it for less materialistic reasons..

 

This has been the one and only, Taker Mark

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Eh it falls into a couple of Categories.

 

Big and Slow:

Big Slow..Show

Mark Henry

Albert

 

Old:

Taker

Hogan

Nash

 

Nothing New:

Rock

Test

Bradshaw

[Guest]

Although im sure money is a big factor, the REAL wrestlers are in it for less materialistic reasons..

Just a quick comment...

I know a lot of smarks like Booker T  (I love the man myself)  but I do remember distinctly this one part of the interview on the Howard Stern Show where he admitted that he is in it for the money and that he's not one of those "Wrestling is Life" guys like HHH or Benoit.  He also said that in about 2 years he's going to retire.  Now I know the Book is no spring chicken but he's certainly nowhere near retiring age, which says to ME that he's just keeping it up until he makes enough money and then splitting for good.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Bad wrestlers? Lesee:

 

Mark Henry: No. Description. Required. Finishing your opponent off with a bearhug? Cmon. Yeah, yeah, strength and all that. It still only looks as painful as your opponent will sell it. Crowds are unimpressed half the time. Can the guy. Please.

 

The Big Show: He claims OVW made him a better talent, but physically nobody has seen the slightest improvement and it seems to me he's actually enjoying working less than he did before. The only success this guy's had was the enjoyable "dressing up like others" bit, a waste of a guy who's huge but not Andre-sized. Oh well, size != wrestling skill

 

Team Xtreme: Here's a gimmick that was stuck in neutral so long it ran out of gas. Jeff Hardy was a good looking guy years ago, but that's long gone. Lita isn't going to improve Matt's chances of standing on his own two feet. The Hardyz are almost like the WWF's Siegfried & Roy... Well, if those guys were brothers anyway. But you get the point. Two fruity guys doing the same stale old routine that when you expect them to be the dynamos, they just go through the same old motion. *yawn* Trash.

 

Shawn Stasiak: You know, just because someone has a gimmick that's sending them onto their way into obscurity, you don't HAVE to wait for it to become a desperate case to fix it.

 

Christian: Can we just get Edge & Christian back please?

 

Billy Gunn: Like Stasiak, he has the body to get on Vince's A-list, but Gunn has run his course and STILL got almost nowhere beyond a popular tag run. This guy kills so much heat I'm suprised the other wrestlers don't feel their draw being physically sucked away while hanging out with him at the snack cart backstage. =b

 

Scotty 2 Hotty: Someone please retool this guy while he's out for a year. The Worm might be a slightly entertaining pop live, but it's nothing to mark over if you're at home.

 

Scott Hall: A null case now, I guess. Hall is one of the stupidest sellers I've ever seen. Watch Austin smack him and X-Pac together at the beginning of Monday's ME to watch Pac take it as a bump while Hall just spins on his feet like a top with a goofy look on his face. I did like how the Stunner would send him into orbit, but cmon.

 

Speaking of Hall, he and Christian the only ones on this list I see having a future (and it's only an "if" in Hall's case assuming he ever cleans himself up.) Scotty is midcarder for life, Stasiak will probably never be full realized (either that or he already has and he just doesn't have the talent.)

[Guest godthedog]

the reason kevin nash tops everybody's list is that he's managed to fuck up more times than anybody else this year, while only wrestling about 4 matches.  the man's punches on the rock during the beatdown were easily the worst i've ever seen.  the man fucked up a thesz press for christ's sake.  and on and on...

 

hogan is probably the worst active wrestler on the roster.  i know albert & big show & all of them suck, but at least they can take back bumps properly.  and how is it that hogan's only in his late 40s & is so hurt he can't take back bumps, while flair's 53 and has been wrestling a more physically intense style all his life, & he can take a back bump just fine?

 

right after wrestlemania, i'd consider taker to be one of the better wrestlers, cause that was an AWESOME match for 2 old men beating each other up.  but after that abortion of a backlash match, he's probably in the teens on the bottom 20 somewhere.

 

aside from the hardys and christian, i pretty much agree with the previous posts about the other worst wrestlers.

[Guest]

Hmmmm...

 

Hogan

Bossman

Mark Henry

Big Show

Kevin Nash

Terri

Billy Gunn (sometimes good but always seems to find a way to stink up a match... although I am rapidly becoming a Billy & Chuck mark)

Faarooq (I like him but he's getting old with a capital LOD.)

Godfather

Torrie Wilson

Rikishi

Stacy Keibler

Hogan again

Bossman again

Hogan a third time, what the hell.

 

Seriously, though, how could you possibly include Christian on any list of bad wrestlers? He's funny, one of the best bumpers since Foley, and has some cool offense. He's just trapped in midcard hell right now. I would've liked to see how it would've gone had they turned Edge heel and let Christian be the wronged babyface...

[Guest Austin3164life]

The worst wrestler easily on the roster....

 

Hulk Hogan.....

[Guest Goodear]

Worst is such a relative term... so its not a bad thing to be the 20th worse wrestler in the federation.  I'll leave in the injured guys, cause injuries aren't going to be making them any better.

 

1) Hulk Hogan

2)  Lita

3)  Mark Henry

4) Tazz

5)  Kevin Nash

6)  Big Show

7)  William Regal

8)  X-Pac

9) Shawn Stasiak

10)  Crash

11) Spike Dudley

12) Faarooq

13)  Hugh Morrous

14) Bradshaw

15) Ric Flair

16)  Maven

17) Steven Richards

18) Al Snow

19) Matt Hardy

20) Goldust

 

[Edit] I forgot Stasiak and Goldust

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

1)  Kevin Nash

2)  Hulk Hogan

3)  Mark Henry

4)  Lita

5)  Test

6)  Bossman

7)  Bradshaw

8)  Tazz

9)  Tommy Dreamer

10)  Steven Richards

11)  X-Pac

12)  Jeff Hardy

13)  Terri

14)  Big Show

15)  Rikishi

16)  Maven

17)  Torrie Wilson

18)  Shawn Stasiak

19)  Billy

20)  Goldust

[Guest Some Guy]

Kahran do really think that Golddust and Big Show are better workers than X Pac? Or is your list randomly ordered?  I'm not a X Pac fan but he is better than all the guys below him on your list.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Kahran do really think that Golddust and Big Show are better workers than X Pac? Or is your list randomly ordered?  I'm not a X Pac fan but he is better than all the guys below him on your list.

 

They ARE better workers than X-Pac, although not as talented.  X-Pac never puts any efforts into his matches.  At least Big Show tries.  

 

Big Show & Goldust also have better mic skills and charisma than X-Pac does, which I factored into it.

[Guest Singular]

The only one's I can see really dogging it lately are

Hogan and Nash.  Nash was fucking up taking chair shots.  Bossman is bad, but hardly gets air time.  Jeff Hardy is terrible.

[Guest Whatmaniac]

The 20 worst WWF wrestlers are:

 

1.Hulk Hogan-he can't talk, he can't work, he can't bump, and he certainly can't act, yet he gets the title and a main-event spot. In the words of the Hurricane, whats up with that.  

 

2.Kevin Nash-this guy can't do anything right hiring him and the rest of the NWO was about as bright on Vince's part as hiring the Giant Gonzalez.

 

3.Big Show-enough said.

 

4.Haku-he had a decent run when he was tagging with Rikishi and fueding with Taker and Kane, but aside from that he was awful.

 

5. Big Bossman-see #3

 

6. Ric Flair-Yes I know he was great once and is no longer an active wrestler, but he sucks nowadays whenever he does wrestle.

 

7.Shawn Stasiak-mediocre worker with an atrocious gimmick.

 

8.Mark Henry-Note to WWF: the World's Strongest Man almost always equals a really boring wrestler.

 

9.Albert-not a terrible worker by any stretch, but not very good either when compared to the rest of the roster.

 

10.Undertaker-while he is still good, even hardened Taker fans will have to admit that he is not as good as he once was.

 

11.Christian-he uses far too many rest holds in his singles matches for my liking and his moveset consists almost entirely of punches, kicks, and neckbreakers.

 

12.Chuck Palumbo-when Billy Gunn is the more talented member of the team, you must really suck.

 

13.Goldust-very boring wrestler, but he has great chemistry with Booker T.

 

14.Tommy Dreamer-too old and banged up to be anything more than a jobber.

 

15.Spike Dudly-good at bumping and little else.

 

16.Raven-His body has been decimated by injuries to the point where he can only do hardcore matches.

 

17.Justin Credible-he isn't very good.

 

18.Jeff Hardy-all those sick bumps combined with bad booking have all but ruined this kid's career.

 

19. William Regal-his matches are really boring even though he is awesome on the microphone.

 

20.Billy Gunn-granted, he works very hard and has some talent but his whole career has been one long excercise in mediocrity.

 

 

P.S. why are people listing X-Pac and Test among the bad workers?  X-Pac is a great worker. He just has a poor choice in friends and has been the victim of negligant booking.  Test is also a good worker who has been done in by inconsistent booking.

[Guest dreamer420]

when compiling my list i looked at a few different things.  those included workrate, bumping, skills, entertainment.  here is my list.

 

1. albert

2. rikishi

3. william regal

4. big show

5. kevin nash

6. hulk hogan

7. bossman

8. mark henry

9. christian

10. haku

 

i can only do a list of 10.  the rest i don't really mind that much

[Guest Anglesault]

All I can really think of right now is test

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

P.S. why are people listing X-Pac and Test among the bad workers?  X-Pac is a great worker. He just has a poor choice in friends and has been the victim of negligant booking.  Test is also a good worker who has been done in by inconsistent booking.

Not sure of his age, but isn't he kind of old to be booked as "the young smaller guy" for all these years?

 

Pac's biggest problem is that he hasn't done anything to make the fans care in 4 years. There's still time to do something with him, but the bookers got lazy and thus so did the fans, which is why I guess everyone kind of expects him to just be "there" without ever doing anything special until whenever he retires.

 

It's like a less drastic version of the Hall thing I mentioned above. I only saw the guy for two months (I've always been a WWF-only mark of sorts) but if the seemingly impossible happens and he someday does clean himself up, he could still do a good job as a heel manager or agent or whatever the word is this week (managent?) Of course, people will say "That guy will never stop drinking why do you even care etc etc etc." I guess the more some things change, the more other things stay the same.

 

Also, Test has gotten many pushes, mostly thanks to Shane McMahon. Test has gotten to participate in the McMahon Drama, be pushed in-your-face-and-down-your-throat in tag teams, and so on.

[Guest Anglesault]

I don't think X-Pac is 30 yet...

 

And X-Pac got lazy, not anyone else.

[Guest]

1. Hogan

2. Big Show

3. Nash

4. The Rock

5. Jeff Hardy

6. Test

7. Albert

8. Rikishi

9. Bossman

10. Lita

11. Trish

12. Mark Henry

13. Scotty 2 Hotty

14. Maven

15. Godfather

16. Bradshaw

17. Shawn Stasiak

18. Matt Hardy

19. Jacqueline

20. X-Pac

[Guest]

1.Nash

2.Hogan

3.Big Show-I really think if he was used like Andre he would be better

4.Test

5.Maven

6.Taker

7.Albert

8.Bossman

9.X-Pac

10.Lita

11.Rikishi

12.Jeff Hardy

13.Mark Henry

14.Crash

15.Goldustin

16.Stacy

17.Billy

18.Chuck

19.Matt Hardy

20.Regal-only good matches are with an Angle or Benoit

[Guest Special K]

1. Nash

2. Hogan

3. Bossman

4. Henry

5. Rikishi

6. Lita

7. Stacey

8. Maven

9. Jeff Hardy

10. Big Slow

11 Albert

12. Billy

13. Test

14. Chuck

15. X-Pac

16. 'Taker

 

Anyone else is somewhat watchable to me.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

Also, Test has gotten many pushes, mostly thanks to Shane McMahon. Test has gotten to participate in the McMahon Drama, be pushed in-your-face-and-down-your-throat in tag teams, and so on.

Man... that argument is PLAYED. If Shane was REALLY as influential as most of the conspirators make him out to be on this board, then Test would have been more than just a transitional tag and IC champ. I swear, people crying over Shane's supposed power makes me laugh my ass off. "Waaa waaa.... Shane and Test are friends!!!! ANd even if Test has been nothing more than a JTTS for his entire career, that makes him EVIL!!!"

 

What I find sad about some of this regurgutated crap is that William Regal essentially got his job because he was a good friend of HHH(something all the HHH hate-mongers conveinantly forget) and he gets more constant pushes than just about any other midcarder, more face time with main eventers, and always seems to have a belt around his waist despite the fact that he had a heatless IC title run that last for MONTHS until the mercy killing at WM.

 

"But APO", you say, "he's great on the mic!". Fuck that, he's a goddamn style clash everytime he sets foot in the ring and aside from that Hogan bit 2 weeks ago, he was a heatless Euro champ who traded the belt with Spike Dudley. Regal hasn't had a good match since 2000, so he should either get off his ass and do something different or stay the fuck out of the ring because I'm tired of seeing him get an insane push like that when he's barely over and a general bore in the ring.

 

And people say Test is bad. AT least he HAD  good match in 2001, can't say the same for Regal, however.

[Guest]

I dont know, I enjoyed Jericho vs Regal at X-7, great opener.

 

My List: Some of these guys put some decent matches on depending on storyline and crowd heat, but based on workrate

 

1. Bossman (ughhh this guy is the only deterrent to watching heat)

 

2.  Hogan (move wise worse than Bossman but at least the crowd is into his matches more)

 

3.  Big Show (tries but it just isnt there)

 

4.  Bradshaw (Punch, Boot, Fallaway Slam, Lariat)

 

5. Albert (The tights put him even higher on my list)

 

6.  Scotty (Used to be good, but gimmick has made him a comedy attraction put in front of us for one move only)

 

7.  Rikishi (Not the worst big man actually dug him as The Sultan, but gimmick is stale and offense like scottie centers around one move)

 

8. Mark Henry (has improved slightly but not enough)

 

9. Kevin Nash (dig his matches but workrate wise are lacking)

 

10.  Rock (Same as Rikishi limited centered around one move, but a heel turn would be real sweet)

 

11.  Test (just bores the crap out of me and is shoved down our throats)

 

12. Maven (hopefully will keep working hard and improving)

 

13. Bubba Ray (great hardcore wrestler limited otherwise in singles action)

 

everyone else is pretty much entertains me in the ring