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We keep going round and round though, do you really feel that his level of talent in ring warranted him the level of success he got as quickly as he got it?
Warrior was over though. By time Warrior received his monster push, the WWE desperately needed someone to take over the reins for Hogan. Look back at his three title reigns. It's not like he stunk up the joint. The World Title reign had the great match with Hogan, a couple of really good title defenses against Rick Rude and a really under the radar gem against Ted DiBiase. His two IC title reigns included a few good matches against Rick Rude and one of the few good moments of Honky Tonk Man's title reign. Outside of title reigns, Warrior had a couple of great matches with Randy Savage - two of Savage's best matches.
He gave incredibly memorable interviews, had some good matches, was so fucking over and unlike a lot of guys, he's still memorable twenty years after he left his prime. Was he a Bryan Danielson or Chris Benoit inside of the ring? No, but he didn't need to be.
This goes beyond you, but fans today tries so hard to discredit Warrior. I feel a big part of that is just recycled BS from Warrior's DVD hack job. You look at all of the cliche and overused criticisms for Warrior - "Oh, he was SO bad in the ring!" (most of his matches were just squashes and he typically delivered in the longer ones), "Warrior was one of the worst promo guys!" (They played to his character and still remembered today), and "Warrior was an undeserving champion!" (He was over, how is that undeserving?)
A lot of the hate for Warrior is just people talking out of their ass without being able to give any real arguments against Warrior that can't be easily disputed.
Warrior was over though. By time Warrior received his monster push, the WWE desperately needed someone to take over the reins for Hogan. Look back at his three title reigns. It's not like he stunk up the joint. The World Title reign had the great match with Hogan, a couple of really good title defenses against Rick Rude and a really under the radar gem against Ted DiBiase. His two IC title reigns included a few good matches against Rick Rude and one of the few good moments of Honky Tonk Man's title reign. Outside of title reigns, Warrior had a couple of great matches with Randy Savage - two of Savage's best matches.
He gave incredibly memorable interviews, had some good matches, was so fucking over and unlike a lot of guys, he's still memorable twenty years after he left his prime. Was he a Bryan Danielson or Chris Benoit inside of the ring? No, but he didn't need to be.
This goes beyond you, but fans today tries so hard to discredit Warrior. I feel a big part of that is just recycled BS from Warrior's DVD hack job. You look at all of the cliche and overused criticisms for Warrior - "Oh, he was SO bad in the ring!" (most of his matches were just squashes and he typically delivered in the longer ones), "Warrior was one of the worst promo guys!" (They played to his character and still remembered today), and "Warrior was an undeserving champion!" (He was over, how is that undeserving?)
A lot of the hate for Warrior is just people talking out of their ass without being able to give any real arguments against Warrior that can't be easily disputed.
I actually never saw the DVD. But I hated his promos. I guess I could also be clouded by what an asshat in real life he is. I concede I may have been to harsh on the U.W.
as for this last batch...there is no fucking way in hell Smash/Repo Man should be anywhere near this list...his work in Demolition alone far outweighs his Reponess
Mantaur was a shortlived turd
David Sammartino was just awful and we all know why he got his little push
Hillbilly Jim & Mideon never stood out to me as overly bad not good but not like they were getting huge pushes
Big Zeke is so bad he makes Ahmed Johnson look like Farooq...push after push fails because he stinks in the ring and has the voice of a preteen
Orlando Jordan I really don't have much of an opinion cuz I wasn't watching much Smackdown during his tenure
Nailz and Typhoon were both brutal failures that got pushed to the fuckin moon
Big Zeke was actually pretty good prior to his injury and face turn.
Darsow being one of the worst ever is a bit harsh, but he also had plenty of terrible time periods.
Hillbilly Jim was decent at best. The fact that he was ranked worse than Cousin Junior should be a crime. Compared to Cousin Junior, Uncle Elmer and Cousin Luke, Hillbilly Jim was damn near Bryan Danielson levels of greatness.
Zeke was decent, but man did that guy get chance after chance after chance and get no where.
Surprised more people didn't vote Orlando. Hung around JBL during the whole of his reign and had nothing to show for it. Rubbish in the ring, perhaps most famous for losing the US title in something like 20 seconds.
Goldberg certainly wasn't the best worker of all time or even the most entertaining, but I don't know if he qualifies for worst WWE Superstar. Even if you wanted to say he was that awful a performer, he'd be more apt for worst WCW talent. Especially given his track record for ending the careers of those named Hart. His one year with WWE was forgettable at best and predictable at worst IMO.
Sid is a man who I think gets a lot of unjustified hate just being a big man worker. They all can't be Undertaker flying over the top rope. Sid knew his game and he worked it well. Shawn Michaels actually lobbied hard to get Sid his last run with the 'E because he liked his work.
I can't disagree with the Heart Break Kid.
I honestly don't see what anyone else sees in this guy. He has no discernible gimmick or character (he chucked that away like a baby with the bath water when he tossed his awful Jamaican thing), he lacks charisma... I dare say he's a black hole of charisma, he works the most boring routine matches and most of it is just SPOTS. I cannot stand Kofi. TBF I wouldn't call Kofi that bad alone, but when you factor in length on top, amount of pushes and they way he's handled, he's too poor to be treated liked the next Y2J. Take the IC title off him already and let's move on.
TBF I actually thought the Mordecai gimmick was pretty neat. You had this white pasty holy anti-undertaker. I was pretty disappointed when the inevitable match-up never materialized.
No offense, but if you think Little Guido Maritato aka Nunzio can't work, you need glasses. Guido transitioned quite well into the early SmackDown! CW scene. Had many fantastic Velocity matches and the like. If it's just his WWE work you didn't like, check out his ECW stuff, it might not be what this poll is for, but clearly he isn't a "worst" anything. Same goes for Spike, sort of.
Can't believe I was the only one to pick Kirchner, dude flat out sucked AND he was even a lower rank than Slaughter. I agree with Dave on Spike Dudley as well, there's no reason why he should be on this list.
The Road Dogg Jesse James? What? People dissin' on my boys in the Tag Team poll was one thing but worst of all time? Now there's going to be war! Oh, you didn't know? Your ass better call somebody! First of all, James was the golden tongue that never was again. Dude, could rock that stick like it owed him money. Almost, and I do mean almost, no one else could get a crowd behind him like James before the match even got underway just by coming out to the ring and talking to the fans. He was no slouch in the ring either. No one would dare mistake him for a Hart but many would assert he was a slightly better ring psychologist than his tag partner. I'm no hater on the Ass Man, but sometimes that was true. I've always enjoyed Road Dogg on the mic or in the ring, in tags or in singles. Don't get the hate personally.
How is Rhyno one of the worst ever? Like how? He was what he was supposed to be, a monster and sometimes hardcore wrestler. Rhyno's matches with Tajiri, Jeff Hardy and Y2J in 2001 alone DQ him from this contest.
Paul London got a better push than he ever deserved. What I've seen of his shoot interviews since he's left WWE paint him as a complete waste of space to me, and was lucky to have half the success he did with his attitude.
Even if you wouldn't consider this the best run of his career, he had plenty of great to decent matches with HBK, Mankind, Kane and Undertaker to keep him off this list.
Billy Gunn was one of the boys who oozed charisma and know how. He clicked with almost any gimmick, angle or partner he was saddled with. I actually thought Billy & Chuck was brilliant. Anyone who comes out to a theme about their love of asses, can't be the worst of anything.
Dude was sloppy, unmotivated and uncoordinated. Despite being plagied with injuries and failing to click with the audience in the way WWE wanted, they continued to put him in spots he shouldn't have been. This guy is the epitome of this list.
That picture sums up the rest of this post up quite nicely.
: David Sammartino. I feel so bad for him.
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