Who Is the Most Overrated Wrestler in the WWE

[Hometown Kid]

I don't need to pick 5, I disagree hugely with Triple H and Taker these days being in there, really Rey and Cena look better compared to those guys. Cena has midcard talent, it's easy to say he's the best big match worker, but how many Wrestlemania main events will someone like Jimmy Wang Yang or "Slam Master" have? I would rather watch a 20 minute match with those guys in it than Cena any day. But they obviously aren't going to get any love, they're portrayed as jobbers. I like to look deeper than what they give me, because in the reality of things we'll never know who the true "best" big match workers are, or who truly connects with the crowd the best, because there are so many factors that play into getting a legit push in the largest company in the world, great wrestlers often get lost in the shuffle.

Anyway, my list will look a lot different than most and I accept that, but top 5 great match wrestlers to me in WWE are, in no particular order.

Shelton, Bourne, Yang, JTG, Jericho.

 

[MizMasta3000]

nice list Dylan

 

[He who knows more than Nation]

I don't need to pick 5, I disagree hugely with Triple H and Taker these days being in there, really Rey and Cena look better compared to those guys. Cena has midcard talent, it's easy to say he's the best big match worker, but how many Wrestlemania main events will someone like Jimmy Wang Yang or "Slam Master" have? I would rather watch a 20 minute match with those guys in it than Cena any day. But they obviously aren't going to get any love, they're portrayed as jobbers. I like to look deeper than what they give me, because in the reality of things we'll never know who the true "best" big match workers are, or who truly connects with the crowd the best, because there are so many factors that play into getting a legit push in the largest company in the world, great wrestlers often get lost in the shuffle.

Anyway, my list will look a lot different than most and I accept that, but top 5 great match wrestlers to me in WWE are, in no particular order.

Shelton, Bourne, Yang, JTG, Jericho.

I don't know what to say about that list. It's one truly great worker and a bunch of scrubs that have never had one good tv match, except Shelton. But you talk about people being given a chance, but Shelton hase been given so many chances to succeed but he's so bland and boring and still hasn't shown any ability outside some very nice spots that he's a failed project and that's the best status he'll ever get in my book.
Please, please, please defend Bourne, he's a spot monkey, but could be Misterio-esque, Yang...errr, that's going to take some defending too. Then there's JTG, I'm sorry, but that's some credibility being shot right there without defending that. R-Truth is better than JTG, that's not saying much, but he's a better wrestler and connects way better with than fans than Cryme Tyme combined. I'm sorry, but all these guys together have like 1/4th the tv time Cena gets, and you might think that serves your point, but none of them, outside Benjamin have been involved in anything remotely special, or have even shown they have charisma. Lance Storm was a better worker than any of them, but lacked charisma and he still had a better career than those dudes. Being a great worker goes further than what they can do inside the ring, and either you have the "it" or you don't. And no one outside Jericho you listed has given anyone a reason to believe otherwise.

And Cena is the best big match worker, not because of his WrestleMania main events, but because of his incredible 2007, where he worked awesome feuds and matches with Umaga, HBK, Lashley and Orton. Then when he came back in 2008 and had some awesomeness with Edge and Tista, in 2009 as stale as the feud was, he had great matches with Orton, and now he is having an awesome feud with Tista. The proof is in the putting, Cena has done it on both sides, inside and out of the ring. No one can really compare to him, especially scrubs like JTG and Wang, not because they haven't been given a chance, Cena was a vanilla, bland as fuck baby face but showed glimpses of the "it", but none of those cats have even remotely shown that they have the "it".

 

[MizMasta3000]

Cena was a vanilla, bland as fuck baby face

Why is this in past tense?

 

[THE Brian Kendrick's Biceps]

Why is this in past tense?

Because now he's a charismatic top notch superstar.

I actually agree w/Dylan on Wang Yang. Guy got over despite a shitty gimmick, and I've seen him work a few enjoyable matches in ROH. JTG works alright as a face in peril, but is way more suited as a tag wrestler. Shelton, blah. Bourne I don't mind, but how you can call Rey a spot monkey for being a high flyer as your defence for not liking him and then like Bourne is pretty idiotic. Not going to argue Jericho isn't great, but I certainly wouldn't say he's beter than either of Cena or Rey.

 

[MizMasta3000]

Cena is bland and stale as fuck and anyone who doesn't see that is plain delusional

 

[THE Brian Kendrick's Biceps]

Bland would indicate that he has no character/charisma, which he obviously does have. Granted, a heel turn would be something new, but the guy is still far more interesting than most of the guys on the roster.

 

[MizMasta3000]

yeah for Cena's sake he better hope him and Orton are drafted to different shows because Orton out pops the fuck out of him.

 

[xtremebadass]

Who is the most overrated superstar in the WWE? I did not look at the previous four pages of replies but I damn sure know atleast one person must have said Undertaker and that is who I am going with.

Over the past two years the Undertaker has had two match of the year's. Now how can someone like that be overrated? Easily. They were against the same guy, Shawn Michaels. If HBK was not in that match Undertaker would just be in another boring match he always finds himself in. Taker is not that great in the ring anymore as he is getting old and injuries are plaguing him, although the Undertaker was never that great of a wrestler. His gimmick was always there to back up his lack of in ring ability. That is what always kept him a force in the company. Point is, Undertaker's gimmick is played out, to put it lightly, he never changes and is almost as immobile as Batista in the ring. Undertaker is overrated.

 

[THE Brian Kendrick's Biceps]

yeah for Cena's sake he better hope him and Orton are drafted to different shows because Orton out pops the fuck out of him.

ummmmmmmm

Who is the most overrated superstar in the WWE? I did not look at the previous four pages of replies but I damn sure know atleast one person must have said Undertaker and that is who I am going with.

Over the past two years the Undertaker has had two match of the year's. Now how can someone like that be overrated? Easily. They were against the same guy, Shawn Michaels. If HBK was not in that match Undertaker would just be in another boring match he always finds himself in. Taker is not that great in the ring anymore as he is getting old and injuries are plaguing him, although the Undertaker was never that great of a wrestler. His gimmick was always there to back up his lack of in ring ability. That is what always kept him a force in the company. Point is, Undertaker's gimmick is played out, to put it lightly, he never changes and is almost as immobile as Batista in the ring. Undertaker is overrated.

Please explain his great matches with Batista, Edge and Angle (who even made wrestle a match with some logic in it) then from the last few years. The guy wasn't a great wrestler at the start of his run, but he has improved a hell of a lot. He is limited, but he still manages to go out and put a heck of a show when he wants to. The fact that he's hurt and can still put on a great match is a testament to him. I don't like him appearing on Smackers, because he really doesn't do anyone else on the show any good, but I can't deny he can wrestle.

 

[The Showstopper]

Orton out popping Cena? Doesnt Cena get the loudest reaction cheers/boos? Everyone goes wild when he comes out. I dont think Cena is overrated. Undertaker is for sure though..

 

[xtremebadass]

Please explain his great matches with Batista, Edge and Angle (who even made wrestle a match with some logic in it) then from the last few years.

I only said from the last two years. If you want to include his feud with Edge from 2008, okay I will give that one to you the TLC and the HIAC were pretty good. I was only referencing the past two years though.

 

[maty619]

I don't know what to say about that list. It's one truly great worker and a bunch of scrubs that have never had one good tv match, except Shelton. But you talk about people being given a chance, but Shelton hase been given so many chances to succeed but he's so bland and boring and still hasn't shown any ability outside some very nice spots that he's a failed project and that's the best status he'll ever get in my book.

Shelton has not been given a chance, he got like his 1st title match in years for the ECW title at TLC, that is not being given a chance, if they wanted to give him a chance put him in the spotlight see how he reacts, that's a chance. All I have seen from Shelton in his matches is his endless class. Shelton is not just about his spots, Shelton actually wrestles a good match and by that he actually WRESTLES a good match, he almost reminds me of Kurt Angle in a way. Now, I'm the first to admit that Shelton's promos aren't the best but does every single wrestler need to be judged on the way they cut a promo and their charisma. If Shelton got a better move set I could possibly see him winning a money in the bank for once, stick him with someone like Jericho or Punk (just for their promos) and he has the potential to become great.

 

[THE Brian Kendrick's Biceps]

I only said from the last two years. If you want to include his feud with Edge from 2008, okay I will give that one to you the TLC and the HIAC were pretty good. I was only referencing the past two years though.

He also had some pretty good matches w/Big Show iirc. Their Survivor Series match was shit, but I seem to remember enjoying their match from Survivor Series. For a guy who's crippled, I think he does a damn good job.

 

[...god...]

I highly disagree with Shelton. He is NOT a very good worker. He rarely can get the crowd in the match, the guy just lacks horrid amounts of charisma. However, he is quite possibly the greatest athlete to ever grace a WWE ring. That's all he has. Bourne is 100x better than Kofi, but he isn't that great. Then again, he hasn't been given a chance in the WWE, when he was Sydal he was pretty good, Idk, I definitely could see him improve, but listing him as a top 5 worker? Come on now. JTG in the same category, he's pretty good and I could definitely see him getting even better. Wang.. w/e. Athletic, talented dude, but I think Slam Master J is much better.

Christian is underrated in the ring imo. I mainly get this idea more from this thread, just because the IWC praises him he's overrated? Ok. They praise him because he's fucking jewed over by the WWE/Vince and you all know it. Matt was in the same situation before he started sucking, and he deserved his god damn praise, the guy was probably in the top 5-10 performers at one time as well. I personally think Christian is the most consistent and well-rounded, unique performer going today.

Morrison is good and will only get better, but is probably overrated atm.

I think Rey was overrated (or just not rated at all, whatever) until recently (admittedly by me, I just wanted him to fuck off). He did jack shit up until his nice little trifecta with Jericho, HBK, THEN Punk. It really brought out the best of him and it showed he only just needed a good opponent to shine. Too long had he been given stupid ass big men to play out his gimmick so he couldn't work an actual match. Rey lacks psychology..? What. The only argument is that the fact of Rey's size gives him such an easy advantage to play out his character. Short dude gets beat up tons and plays dead --> hits surprise move! Seriously, some of you guys are giving him too much credit, for that I can see HTK's complaint. However he's good, and if we're listing top 5 workers, it'd be a travesty not to list Rey due to his RECENT performances.

Orton has outpopped Cena at times, but who gets the bigger reaction still? Obviously Cena.

BKB pretty much covered that Undertaker nonsense, if anything, the guy is underrated. You can tell he gives it his fucking all and a 6'7-6'8" guy scaling the top rope like he does (especially in his age) is fucking mind blowing and perceived too shortly. I found it interesting he didn't do it in his last match with Shawn Michaels, they gave a reason to divert it. Maybe he really is done this time, and I would say it wouldn't be a better time. Although I really hope it's not and he just needs rest + medical care because he still has possibly the biggest match of his career ahead of him next year. It wasn't so much that he sucked before than it was that he didn't really have AMAZING performers like Shawn Michaels to work with in the Attitude Era. His previous matches with Shawn were GOOD. Matches with Angle were awesome, etc.