Where does Lana rank among the all-time worst managers?

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Let's be realistic; the only thing Lana has going for her, at least in wrestling, is her appearance (this can come off wrong, but I'm talking about in a valet sense). She's notoriously bad in the ring, her microphone skills are very awful, and she routinely costs her clients matches in story. If the Observer still had the "Worst" awards for individual talent, which again, I don't know why they got rid of them, I think she might have started chasing Mr. Fuji's record of 9 straight years of winning Worst Manager.

But, I'm not purposefully trying to bury her (though she does suck)... it's just... what does she legitimately bring to wrestling in a positive manner?

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Nothing really besides looking good standing next to them. You kind of nailed it, she can't wrestle, can't really cut a promo and her clients LOSE because of her! At the very least a manager should be able to get their client a win but she doesn't do that.

[FALLOUT Goldashausen #BLM]

The difference between her and someone like Zelina Vega is night and day. I get the impression that Zelina is a relentless businesswoman, the epitome of #girlboss, who turns her clients' careers around (her work with Andrade in NXT is brilliant).

As for Lana, while I liked her role as evil Russian puppet master in Rusev's undefeated run, she's been largely ineffective since. I credit Rusev with getting her over at every turn, especially in the Mixed Match Challenge.

I'd still take Lana over someone like Rosa Mendes or Summer Rae, though. But even that's not saying much.

[Ludwig Kaiser’s Walk]

I was just thinking about this last night

She’s now directly cost her wrestler 2 Wrestlemania matches. This time with Lashley and ending Rusev’s undefeated streak by getting on the apron

She has really struggled to be a positive, although she seems to draw heat in a Vicki Guerrero way nowadays. So, I guess that’s good, even though she’s not in Vicki’s class

[Mid-Carder]

She was genuinely unique and interesting during the Russian gimmick. Now if you want a faceless blonde, there are ones with a modicum of talent as well.

As somebody else mentioned, Zelina Vega really has the valet role down perfectly.

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

I don't blame her, because her career's been one love triangle angle after another. That's hard to act once, much less over and over.

She's also not that bad on the mic, and I'm surprised to see people say she is. She has definite charisma. The worst thing about her, from my perspective, is that you can really tell when she's having fun and when she's not.

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Disagree. She is great with Rusev when she had the Russian gimmick.

Why she is all of sudden American makes absolutely no sense.

[Ben Wyatt]

Outside of her tenure with Rusev until the stupid thing with Dolph, she's been absolutely useless

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I'm still so confused how she sounds more natural speaking in a cartoon Rocky & Bullwinkle accent than in her actual voice.

[FALLOUT Goldashausen #BLM]

Looking back, Lana was BRILLIANT in her brief Southpaw cameo as Big Bartholomew (Rusev)'s cousin. You can definitely tell she succeeds with certain material. The love triangles/squares/trapezoids have done her zero favors over the years.

I dunno. I think if this company played more to the strengths and enthusiasm of its talent that there would be more opportunities for their strengths to emerge.

[Rolent Tex]

She’s the best manager ever. It’s obvious that Vladimir Putin has her undercover as an American Girl to sabotage the careers of hard working American wrestlers. It’s an elaborate long game between Putin, Rusev and Lana.

[Bo Rida]

Her original hair tied up Russian run was really good. She could have developed it, built a stable to become one of the greats.

Instead she went American and lost what made her special.

Still that first run puts her well above the all time worst.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Apr 6, 2020 12:18:11 GMT -5 FALLOUT Goldashausen #BLM said:

The difference between her and someone like Zelina Vega is night and day. I get the impression that Zelina is a relentless businesswoman, the epitome of #girlboss, who turns her clients' careers around (her work with Andrade in NXT is brilliant).

As for Lana, while I liked her role as evil Russian puppet master in Rusev's undefeated run, she's been largely ineffective since. I credit Rusev with getting her over at every turn, especially in the Mixed Match Challenge.

I'd still take Lana over someone like Rosa Mendes or Summer Rae, though. But even that's not saying much.

IDK I would take Summer over Lana. I actually preferred Summer/Rusev over Lana/Rusev and found them to be a lot more entertaining together.

As far as all time worst managers I goes I would say she's on the lower half. I mean of the three managers her husband has had (Lana, Summer, Aiden) Land IMO was the worst. Having less chemistry with her own husband then two other people is a pretty big strike against her. However she was pretty effective during the first year of Rusev's run which puts her far above the likes of Frenchy Martin, Harvey Wippleman, and "Coach" John Tolos who were all useless. She has been pretty dreadful since the Ziggler storyline nearly five years ago but I think she's been ok during the Lashley pairing. She is super annoying but I guess with her being a heel that's a good thing.

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Apr 6, 2020 12:48:21 GMT -5 Ludwig Kaiser’s Walk said:

I was just thinking about this last night

She’s now directly cost her wrestler 2 Wrestlemania matches. This time with Lashley and ending Rusev’s undefeated streak by getting on the apron

She has really struggled to be a positive, although she seems to draw heat in a Vicki Guerrero way nowadays. So, I guess that’s good, even though she’s not in Vicki’s class

Thing is... it's easy to get easy heat by being abrasive and obnoxious, but that can quickly go into the "go away" heat category, where people want you off television because you're terrible, not because you're good at you're job.

[saneiac]

I didn't even like Lana when she was with Rusev. Everything about her is awful.

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Apr 6, 2020 15:02:54 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Her original hair tied up Russian run was really good. She could have developed it, built a stable to become one of the greats.

Instead she went American and lost what made her special.

Still that first run puts her well above the all time worst.

Yeah, she was the best part of Rusev's act for a little while. I still like her personally, but I can get why others don't.

[XIII]

She’s worse than Kimchee

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

When she was still about Russian superiority and shit, she managed Rusev to a year-long undefeated streak and his first championship. Then she listened to that American rock n roll and things started going downhill ever since.

[Push R Truth]

About the 15th time her accent changed mid sentence was the point she reached Worst.