the 2017 Gooker Award Thread

[bob]

here's a link to vote in the poll


www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/gookerwin/2017gookervoting/


every year after looking at the nominees I usually know what my selection will be immediately......this year, I need to really think it over

[Allie Kitsune]

They should have combined the Bray feuds.

[Jiren]

Wyatt/Orton

Bliss/Bayley was terrible but it didn't stink up a Mania Main event, Plus Bliss/Bayley didn't have "House Of Horror" as that's at least comical to talk about

[fw91]

I voted Jinder. I don't think TNA is even relevant enough anymore for the Gooker. Anyway I could see why people would vote Orton/Bray but I thought it at least started out ok.

[Spider2024]

The Dolph Ziggler entrances were freaking hilarious.

Anyway, I kinda hope Jason Jordan Angle wins this.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I voted for Angle’s black son.

[mcmahonfan85]

gotta go with Jinder. putting your top title on a guy no one really give two shits about and job a bunch of people out to him simply to try to build up a specific market for an upcoming tour, fail to improve said market, and then job him out to a semi-retired career heel who is the babyface in the match on the tour

[Toxik916]

Bray-orton and it's not even close.

Bray is f***ing awful.

[mizerable]

I voted Jinder. Worst champion ever. Not even close.

[Feargus McReddit]

Jinder didn’t have a WWE title match that involved projected images on a ring that went NOWHERE. AT WRESTLEMANIA!

Bray/Orton wins this and it’s not remotely close.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I voted for Jinder Mahal because of the damage his reign did to the product, the ratings, and the attendance. It also lasted a long time.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

Wyatt/Orton, without a doubt. The entire story was incoherent, the effects used were trash, and the entire affair effected everyone involved negatively despite being at the top third of the Mania card.

[Facetious]

The Orton/Wyatt matches were the worst matches of 2017. And the storyline was straight garbage. Just give Wyatt the Cooker for his entire 2017 tbh.

[MolotovMocktail]

My first instinct was to say Bayley/Alexa, if only for that This Is Your Life segment. But ultimately, Jinder on the rolls as champion, who had, coming into his win, lost 81% of his matches (this is an actual statistic) and killing interest in Smackdown (and Nakamura's WWE career) is much more important, and did way more damage.

[BrodietheSlayer]

Jan 4, 2018 21:21:38 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

I voted for Angle’s black son.

[adamclark52]

I submitted a write-in vote for “2017”

[DZ: WF Legacy]

Though Bray/Orton was undoubtedly worse overall since it lasted awhile and resulted in a pointless Royal Rumble win, I think the sheer absurdity of Balor/Bray deserves it. It was so bad that they totally dropped it from television after Bray got sick for a few weeks. Bray is wearing a veil or whatever it was, and he has some goofy voice effect that was so bad that they altered it again in recaps, making it slightly less bad but still hilarious. There's some cheesy face morph and now he's part-woman? Then poor Finn Balor has to sell this thing, and then he comes out later looking like a festive Halloween pumpkin. I actually didn't mind his facepaint change that much, but it just made the whole thing even more absurd since it wasn't intended to be funny at all.

Like I said, Orton/Bray was way worse in terms of length and impact, but this freakin' feud was just too much. Just give Bray the damn Gooker.

[Ben Wyatt]

Bray/Orton because it murdered Bray when he was just appearing to be getting some serious footing.

[honsou]

I think the Lavar Ball angle fits the definition better but good god the only thing WWE related thing I saw this whole was Mania and watching that Bray/Orton match made me glad I stayed away from the product for the most part

[Allie Kitsune]

oVe should get an honorable mention, just for being oVe.