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Post by fortknox on Jan 10, 2019 19:14:34 GMT -5
The sports entertainment industry has undoubtedly created some larger than life stars over the years, but at the very same time, the business has seen even more flops, failures and overall disappointments. Although promotions such as WCW, TNA/Impact Wrestling, and ECW have had their fare share of disappointments, there is absolutely no denying the fact that WWE has taken the cake for the most disappointing wrestlers in the industry nearly every year. Vince McMahon may have created some big names in his time as WWE's front-man, bit without a doubt, Vinny Mac has introduced many wrestlers who ended up becoming the biggest flop or disappointment of that said year. Whether it's due to the Superstar lacking the actual traits of a WWE Superstar, poor booking (quite often the main reason), Vince losing interest, locker room problems or a multitude of other scenarios, WWE has become known for their significant number of disappointments each year - WWE's failures typically outweigh those from any other promotion. Regardless, we will definitely still be including a few disappointments from other wrestling companies that outdid WWE for a certain year, but if there's one thing consistent with this list, it's WWE's name beside most wrestlers - there's no denying the fact that WWE sorts through many disappointments before they find a wrestler who remotely succeeds in the long run. With that being said, let's take a closer look at the most disappointing wrestler in the industry every year since 1990! www.thesportster.com/wrestling/the-most-disappointing-wrestler-in-the-industry-every-year-since-1990/amp/
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Post by fw91 on Jan 10, 2019 19:42:03 GMT -5
as silly as it was, was El Matador really disapointing? Santana wasn't relevant for a while before that.
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Post by Aceorton on Jan 11, 2019 11:45:11 GMT -5
By the end of '97, Rock had turned things around significantly from where he was at in April. If anything, he's an example of how to recover from rock bottom, no pun intended, in a single year. I can name a ton of others in 1997 more "deserving" of this spot: Flash Funk, Furnas and Lafon, Jarrett, Marc Mero, Vader, Ahmed Johnson, Billy Gunn ... 1997 was a wayyyy more disappointing year for Ahmed Johnson with the heel turn/immediate injury disaster.
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Post by MC Blowfish on Jan 11, 2019 11:51:16 GMT -5
I get that the Rocky Maivia gimmick wasn't exactly well-received, but he became The Rock. I think he's the very opposite of disappointing?
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jan 11, 2019 12:13:46 GMT -5
I avoid any wrestling articles from The Sportster like the plague.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 12:23:45 GMT -5
as silly as it was, was El Matador really disapointing? Santana wasn't relevant for a while before that. And Tito Santana was an incredibly reliable wrestler. I don't think there's been a point in pro wrestling history where a promoter looked at someone who knew how to fill in and job and go over and perform and sell like a pro and said "what a disappointment he is." El Matador was a way to change the old reliable guy up and make him look perhaps more relevant, even though for the most part he did the same job he always did but with longer pants on this time.
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Post by Dub H on Jan 11, 2019 12:42:43 GMT -5
Jack Swagger did great as a champion,the booking was awful,fight me IRL.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 12:54:03 GMT -5
Luger was the main one I took issue with. He might not have been the next Hogan, but he still took a total suck gimmick and got over with it. The writer makes it sound like it was Luger's fault that the Lex Express failed when in fact Luger was probably the only reason it got over. If they had just let him be The Total Package, it would have been a whole different story.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Jan 11, 2019 13:58:14 GMT -5
I thought he was ok
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 14:36:54 GMT -5
Jack Swagger did great as a champion,the booking was awful,fight me IRL. Agreed. I really enjoyed Swagger as a smarmy heel.
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Post by corndog on Jan 11, 2019 14:58:16 GMT -5
By the end of '97, Rock had turned things around significantly from where he was at in April. If anything, he's an example of how to recover from rock bottom, no pun intended, in a single year. I can name a ton of others in 1997 more "deserving" of this spot: Flash Funk, Furnas and Lafon, Jarrett, Marc Mero, Vader, Ahmed Johnson, Billy Gunn ... 1997 was a wayyyy more disappointing year for Ahmed Johnson with the heel turn/immediate injury disaster. I agree, '97 was the year "The Rock" was born after joining Nation of Domination. He started referring to himself in third person and created many of his catchphrases late 97/early 98. I definitely agree about Ahmed Johnson in '97.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Jan 12, 2019 9:31:14 GMT -5
RVD winning the title and then having to quickly turn it over due to the Drug arrest should have probably made him the biggest disapointment of 06
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jan 12, 2019 10:54:06 GMT -5
Luger was the main one I took issue with. He might not have been the next Hogan, but he still took a total suck gimmick and got over with it. The writer makes it sound like it was Luger's fault that the Lex Express failed when in fact Luger was probably the only reason it got over. If they had just let him be The Total Package, it would have been a whole different story. And they said that Luger lacked the necessary traits to be a star. Luger WAS a star in wrestling - he just wasn’t an 80s Hogan level phenomenon, which is 99.9% of wrestlers in history.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jan 12, 2019 11:24:56 GMT -5
No place for Marty Jannetty on the list? He was every bit as good as Shawn at the time of the split, was in line for a decent push and he screwed it up.
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Post by auph10imitated on Jan 12, 2019 14:12:42 GMT -5
Tito Santana was grasping at straws for 1992, Sid Justice would have been a more fitting choice. Groomed as the next big thing in 1991, main evented with Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania has the look to be the next big monster, quits one month later a few weeks into a feud with Ultimate Warrior
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 12, 2019 15:55:54 GMT -5
Tito Santana was grasping at straws for 1992, Sid Justice would have been a more fitting choice. Groomed as the next big thing in 1991, main evented with Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania has the look to be the next big monster, quits one month later a few weeks into a feud with Ultimate Warrior In Sid’s defense, he apparently had no idea he main evented Mania with Hulk. That’s what he told Sean Mooney.
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Post by chronocross on Jan 12, 2019 16:06:54 GMT -5
I didn't think Jarrett was all that disappointing in 2000, I thought he made a better challenger than World Champion but I thought he was a good hand in the ring.
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Post by Zen411 on Jan 12, 2019 18:14:15 GMT -5
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Jan 12, 2019 19:28:20 GMT -5
I’ll check the list but Ken Kennedy better be on it. He was supposed to be a main eventer but became a top five bust of all time, and that weird type of wrestler who failed both in the wwe and in tna.
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Post by Dub H on Jan 12, 2019 19:38:04 GMT -5
I’ll check the list but Ken Kennedy better be on it. He was supposed to be a main eventer but became a top five bust of all time, and that weird type of wrestler who failed both in the wwe and in tna. The list is more wrestler that were hyped but had disappointing years. Kennedy was promised big thing and had a solid run,but his downfall was more steady
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