Most Disappointed Wrestler in History

[JimmyMess]

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That's a pretty disappointed wrestler right there...

Any more you can think of who are the most disappointed wrestlers?

[FourFifty]

.....Nope. You have it right there.

The man that paved the way and showed the light for social media to the WWE got a mild pushed while being white hot. Dude should have been pushed to the moon while the entire arena, and not just the people on social media, were chanting "WE WANT RYDER, WOO WOO WOO!"

He's young enough and talented enough to get a good push (when he comes back).

Should it happen? #YESYESYES
Will it happen? #NoChanceInHell

[Tom Guycott]

Yes. My thought on Zack Ryder can be summed up thusly:

After a specific King of the Ring, a certain bald wrestler cuts a certain bible related promo, and gives birth to a phrase that transcends his career, and even wrestling itself, into a pop culture phenomenon. .. and WWE goes and decides to not only not to market that in any way, but they fail to put that guy on TV anymore, save matches on Shotgun Saturday night or the occasional job on RAW.

Am I saying Zack would've been the next Austin: most likely not... BUT the point is, we'll never know. Nobody knew Austin was going to become as big as he was even then. But Zack is a case study on what would have happened to Steve if they just pissed that winning lottery ticket away to do something else.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Nope he's hurt for 6 months too. Probably gonna get released.

[#1-norm-fan]

Ryder had his chance just like Austin did. He was getting constant TV time andtime to talk on the mic and make an impression and he never showed anything. He's just didn't have what it takes to be much of a star past that initial wave of overness. Winning the IC title was an overachievement even.

Though they should have made more of a WrestleMania moment out of his storyline with Eve by having her pair up with The Miz while someone like Layla pairs up with Zack and he beats Miz as a big "lol suck it bitch" to Eve to have a happy ending to the story and move on from there. Instead they wasted all the build on a side story to a 14 man tag match.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I think Ryder's defeatist attitude stuffed him.

I think bret hart is the most disappointed wrestler in history. He seems perpetually disappointed with everything. It's partially why I love him, shootwise.

[#1-norm-fan]

Was Tim White ever a wrestler? If so, him. Couldn't even kill himself properly. So much disappointment.

[XL]

Ryder had his chance just like Austin did. He was getting constant TV time andtime to talk on the mic and make an impression and he never showed anything. He's just didn't have what it takes to be much of a star past that initial wave of overness. Winning the IC title was an overachievement even.

Though they should have made more of a WrestleMania moment out of his storyline with Eve by having her pair up with The Miz while someone like Layla pairs up with Zack and he beats Miz as a big "lol suck it bitch" to Eve to have a happy ending to the story and move on from there. Instead they wasted all the build on a side story to a 14 man tag match.

Think you mean US Title.

[XL]

Kennedy/Anderson has to be up there. So close to grabbing that brass ring on more than one occasion with WWE and it always went to shit. Could have been huge.

[Destor]

everyone missed the point of this thread

[Tom Guycott]

... or they clicked on the wrong one.

And I didn't, by the way, because we'll never know. None of us. Including Ryder himself. If that isn't a reason for him to be pretty damn dissappointed, I don't know what is.

[Shisen Kopf]

everyone missed the point of this thread

did I do it right?

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[Destor]

ha!

[Big Vic]

Didn't Zack Ryder have a terrible promo right after winning the US title?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

everyone missed the point of this thread

I personally think I posted the right guy.

[XL]

everyone missed the point of this thread

I don't think anyone missed the point.

[Mercenary]

Maybe if Ryder didn't get all bitchy everytime on twittere he wasn't booked for a tv taping. Just maybe he be somewhere higher

[Rollermacka]

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He looks pretty disappointed..... and he's looking in another direction too

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[Mr. Nerfect]

#1-wwf-fan is right. Now, how much of Ryder's push was up to Ryder and how much was management is entirely unknown. Ryder certainly has never been able to make his charisma translate into personality, and his best match is still his ECW Title match against Christian in, like, 2009.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Christian was having good matches with everyone around that team. He even had a banger with Yoshi Tatsu.

[FourFifty]

I still think Christian could have been huge after he came back from his run in TNA. Captain Charisma Christan Cage could have been huge. He's the guy "the man" tried to keep down. Rename the Killswitch to the C4, have a few work shoots on how Vince and Triple H are only pushing "WWE made" wrestlers (Orton, Cena) while a self made superstar like Captain Charisma Christian Cage is kept down.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Do you think he is disappointed by that FourFifty?

[FourFifty]

Considering that at one point Vince McMahon wanted to censor out his face with a blue dot, anything without Edge being the focal point we can count as a disappointment.

[Destor]

Kennedy/Anderson has to be up there. So close to grabbing that brass ring on more than one occasion with WWE and it always went to shit. Could have been huge.

I don't think anyone missed the point.You'd think that

[XL]

So you don't think that Kennedy would be disappointed in the way his career went?

Or are people missing the point of the parody thread by replying at all?

[Destor]

let me help you

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[Destor]

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[Destor]

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[Destor]

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[Destor]

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[XL]

At no point does it explicitly say that the point of the topic was to post pictures of wrestlers looking disappointed.

Though your selection of disappointed wrestler pictures is pretty great.

[#1-norm-fan]

Taker and Foley don't even look disappointed. Awful.

[Destor]

Foley has the classic dissapointed father look

[Destor]

hiding his shame under his beard

[Destor]

taker has smelled your fart and isnt please

[Destor]

its a funeral for god's sake

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, Destor turning it around.

I don't think people missed the point so much as they just decided to expand on loose subjects in the thread.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Christian was THE MAN in 2005. I think we forget just how fucking over he was getting. When he came back, I can completely understand why they didn't hot-shot him into a spot, but looking back at it, an ECW Title win against Swagger at WrestleMania XXV would have been a pretty cool thing to do.

I find it so weird that face Christian hardly ever got any time on the mic to sell his character. The company still keeps him employed, so I'm not going to cry "conspiracy," but it does seem like they almost didn't want him to be able to use one of his best talents to make them money.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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He doesn't have a wig I can split?

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I'm in TNA.

[XL]

Lol, Destor turning it around.

I don't think people missed the point so much as they just decided to expand on loose subjects in the thread.

Careful, he might neg you!!

[#1-norm-fan]

People shit on face Christian way too much.

He did little things during his matches when he was a face that most faces wouldn't even think of. He was amazing as a face just because he would change his repertoire to fit his disposition. And it always worked perfectly. You could tell he was having a blast as a face in a manner that no one else was able to show.

[Bad News Gertner]

Face Christian is atrocious

[Destor]

Gertner knows

[Destor]

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[drave]

You think all that shitting on Christian's face is the reason for the big blue dot?

[drave]

Also

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[DAMN iNATOR]

Face Christian is atrocious

I still feel just awful for the guy...he paid his dues properly up through 2005, and in fact actually wrestled a match as Captain Charisma, with a whole humiliating looking "superhero" outfit and everything, goes to TNA for a while, returns to WWE in 2008 or 2009 and wins the most meaningless title in the company (if WWE's version of the ECW title can be CALLED a championship...), and wins the WHC 2× for a combined total of around a week.

He's the Rodney Dangerfield of WWE, IMHO...he has tried and tried to bust through the glass ceiling, only to get no respect from management and even at times the fans. So sad that he'll probably (never say never, but when's the last time in recent memory any wrestling fan has actually thought about him main eventing or being champ?) never get the chance to break through the glass ceiling.

[DAMN iNATOR]

RVD may also qualify, although as high as he probably is 98% of the time, you'd never actually know he was disappointed about anything ever...:shifty:

[Anybody Thrilla]

What's so bad about Christian as a face? I prefer him as a heel, but his ECW face run was perfectly acceptable. It was actually pretty good, even.

[drave]

I have never really understood Christian's appeal at all, ever.

[Heyman]

What about Cesaro? He must be feeling pretty upset right now.


I haven't watched Wrestling since Wrestlemania, but the guy was on the verge of becoming pretty huge.


The crowd was popping huge for him, and that 'Airpline' move or whatever was the most over more in the WWE. Furthermore - his persona fit 'Swagger's theme' music perfectly.


They should have kept Cesaro exactly as is.........and should have given him Swagger's theme music.




Another guy who is probably among the most disappointed of all-time is Randy Orton. Orton probably knows that he could have and should have been much bigger than he ultimately became.


Two times in his career, this guy had a GOLDEN chance to be absolutely massive. 2004 and 2009. At Summerslam 2004, Orton was massively over, but the WWE "busted their nut" and turned him face way too soon. He faltered after that.


In 2009, shortly before Wrestlemania, Orton and Legacy were over HUGE. Orton REALLY could have gone to the next level had he punted Stephanie in the head, and then defeated HHH at Mania, but none of those things happened.

[#1-norm-fan]

What's so bad about Christian as a face? I prefer him as a heel, but his ECW face run was perfectly acceptable. It was actually pretty good, even.

It was great. He's like Randy Orton in that he just knows how to work the crowd as a face during his matches.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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[KIRA]

Christian is one of the people that comes to mind when ever I hear the WWE spout that BS about grabbing that brass ring.

I love the guy and I really hoped his WHC win would elevate him but alas.
Kofi's blown opportunity with Randy Orton is another sore spot.

I'm not sure these count because IMO both failures occurred on the management end.

[XL]

We heard you 13 hours ago :y:

[KIRA]

We heard you 13 hours ago :y:

It can't be said enough, the nerd rage I felt over Christian is only equaled by my love for Alicia Fox.

[Savio]

Would you kiss Alicia Fox?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Face Christian is atrocious

Do you mean as a character, or did you not find him "heavy" enough in the ring? Both valid criticisms. I feel like the stories told by Christian as a face were tremendous, however. He just never got a chance to sell them on the mic. Except probably in ECW.

[KIRA]

Would you kiss Alicia Fox?

If I had to yes

I wouldn't go out of my way to make it happen

[Savio]

what if she just asked?

[Fox]

Shelton Benjamin should be pretty disappointed with the way things turned out for him. He got two consecutive wins against Triple H on the heels of WrestleMania XX, a solid Intercontinental Championship run and what looked like a potential push to the permanent upper mid-card. Instead he ended up being fodder for Randy Orton's rise to stardom, became the Gold Standard, and then disappeared.

Maven was the first ever Tough Enough winner (an accolade he could have touted his entire career) and eliminated Undertaker in a Royal Rumble Match. If he had actually found a gimmick, he might have been somebody. Probably pretty disappointed in himself for not finding the right tone with the audience.

That John Cena guy is also probably pretty disappointed with the crowd reactions he gets every night. He just tries so damn hard to be likeable.

[KIRA]

what if she just asked?

I'd wanna know why but other than that fine.

[KIRA]

Shelton Benjamin should be pretty disappointed with the way things turned out for him. He got two consecutive wins against Triple H on the heels of WrestleMania XX, a solid Intercontinental Championship run and what looked like a potential push to the permanent upper mid-card. Instead he ended up being fodder for Randy Orton's rise to stardom, became the Gold Standard, and then disappeared.

Maven was the first ever Tough Enough winner (an accolade he could have touted his entire career) and eliminated Undertaker in a Royal Rumble Match. If he had actually found a gimmick, he might have been somebody. Probably pretty disappointed in himself for not finding the right tone with the audience.

That John Cena guy is also probably pretty disappointed with the crowd reactions he gets every night. He just tries so damn hard to be likeable.



Maven getting destroyed by Taker was the greatest he should have called UT later and thanked him

[Mr. Nerfect]

Shelton Benjamin reunited with Charlie Haas to take on Teddy Hart and Chris Sabin at a JAPW show, and Kurt Angle appeared in their corner. Would love to see them get another crack in a televised promotion as a tag team supported by Angle.

[DAMN iNATOR]

What's so bad about Christian as a face? I prefer him as a heel, but his ECW face run was perfectly acceptable. It was actually pretty good, even.

You misinterpreted my post, I see. I wasn’t saying there is/was anything terrible about any of his runs as a face, just simply that I believe the higher-ups within the hierarchy of WWE missed some key chances to elevate him to main event status, particularly in 2005 when he was drafted to SD!

Through no fault of his own, his character at that time was still treated as second-rate and I don’t recall him ever recieving a shot at the WWE title or hardly any other chance to become the main-eventer that fans back then would’ve in all likelihood supported big time for a huge title push and run.

Obviously, nobody can fault the guy for jumping over to TNA for a few years when he’s treated that way. It was great when he returned and held the ECW title for a while, but after that he held the WHC for a grand total of maybe a week over two runs. He was probably lured back by WWE with grand promises of multiple WWE title shots and WWE Championship reigns that never came to fruition. I don’t blame him one bit for being frustrated, disappointed and/or fed up with WWE management.

[Savio]

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"If I don't beat the rock that means I will never have won the big one, like Donovan McNabb"