11-10-2014, 03:45 PM | #1 |
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Most Disappointing Wrestler in History
So for our podcast this week, we're going to talk about some of the most disappointing wrestlers in history - guys that for whatever reason just fell short of expectations.
It can be somebody you really thought was going to make it and as it panned out just didn't have the goods, or it can even be a guy you had heard a lot about that didn't live up to the hype for you personally. But I'm curious to hear people's takes on this - the more detail you wish to go into on the expectations and how they fell off the beaten path the better, and as always, we'll read as many of your picks on the show as we can. So who is it for you, that you see at the most disappointing in history? Crazy Like A Fox - The Definitive Chronicle of Brian Pillman 20 Years Later **Featuring interviews with members of the Pillman family, Dave Meltzer, Kim Wood, Raven, Jim Cornette, Mark Madden, Shane Douglas, Mark Coleman, Alex Marvez, Les Thatcher and many more close friends and colleagues** Available on Amazon now: http://amzn.to/2h93SxL |
11-10-2014, 04:03 PM | #2 |
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I really, really, really want Wade Barrett to be the biggest star in the world, but he just CAN'T stay healthy, it would appear.
Not sure why that's the FIRST name that came to my head, but now we have a dialogue. |
11-10-2014, 04:08 PM | #3 |
Snow Mexican
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disappointing... umm that giant australian guy who undertaker worked with.
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11-10-2014, 04:08 PM | #4 |
Cranky Kong
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Nathan Jones
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11-10-2014, 04:09 PM | #5 |
Cranky Kong
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Sean O'Haire was about to be a mega star, it seemed. What the hell happened there?
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11-10-2014, 04:21 PM | #6 |
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David Sammartino was the first name that came to mind.
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11-10-2014, 04:28 PM | #7 |
Fire up Chips!
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Owen Hart def fell short of expectations!
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11-10-2014, 04:39 PM | #9 |
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Ken Kennedy comes to mind. He seemed to be on the cusp of becoming a mega star but he just kept having bad luck that ruined his rise.
Also think Randy Orton fell short of what he could have been. The dude has had a pretty great career, but I feel like he should have been on the same level as the Rock and Stone Cold by now and instead he's fallen short. |
11-10-2014, 04:42 PM | #10 |
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Wade is an interesting one, I still think his peak is ahead of him, but dammit, he's dangerously close to being one of those guys they'll never put faith in because he's "injury prone".
Kennedy is a pretty good shout. |
11-10-2014, 05:00 PM | #11 |
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Pretty much anyone WWE has done their ADD-like "give a huge push and then forget about and then repeat the process later" thing with over the past 10 years or so would be a good candidate.
Sheamus, Swagger, Ryback, The Miz, Bray Wyatt (Yeah, they're trying again but the iron was hot when he was the intimidating force who beat Daniel Bryan clean at the Rumble and their recent track record doesn't give me hope that he'll see that level of credibility again.) |
11-10-2014, 05:25 PM | #12 |
b/c 5 is better than 4
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Mark Jindrak.
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11-10-2014, 05:26 PM | #13 |
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Sid
He had opportunity after opportunity and kept shooting himself in a foot. He could have taken the reigns from Hogan in the WWF. Amazing look, intense promo, charismatic, marginal worker but who cares, so was Hogan. Softball Sid just never did reach his potential. |
11-10-2014, 05:27 PM | #14 |
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11-10-2014, 05:38 PM | #15 |
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Any of the Natural Born Thrillers. Not a disappointment in their skill, as they were all capable at the least (Reno), excellent at the top (O'Haire, Sanders, possibly Jindrak). Disappointment in the way they were handled. They came in with a ton of hype as the "next generation" of WCW stars, but WCW died before any of them could have become anything, and the WWF wasn't about to let any of them become stars "up north."
At the very least, O'Haire should have had a couple runs with the IC/US title with his Devil's Advocate gimmick. Jindrak had all the tools other than the ability to talk, so pairing him with one of the early-2000s WWF/E managers like Heyman or Long could have pushed him to a strong upper-midcard run. Mike Sanders never made it out of developmental. The closest thing to an NBT success story was Chuck Palumbo, but that was entirely the result of his angle with Billy Gunn and Rico. Once he was back on his own, he did the generic bad-ass biker thing for about a week, then was released. This isn't a matter of them not living up to my own personal hype so much as it is that the hype they were given was never given a chance to pan out. |
11-10-2014, 05:57 PM | #16 |
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Chuck Palumbo had a really sweet feud with Jamie Noble. What else could you possibly even dream of?
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11-10-2014, 06:50 PM | #17 |
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I friggen LOVED Billy and Chuck lol
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11-10-2014, 06:51 PM | #18 |
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Tom Magee belongs on that list
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11-10-2014, 07:01 PM | #19 |
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Was very disappointed that UPN screwed Hassan
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11-10-2014, 07:18 PM | #20 |
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Big Show?
Should have been a top, top name for over a decade in WWE, but he has just been used to put others over. For those who say he was no Andre, he didn't have to be. He is charismatic and not a bad actor when he is given something good to work with. Feel like we saw glimpes of it as ECW champ for example, but he should have been a main attraction, multiple time champion (much more than he has been) and a legend in the business. People might argue that he has done it all, but he could have been so much more of a star. Despite shining brightly a few times in WWE, feel like he could have, and should have been so much more. |
11-10-2014, 07:38 PM | #21 |
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I agree. Show should have been a HUGE worldwide draw. He was a product of scatterbrained booking for most of his career though. He was being used as an old guy to put others over on a regular basis before he even reached his peak.
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11-10-2014, 07:43 PM | #22 |
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Rob Van Dam. Never watched ECW, but heard so much hype and good things about him.... then he came to WWE and was totally uninteresting and never did a single thing to warrant the response he got and just "coasted on his Heyman created rep" for 10+ years.
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11-10-2014, 07:57 PM | #23 |
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Drew McIntyre
Hyped up as being personally handpicked by Vince to become the next "chosen one" and instead barely did anything of not after his initial push and moments with 3MB. Had both Vince and HBK personally helping him but never recovered after the incident with his wife became public. |
11-10-2014, 07:59 PM | #24 |
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Not got the faacination with Drew. His matches were always the shits.
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11-10-2014, 10:02 PM | #25 |
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Lance storm. His run in wcw was amazing and I think if they gave him a shot he could have been a major star in the wwe in the vein of Bret hart
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11-10-2014, 10:54 PM | #26 |
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zack ryder was a bust,
oh you wanted people i thought could make it |
11-10-2014, 10:56 PM | #27 |
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konnan
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11-11-2014, 12:56 AM | #28 |
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Funny you mention both those guys, as they are both victims of being poorly utilized.
Say what you want about Zack, but he could have been a top-tier star by now had WWE not treated him like TNA treated the Motor City Machine Guns (as in, one of the most over acts in the whole damn company, but they still can't get TV time- who should also be included in this list). As for K-Dogg, it honestly took hindsight and research to find out how big of a deal the man really was. My initial exposure to him WAS WCW, where he was one of those rotating curtain jerkers on Worldwide alongside Glacier or Jerry Flynn, or get 100% squashed on Nitro. Even when he was getting over because some charisma was allowed to surface, it usually consisted of him cutting a promo talking shit, then getting his ass kicked until his stablemates (nWo, LWO, Wolfpac, Filthy Animals...) come to make the save. Ne never got much of a chance to put on the type of matches he was capable of or be anything more than a Mexican street thug stereotype. As for my answer, since the first two names that came to mind were already spoken (Nathan Jones and Lance Storm- and addendum to LS, his shit was headed downhill after his hat trick celebration was cut short by Kevin Nash's boot to cut a promo that could have happened any other time in the show, and was the start of the death of Lance's momentum) I would have to say D-Lo Brown. D'Lo (yes, I intentionally did it both ways) is one of those guys who would have benefitted from jumping ship to WCW and coming back to WWE later up the card in a fashion similar to Jeff Jarrett. Instead of getting behind him, he had been constantly relegated to afterthought status. Nation whipping boy, Mark Henry's fitness buddy, fill-in tag partner for one half of the Headbangers... you know, the same direction Kofi Kingston is headed in now! |
11-11-2014, 01:17 AM | #29 |
As over as Crystal Pepsi
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Ted Jr. The Son Of The Million Dollar Man should have been able to print money.
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11-11-2014, 01:21 AM | #30 |
As over as Crystal Pepsi
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How about all of the VonErich kids? They had Texas wrestling handed to them on a silver platter, and they blew it up their nose and into their veins.
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11-11-2014, 06:01 AM | #31 |
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Kurt Angle
For however high he climbed he still didnt reach his potential...and his lows...so dissapointing. Runner up: Magnum TA |
11-11-2014, 06:39 AM | #32 |
b/c 5 is better than 4
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11-11-2014, 06:48 AM | #33 |
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His wcw Schlick would have gone sour in the wwe but had he come in and been used as a major player in the invasion he would have gotten over. Instead he fired the first shot then stood in the back.
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11-11-2014, 06:55 AM | #34 |
In His hands...
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I think Bobby Jaggers should have been 27 time WWF World Heavyweight Champion. Maybe even 28 time.
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11-11-2014, 07:14 AM | #35 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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Trevor Murdoch actually could have been much more than he was given.
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11-11-2014, 09:04 AM | #36 |
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Glacier. Who was not hyped for him? And he was just straight garbage.
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11-11-2014, 10:34 AM | #37 |
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he's far from the most disappointing wrestler ever but I'd like to have seen Barry Windham win every title ever and make millions upon millions of dollars
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11-11-2014, 10:34 AM | #38 |
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Teddy Hart
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11-11-2014, 10:36 AM | #39 |
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Scott Hall. Again far from disappointing but never came close to reaching his (creative) potential.
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11-11-2014, 10:37 AM | #40 |
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I believe Long did manage Jindrak for a time once both got drafted back to SmackDown in 2004. He was "the Reflection of Perfection"...basically Chris Masters' gimmick before Masters was called up. Then Long turned face and became GM and Jindrak just became another dude in Team Angle.
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