Best & Worst #3: Authority Figure [RESULT POSTED] [Archive]

07-01-2011, 11:24 AM

Thought I'd change it up a little for number three, step away from the title belts and look at another staple of pro wrestling: The Authority Figure.

Gonna be bold and take Vince McMahon out of the running for this and keep it to Commissioners, General Managers, Presdients or whatever other terms have been used.

So, to recap: VINCE McMAHON IS NOT SELECTABLE FOR THIS VOTE!

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HALL OF FAME
WWF/E Champion: Stone Cold Steve Austin
United States Champion: Ravishing Rick Rude

HALL OF SHAME
WWF/E Champion: Jeff Hardy/Bob Backlund
United States Champion: David Flair

thedamndest

07-01-2011, 11:33 AM

Best is Eric Bischoff
Worst is the concept of celebrity GMs. Just going to lump them all together.

Supreme Olajuwon

07-01-2011, 11:40 AM

Yeah Bischoff is probably the best. Lot of good candidates but he just did it better than everyone.

Worst for me is easily Vince Russo. There's no doubt about it. There were plenty of bad ones like Sgt. Slaughter and Linda McMahon, but none of them were as visible as Russo and none of them affected the program like Russo did. His on air role destroyed countless Nitros and PPVs. It was awful.

Innovator

07-01-2011, 11:44 AM

Best: Jack Tunney. He wasn't on TV all the time, but when he had to come in, shit was going down.

Worst: Anonymous RAW GM. It deflates the crowd and segment everytime it chimes in.

Supreme Olajuwon

07-01-2011, 11:44 AM

If he would have done it longer, William Regal would be my choice for best. He was awesome. The Invasion was the worst thing that could've happened to that guy.

Innovator

07-01-2011, 11:49 AM

If he would have done it longer, William Regal would be my choice for best. He was awesome. The Invasion was the worst thing that could've happened to that guy.

And let us not forget his heel GM stint in 2008 before the Wellness violation.

DLVH84

07-01-2011, 12:07 PM

Best: Jack Tunney
Worst: Vince Russo

St. Jimmy

07-01-2011, 12:08 PM

Best: Gorilla Monsoon, didn't take Guff from anyone.

Worst: Stephanie McMahon. The guys would just steamroll over anything she said.

VSG

07-01-2011, 12:12 PM

Best: Eric Bischoff
Worst: Tiffany for ECW

edyhdrawde

07-01-2011, 12:32 PM

Best: Gorilla Monsoon

Worst: Adamle

BizarroKing

07-01-2011, 12:39 PM

Best: Bischoff
Worst: Vickie as SD! consultant.

Flash Funk

07-01-2011, 12:46 PM

Best: Gorilla

Worst: Adamle

Wolfpack423

07-01-2011, 01:03 PM

This one is pretty easy for me. I actually have a tie for best authority figure.

Best: Eric Bischoff/Stone Cold Steve Austin
Worst: Anonymous GM (if that counts) If not, then I have to go with Jonathan Coachman.

FourFifty

07-01-2011, 01:11 PM

Best- Gorilla.
It was close between him and Tunney, but Gorilla may have been the first authority figure to get destroyed by a wrestler (Vader). However, people have made the valid point that when Tunney showed up, shit was going down. However, from a dramatic standpoint Gorilla stands tall as he was the first to take a few MAJOR lumps.

Worst- Adamle
He wasn't a face, wasn't a heel, said the wrong thing, as a persona he had no back bone, and was just bland.

Lock Jaw

07-01-2011, 01:11 PM

I'd say the best is the Anonymous RAW GM, but voting for yourself is no good.

Best: Eric Bischoff. HLA! HLA! HLA!

Worst: Regal. If only because it was going so Awesome, but then got cut down because of the Wellness Violation. So it turned into the most disappointing thing ever.

jskinnyg

07-01-2011, 01:13 PM

Best: EB
Worst: Tiffany in ECW doesn't count... So I vote for Russo...

RiX1024

07-01-2011, 01:26 PM

Best: Mick Foley

Worst: Mike Adamle

Emperor Smeat

07-01-2011, 01:28 PM

Best - Eric Bischoff.
I would have gone with Heyman but Bischoff was great as the authority figure during his time in WCW and as Raw GM. His best work was when he joined NwO and revealed himself to be the actual authority figure of WCW since it turned NwO from a rebel group to a legit source of power.

Worst - Russo.
He was a bit more tolerable during those skits where he sat in a desk and gave out orders but got horrible in just a short period of time in WCW. Between having way too many shoots and the confusing decisions, it made watching late WCW years mostly horrible to watch anytime he got involved on screen.

Ultra Mantis

07-01-2011, 01:34 PM

Best - Mr. Bischoff
Worst - Mr. Russo

DLVH84

07-01-2011, 01:35 PM

MVP

07-01-2011, 02:02 PM

Best: Gorilla Monsoon

Never overexposed, but always made an impact with whatever decision he made. Throwing the bananas at Bobby Heenan when he was "fired" is an all-time great moment.

Worst: Vince Russo

Russo could only generate X-Pac heat as a heel authority figure. He was on TV all the time, and people got sick of him really fast. Especially since basically everything he touched once he got to WCW turned to shit.

MoFo

07-01-2011, 02:45 PM

Best - Mick Foley as commish
Worst - Jim Cornette

VSG

07-01-2011, 02:50 PM

Best: EB
Worst: Tiffany in ECW doesn't count... So I vote for Russo...

Why won't Tiffany count?

07-01-2011, 02:52 PM

I did think that myself.

The Naitch

07-01-2011, 02:52 PM

Best and worst OF THE BLACKS

Best: TEDDY :love:

Worst: Coach

Lock Jaw

07-01-2011, 03:02 PM

Coach was amazing. Not initially, but by the end of his tenure.

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Theo Dious

07-01-2011, 03:08 PM

Best: Gorilla Monsoon, WWF President
Worst: Kurt Angle, GM of Smackdown

The Naitch

07-01-2011, 03:09 PM

Worst: Kurt Angle, GM of Smackdown

Luther Reigns

dhellova guy

07-01-2011, 03:35 PM

Best - McMahon - Helmsley Alliance. I wanted to say Mick Foley, but he was taken, so I went with Stephanie McMahon and Triple H. From an entertainment stand point, they were gold. As far as getting things done, they managed to pretty much do whatever they wanted.

Worst - James J. Dillon, during the nWo storyline. I'm a JJ Dillon fan, but he never struck me as being right for that roll. He always seemed like a buffoon, always yelling unnecessarily. Then the nWo would get away with anything they wanted to, and he never really did anything but suspend Nick Patrick and tell Bischoff to go away.

07-01-2011, 03:49 PM

Best - Well if we can't say Vince then I would have to say Shane for his part in the Corporation/Corporate Ministry as well as being owner of WCW.

Worst - Stone Cold Steve Austin as co-GM of Raw.

Wolfpack423

07-01-2011, 05:20 PM

Best - Mick Foley as commish
Worst - Jim Cornette

I thought Mick Foley was great as Commissioner especially in 2000. I assume that's the era you were thinking of. I always thought HBK was a good one as well back in late 1998-June 2000 when Foley took over after King of the Ring.

CM Punk DONT GO

07-01-2011, 05:23 PM

Best is FOLEY and the worst is anyonmus RAW gm.

XCaliber

07-01-2011, 07:29 PM

Best - Eric Bischoff
Worst - Tiffany

Juan

07-01-2011, 07:42 PM

Best - Vince McMahon

Worst - Armando Estrada

CM Punk DONT GO

07-01-2011, 07:45 PM

Whatever happened to Estrada? I think he is still with the WWE but they never do anything with him. Wonder why? He was great when he was Umagas manager. But yeah he sucked as ECW GM.

Juan

07-01-2011, 07:53 PM

He was released a while ago, but made a surprise return a few weeks ago on Superstars.

CM Punk DONT GO

07-01-2011, 08:04 PM

Really? when was that. I dont usuall watch Superstars. I was bummed when Umaga died. I liked him.

Seth82

07-01-2011, 09:30 PM

Best: Jack Tunney

Worst: Mike Adamle

Triple Naitch

07-01-2011, 09:49 PM

Best: Eric Bischoff
Worst: JJ Dillon

CSL

07-01-2011, 09:51 PM

Love J.J Dillon :(

CSL

07-01-2011, 09:54 PM

Best: Bisch
Worst: Desmond Wolfe

FourFifty

07-01-2011, 10:10 PM

Tunney almost got his ass kicked by Bad News Brown.

With much love to Bad News Brown, everyone looks like a little wuss compared to Vader.

AKin3D

07-02-2011, 12:21 AM

Best Eric Bischoff
Worse Sable TNA or Piper TNA

Shisen Kopf

07-02-2011, 12:29 AM

First of all Vince Mcmahon is the best authority figure and who the hell are you to tell me otherwise?

Secondly, worst of all is Estrada. He was shit. I hate to agree with Taco King but jesus h. Estrada was fucking garbage.

07-02-2011, 02:59 AM

I took vince out of the running because he IS the best. It'd likely be a white-wash and where's the fun in that?

Nicky Fives

07-02-2011, 08:43 AM

Best: Mick Foley
Worst: Vince Russo

Graveler

07-02-2011, 03:58 PM

Best: Eric Bischoff
Worst: Vince Russo

Stickman

07-02-2011, 04:25 PM

Vicky BY FAR is the worst followed by Teddy Long. There is a reason I haven't watched Smackdown in years.

Jordan

07-02-2011, 04:54 PM

BEST: ECW's Don Callis as the Network Rep, loved that angle and he was a bastard.

WORST: There are so many short run Authority Figures to take the cake here, but as far as someone who actually had a run, I'd say the worst for me was Mic Foley. He got so fucking bland and predictable, I hate it when does anything not fucking crazy. Just look at him, he is not the ideal leader of your business.

Joesgonnakillyou

07-03-2011, 10:21 AM

Best: Mick Foley

Worst: Russo

07-11-2011, 06:42 PM

Seems it's easier to be a bad Authority Figure than it is to be a good one in the eyes of TPWW.

BEST

8 men were nominated as "The Best Authority Figure Ever". Gorilla Monsoon (19.3%) and Mick Foley (16.1%) had good showings but the man going into the Hall of Fame with 43.5% of the vote is...

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WORST

17 men/women/entities were nominated as "Worst Authority Figure". Whilst Mike Adamle took 14.7% of the vote, the "win" - with 26.5% of the vote - goes to...

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