Best & Worst #8: Bodyguard

[XL]

Let's talk BEST and WORST guys in the role of a Bodyguard.

GO!

[XL]

HALL OF FAME
WWF/E Champion: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Intercontinental Championship: Chris Jericho
United States Champion: Ravishing Rick Rude
Authority Figure: Eric Bischoff
WrestleMania: X-7
European Champion: D'Lo Brown
WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Edge

HALL OF SHAME
WWF/E Champion: Jeff Hardy/Bob Backlund
Intercontinental Championship: Chyna
United States Champion: David Flair
Authority Figure: Vince Russo
WrestleMania: IX
European Champion: Mideon
WWE World Heavyweight Champion: The Great Khali

[MoFo]

Best - Nash (HBK)
Worst - Fake Nash (who was with Tyson Kidd earlier this yr)

[XL]

I was about to say "Fake Nash" would be...but I toty forgot the guy's name.

Something Andrews.

[XL]

Jackson, maybe?

[MoFo]

Jackson, maybe?


Yeah, thats the guy.

Awful.

[VSG]

Best: Deacon Batista
Worst: Jackson Andrews

[Next Big Thing]

Best: Diesel
Worst: Curtis Hughes

[BizarroKing]

Best: Sid
Worst: That fat guy Goldust had for one night seen here.

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[DLVH84]

Best: Sid
Worst: That fat guy Goldust had for one night seen here.

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Goldust's bodyguard was Bruiser Mastino (Mantaur).

[Gertner]

Best: Chyna
Worst: Bam Neely

[Ruien]

Best: Chyna
Worst: The guy who was with Cena.

[edyhdrawde]

Best: Ralphus
Worst: The Wall

[Cuse8]

Best: Ralphus
Worst: The Wall

ralphus was god

[Wolfpack423]

This is possibly the easiest best/worst category yet.

Best: Diesel
Worst: Jackson Andrews

Chyna was awesome in the role as well.

[VSG]

No love for Deacon Dave? :'(

http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling3/wweefed9/DaveBatista_gallery/014.jpg

[Nicky Fives]

Best: Diesel
Worst: Mr. Hughes (only the 1999 Jericho run)

[XL]

This is possibly the easiest best/worst category yet.

Best: Diesel
Worst: Jackson Andrews

Chyna was awesome in the role as well.
Gotta do the "easy ones" too.

[St. Jimmy]

Best: Big Daddy Cool
Worst: Ralphus

[Hanso Amore]

Best: Big Bubba
Worst: Bam Neely

[Savio]

didnt watch wrestling when Nash was Diesel.....

Best: Luther Reigns (as bodyguard)...He was better than Deacon Batista IMO
Worst: Jackson Andrews...At first I wanted to say people were just picking this guy because he was recent but to to be introduced one night then destroyed by Mark Henry who was kind of had no direction at the time the next night is pretty bad.

[Aguakate]

Best: Diesel

Worst: Jackson Andrews

[Seth82]

911 was great as Paul E's bodyguard

as was Big Bubba for Cornette

[Theo Dious]

Worst: The guy who was with Cena.

You mean Bull Buchanan (B Squared?) He was a running buddy, not a bodyguard.

Also, does Head count as a bodyguard? :shifty:

Best: Virgil
Say what you want about him as an in-ring competitor or a convention draw, he played the bodyguard role perfectly, and for quite a long time.

I also have to say, I'm a bit surprised not to see any love for Cowboy Bob Orton here. Hell the man was Piper's bodyguard for the first Wrestlemania for crying out loud.

Worst: Bam Neely
He just did nothing, they clearly threw him at a stable to see if he would catch on at all.

And fuck all y'all that said Curtis Hughes. He kicked ass.

[Jari]

Best - Tried to think of someone else but no one has been better in that role than BigDaddyCool Diesel.

Worst - Does Matt Morgan count when he was with Carlito? If not then the other guy that was with Carlito. Was it Jesus? (No not that guy)

[Vastardikai]

Best - Big Bubba Rogers
Worst - Jackson Andrews (knows when to pile it on.)

[Juan]

Best: Chyna
Worst: Bam Neely

[loopydate]

Best - Virgil
Worst - Jackson Andrews

[Emperor Smeat]

Best: Sid

Worst: Jackson Andrews

It didn't help that barely a month after his debut as Kidd's bodyguard, Mark Henry managed to beat him up in the first actual moment of him being used as a bodyguard.

[Immortal Moose]

Best: Diesel
Worst: Jackson Andrews

[Triple Naitch]

Best: Ralphus
Worst: Jackson Andrews

[TheChamp]

Best: Toss-up between Diesel and Mr. Hughes

Worst: Jackson Andrews

[Droford]

Best Virgil
Worst Bam Neely

[Dirk Ziggler]

Best:
http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/mcmahon/48/multimedia/jericho_ralphus.jpg


Worst:
http://www.wrestlingtradingcards.com/images/1998_wcw_nwo_series/base/47.jpg

[Juan]

Yeah, Fortune City Web Hosting was def. the best

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Best: Wrestling Superstar Virgil.
Worst: Vincent (nWo)

Yeah he is both the best and the worst. Deal with it.

[TheChamp]

Yeah, Fortune City Web Hosting was def. the best


Sounds like a whole corporation to me.

[The Show Off]

Best: Ralphus

Worst: The Disciple (I believe for a period of time he was nWo Black and Whit's body guard)

Edit: When I posted this I thought I was the first to mention either men, I wasn't damn it.

[Rollermacka]

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Best: Ralphus
Worst: Jericholic Ninja :p

[Ultra Mantis]

Best: Ralphus
Worst: Curtis Hughes

[Rock Bottom]

Best: Diesel
Worst: Brodus Clay

[XL]

I feel about Andrews the wa I feel about Ziggler being named "Worst World Heavyweight Champion", the guy didn't get a shot at doin anything with the role.

Also, it feels like they gave up on Tyson Kidd/the angle more than they gave up on Jackson Andrews.

I feel "the worst" should be someone given the role for a decent amount of time but failed or someone that should never have been given the role in the first place.

[Innovator]

Best: Ralphus

Worst: Mr. Curtis Hughes

[Rollermacka]

A few other names I wanna throw out there are some of the guys who have been bodyguards in TNA. Murphy was obviously the Marty Janetty of his team (although I think Janetty won more often). There was those 2 fat Main Event Mafia security guards (don't think they ever won a match), and in the early days Eric Watts had a guy named Chris Vaughn as his security that was basically a little jobber with "a lot of heart"

[RiX1024]

Best: Diesel
Worst: Jackson Andrews

Honorable Mention: Best: Ralphus (What a legend)
Worst: 911 (all he ever did was chokeslam people)

[Lock Jaw]

Best:

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/pictures/t/travisbain/03.jpg

SPANNED TWO FEDERATIONS, BRO.

Worst:

http://www.solowrestling.com/documentos/JacksonAndrews.jpg

[RiX1024]

Dang, I nearly put Tomko in the honorable mentions.

[XL]

BEST

In a shock to nobody (and despite the efforts of Ralphus) our Best Ever Bodyguard is...

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae11/p455vv0rd/diesel1_display_image.jpg



WORST

Despite being given virtually no chance in the role, TPWW have named Jackson Andrews as wrestling's Worst Bodyguard of All Time.

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae11/p455vv0rd/Jackson-Andrews-7.jpg?t=1320686795

He looks all kind of shocked/upset.

[XL]

This proves that nobody wants a bodyguard that won't give you a beat.

#tomkono

[Lock Jaw]

I voted for Tomko.

[XL]

Well why would YOU want a bodyguard that is unwilling to give you a beat!?

[Shisen Kopf]

Best-Ralphus
Worst-Mr Hughes

[Tom Guycott]

Hughes wasn't the best, but he damn sure wasn't the worst.

Brodus Clay didn't "fit" with being the muscle for Of The River. If he were someone like, say, Hernandez, it would have made more sense.

And Jayne Cobb (Jackson Andrews) was only around for a cup of coffee.


With that said...

Best: 'Zeke Jackson

Say what you want about his singles run as Ahmed Johnson II, but him being the bouncer for The Brian Kendrick was gold. He was like Virgil, Diesel, and Silent Bob all rolled into one. Likely would have given all the Nash/HBK pairing a run for their money if Spanky could've stopped toking up long enough.

Worst: Massive Swol'

Who? Exactly. He was the one jackass from Master P's No Limit Solider stable in WCW. Go ahead, look it up. I'm not inventing this. Or the fact that there were factions involving ICP and The Misfits.

Back to Big Swol, he brought nothing to the table, other than huge arms and an extra medium shirt. At least Diciple interacted with Hogan. At least The Wall helped out Alex Wri... Berlyn. Swol' did nothing but walk to the ring and get paid.

[FourFifty]

Best- BigDaddyCool*
Everything fell into place for him, what else can be said?
Worst- Chyna
I never really gave a damn about the idea of a female bodyguard. If you punch her, you're still hitting a girl.



*the poster on tpww, not Nash

[Rollermacka]

Hughes wasn't the best, but he damn sure wasn't the worst.

Brodus Clay didn't "fit" with being the muscle for Of The River. If he were someone like, say, Hernandez, it would have made more sense.

And Jayne Cobb (Jackson Andrews) was only around for a cup of coffee.


With that said...

Best: 'Zeke Jackson

Say what you want about his singles run as Ahmed Johnson II, but him being the bouncer for The Brian Kendrick was gold. He was like Virgil, Diesel, and Silent Bob all rolled into one. Likely would have given all the Nash/HBK pairing a run for their money if Spanky could've stopped toking up long enough.

Worst: Massive Swol'

Who? Exactly. He was the one jackass from Master P's No Limit Solider stable in WCW. Go ahead, look it up. I'm not inventing this. Or the fact that there were factions involving ICP and The Misfits.

Back to Big Swol, he brought nothing to the table, other than huge arms and an extra medium shirt. At least Diciple interacted with Hogan. At least The Wall helped out Alex Wri... Berlyn. Swol' did nothing but walk to the ring and get paid.

Lol, speaking of Swol there was another guy named 4X4 that was completely worthless in that stable (then again of the 20 members only 3 actually knew how to wrestle) This 4X4 (later on to be known by Kash in Harlem Heat 2000) was a very solid 400lbs but I dont think he ever actually had a match in WCW. He just stood around ringside and the commentators ogled about how big he is.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Worst- Chyna
I never really gave a damn about the idea of a female bodyguard. If you punch her, you're still hitting a girl.

Uhhh, that was kinda why she worked so well. If you hit her, you were hitting a girl...but chances are that she could kick your ass anyway. She was a great bodyguard.