2015 Awards Worst Wrestler of the Year
This one is in pairs.
Let’s get the usual male suspects out of the way first: Big Show is old and boring, Kane is more old and boring, but at least Kane had some funny moments during the Corporate days to put him firmly ahead. It’s still bad and the Demon character continues to fail as he’s unstoppable until the bell rings when a few finishing moves can put him away. These two have to be in the running every year though so we’ll get them out of the way here.
Oddly enough you hear about two members of the Wyatt Family this year. I understand the dislike for Rowan as he’s the designated jobber of the team and has to lose more often than not, but ever since that stairs match (egads what a horrible thing that is to think about) with Big Show, his career has been spiraling down further and further every single day. This one is easy to understand though and I can get the idea here.
On the other hand though, I don’t get the hatred for Braun Strowman. This comes off as a case of people missing the point of a character. Strowman is supposed to be the unstoppable monster. Why would he do much besides big power moves, including the choke? This is an old school character and the way he’s booked makes sense. I really don’t know what people are expecting here but he’s been used properly so far and is far from the worst.
Now we get to the most obvious choices with the Divas. We’ll start with the developmental version in Eva Marie. Now I’ve gone on a rant or two about her, but the key difference is she knows how to get people to HATE her. Yeah she’s terrible in the ring, but she’s capable of driving fans into losing their minds. Watch her match with Bayley on NXT and see how freaked out people are over the idea of Eva winning the title. She looks great in her attire and knows how to get people to hate her. That’s more than a lot of Divas have ever accomplished so I can’t quite call her the worst.
However, I can call Brie Bella the worst. Brie is a fascinating case as she has a gorgeous face, is in great shape, is married to one of the most popular wrestlers in years and I absolutely do not care about her. She can do basic moves well enough (and has a decent missile dropkick) but the idea of knowing whether she’s good or bad seems WAY too complicated for her. Just watch her throw the YES Kicks completely out of time whether she’s a face or a heel. It’s almost fascinating to watch at times as she just misses every beat, not even factoring in BRIE MODDDDDDE!
So yeah, as usual the Diva wins this.
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I agree. Also Big Show and Kane are known characters and provide more depth the Braun Strowman. It’s fine to push new talent, you have to, but not everyone wants to see the new pushed constantly. Utilizing Kane, Big Show, Undertaker, Jericho, Sting, ect… appeases the old school fans. I understand pushing the new, but I don’t understand the constant hate for the old.
At some point, you have to move on. You can’t continuously rely on the old guys. It sucks cause I love those guys you mentioned but you can’t always live in the past.
Look at what happened with WCW (not saying WWE is even close to that), they lived in the past for way too long. That eventually screwed them.
I’ll never get the hate for Big Show. Is he stale in 2016, yeah, a little bit. But Ziggler has been the same character and putting on the exact same matches for 5 straight years too and being a decade younger, that’s far more damning. Using Big Show like they did up thru WM as a monster is how that guy should be used.
For me, at least as far as WWE goes, was Alberto Del Rio. Talk about just mailing it in every week.
It is rather arrogant of you to say people miss the point of Braun. It’s not that people miss the point, it’s that he’s boring. Not only is there more than one way of making a monster character. The way the e is doing it Is Boring. Do something else. Something with some impact. Same for show and kane. They are Boring. Being big and imposing is not enough anymore. It’s 2016 up your game or get out of the way.