Do you ever watch wrestling and think to yourself "Man that guy annoys me so much" well then this list is for you. I'm going to focus more on a wrestlers personality instead of just their work in the ring which might be a small factor in my choices. Now these are the people who just annoy me for one reason or another and like most lists I'll give you 10.
10) Randy Orton
I never really noticed his problem until I watched a build up video to one of his matches with Christian, his match at Summerslam I believe. Orton's personality fits a cold hearted heel to a tee but there lies the problem, Orton is a babyface. Randy keeps the same tone in every interview and it's hard to relate to a guy who doesn't show actual emotions, oh and when he does show something it's just anger and nothing else. The reason why Randy is number 10 is because this flaw is often ignored because of his fantastic ring work, he is my pick for wrestler of the year right now he's had so many good matches this years with such a variety of wrestlers.
9) John Cena
Shock horror Cena isn't number 1. Why? Because if he was then I'd be like everyone else and I'm better than that! Now I'm not going to pick a part his wrestling ability, what he does in the ring or the fact he won't put anyone over cleanly without burying them in the end. No what bugs me most is his attitude on the microphone. Now you get one of two things from Cena, either extremely childish which makes him look like he's 5 years old (seriously putting on stupid voices) but at least that appeals to his fan base who probably are 5 years old. Or you get MEGA ego who is a guy who destroys people's reputations by mere words (before he does it in the ring). You want proof he's something he said on a Raw before facing Alberto Del Rio: "I am so sick and tired of trying to make average seem awesome. There is only one man in this company that can go toe-to-toe with me. You are not CM Punk" what a way to put over your new WWE champion!
8) Vickie Guerrero
Excuse Me! I truly believe Eric Garguilo used that to a much greater effect while in CZW. Vickie is amazing at getting the fans to boo the living hell out of her, she has to be one of the most over heels the company has had ever since she turned heel while on TV. Those two simple words gets the crowds going. That's part of the reason why she's only number 8 because I know she is actually doing her job well. What annoys me is the fact that she often drags her segments on just to get that reaction, she spends more time saying excuse me than anything else just because she knows it gets a reaction. Good heel or annoying? Wait it's annoying.
7) Karen & Jeff Jarrett
Did you know that Karen was married to Kurt Angle? No well then TNA will drag that onto TV for 6 months! This is probably more about Karen as I don't really mind Jeff, he did annoy me when he had a guitar involved in every single match he had but he's not so bad now. The problem is Karen doesn't really fit into the world of wrestling well and her personality is horrible, I actually believe she's not putting on a act and that's just her which makes me feel bad for Jeff in a way. The most annoying thing about the couple on TV is the fact they go from one extreme to another, first they do a storyline that is way to personal and now they are disrespecting Mexicans on a weekly basis. Not the best TV but with TNA there is very little good TV in the first place.
6) Rob Van Dam
Are you worried that someone will forget your name? Well apparently Rob is because he has to remind us 10 times in every match he has! Now I've expressed my views that I feel Rob just doesn't care at all in TNA and doesn't give it his all in his matches, which annoys me in the first place. But what is more annoying is the fact Rob doesn't show his anger when he's meant to. Remember his match last year with Abyss at Bound for Glory? Well Abyss was the guy who destroyed him and forced Rob to give up the TNA World title, so you'd assume that Rob would want revenge right? Well he spent more time pointing to himself and playing to the crowd then wanting revenge. That might have been a one off, I don't watch enough TNA to be a full judge, but Rob's personality has bugged me for years now. That relaxed, "stoner" personality is fun for a while but it gets old and Rob is getting old so should of stopped by now.
5) Hornswoggle
Talk about a waste of time and money. Who in WWE is looking at Hornswoggle and thinking "This guy deserves TV time and deserves to go over stars who could actually become main eventers in the long run". All Hornswoggle does is come out to the ring, he does a "comedy" skit which no one laughs at and embarrasses wrestlers who deserve so much more. The fact he gets TV time while guys like Daniel Bryan, Cody Rhodes etc. struggle to get a segment truly gets me pissed. I will simply say this whoever is writing for Hornswoggle should stop right now, the guy should not be on TV at all. Unless he's in Mexico as the midgets are huge down there.
4) Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff
These two go together because you rarely get one without the other. These two men just HAVE to be involved in every other segment on Impact and have to be involved in some way in nearly every storyline. They are old, over the hill and shouldn't be wasting our time. I can't believe I'm going to say this but the Ultimate Warrior was right in a recent video he released "It's not Kevin Nash's time, it's not Hogan's time and it's not the time of the old timers. It's time for these old guys to move out of the way and let the young guys shine". The fact Hogan and Bischoff are in TNA who probably has one of the greatest rosters in wrestling today is a even more important factor as they could showcase main difference between them and WWE instead all we think of is WCW 2000 with these two putting the spotlights on themselves.
3) Jeremy Borash
We've all known that person, you know that person who wants to be one of the guys so badly he'd do anything. Well that is Jeremy Borash in a nutshell. Whenever he's given a job he has to be one of the guys instead of doing his job. If he's interviewing a guy backstage he has to act up and be a part of the interview instead of letting the star shine, if he's in a vignette he gets heavily involved. Borash has always annoyed me because he just comes off as desperately needing approval like a little kid saying "Hey look at me, you're not looking. Look at me now!". And lets face it we've all had a interactions with a kid like that and it's truly annoying.
2) Michael Cole
Is Cole just being a good heel commentator? NO! He's being annoying and he's taking away from the action. It's funny when I decided to write this up today I listened to the Aftermath Radio podcast with Arda Ocal and Jimmy Korderas and Cole came up during the podcast. There is no better way to put it then how those two did: "Is Cole doing a good job? No as he's getting the wrong heat. He's not getting heat he's getting annoying to the point where people would rather mute him and that's the problem. He's not like Bobby Heenan who was getting heat while keeping people listening, Cole is just getting the wrong kind of heat". That is Cole's biggest problem, people don't like listening to him. He takes away from the action and insults those who should be respected e.g. Jim Ross (although that's probably McMahon's doing). What is more annoying is his switching back and fourth, one minute he's loving the heels and then he's cheering for Cena like there's no tomorrow. I think I speak for everyone when I say please Cole just stop your vintage crap and shut up!
1) Teddy Long
Holy crap is Teddy Long annoying! Whether it be his one sided actions towards babyfaces or just how he talks (seriously stop saying Holla and playa, also thugging and bugging sounds stupid). What is more annoying is that you forget that he's even there until he pops out and reminds you that he has some power "I'm the Smackdown GM you know?" "Really I thought the show ran itself" recently it seemed that Zack Ryder had more power then Teddy Long does. I mentioned earlier that he's completely one sided towards the babyfaces and that shows in many title matches of the past, here is a prime example. Batista challenged Undertaker for the World title in a Chair match (don't ask) the match ended after Batista hit a low blow on Taker behind the referee's back and hitting Taker with a chair. Teddy then comes out and demands the match is restarted. What bugs me here is that you could use a chair to beat the hell out of your opponent but you couldn't low blow them? May be if he did it with a chair it would of been legal? And this has happened a lot in the past. Teddy is just the stereotypical goody goody who just appears from time to time to bug the crap out of you. Teddy Long is truly the most annoying guy in wrestling.
Well there you go, my list of the Top 10 annoying guys in wrestling aka the I hate your Face list!
If Mexico had Hornswoggle, he'd actually be seen much, much less than he is in the U.S. In Mexico, midgets are used as mascot-type characters, nothing more. The "midgets" that wrestle aren't actually midgets. Aside from Mascarita Sagrada, those in the minis division are simply guys that are simply small. They're usually between 5' and 5'4" tall and weigh in around 150-160 pounds. In fact, Rey Mysterio actually started his career as a mini due to his size and age. Once he became 18, they allowed him to move up to the cruiserweight division, as he was slightly bigger than the minis, but not as big as the middle or heavyweights. Unlike most companies in the U.S., Mexico takes its weight divisions very seriously. In fact, CMLL wrestler Mascara Dorada was forced to vacate the cruiserweight title when he announced that he wanted to move to the middleweight division (his weight is right on the cusp).
ReplyDeleteI just realized that a simple comment turned into a long rant. My bad.