Top 5 Overrated Wrestlers Today in WWE

[2Sweet_4Life]

I was watching the Self Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior DVD-And thought who else is overrated in the WWE by Vince currently, So i decided i wanted to hear other people's opinions, Here's my list:

5.Sin Cara-The guy has been a complete flop since coming to the WWE he botches relentlessly and his moves just look like they wouldn't hurt a 6-year old. WWE should stop wasting Cody Rhodes in a fued like this unless it results Cody going over and destroying Sin Cara.

4.Sheamus- To be honest I have no idea why they pushed in the first place it must be due to him being HHH's boy. He looks ridiculous and needs to put on some fake tan- People say he looks unique but I think he looks absolutely awful. Also they build him as this unstoppable monster yet he doesn't look strong and have muscles like previous 'monsters' like Lesnar or Batista. His mic skills also need to improve dramatically.

3.John Cena-Back in 2004 WWE were desperately in need of a face of the company and pushed Cena gradually to the Main Event at WM21 (2005). They could of picked out anybody who was better than Cena, His Mic Skills are bad he talks in this boring robotic voice and makes awful jokes that even his 2-year old fans don't laugh at. His In-ring skills are lacking and he really doesn't have a clue how to sell.

2.Alberto Del Rio-I still don't know why the hell they are pushing this guy. I can only name 3 of his moves, Cross Armbreaker,Enzuiguiri,Shining Wizard, The guy is so lame and boring and is just a terrible Rip-Off from JBL. He really needs to expand on his vocabulary and is awful at drawing heat the crowd just don't care, He's absolutely useless and should just be jobbed out till the end of his contract because every Main Event he is in, He ruins it.

1.Big Show-Above I said why the hell are they pushing Del Rio, And that he ruins every Main event well the same applys for the Big Show. He is so slow and ruins any flow to a match. Yet Vince still trys to sell him a threat. I say that him and ADR ruin main events well it's true. Just think if at SS it was just CM Punk vs John Cena, Just Wade Barrett vs Sheamus and HHH vs Lesnar, Wouldn't that be alot more appealing? It would mean a 10x better WWE title match and an actual important WHC match. Big Show seriously needs to get dropped from the roster he brings everybody down with him in his matches.

 

[Ryberg]

1)John Cena- He's very limited in the ring and average on a mic. He's become stale and boring. He's the face of the WWE so of course he will get all the pushes and main events. Each and every week is the same script to his matches with different opponents only. Cena gets beat up 90% of the match then Super Cena hits.

2)Sheamus- He's BORINNGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!! He's where he's at because he's HHH friend.

3) Cody Rhodes- I still never get what ANYONE has ever seen in the guy. His matches are boring, his mic skills are way below average, and another one who's where he's at because of a friend or family member.

4)Randy Orton- HE and his matches are more boring then watching Golf on TV or paint drying. HE has ZERO mic skills.

5) Sin Cara- Another HHH signing that has turned into a joke. He's not even good enough to title the poor man's Rey.

 

[JaylisJayP]

In no particular order:

1 - Sin Cara: This is my opinion, because in my world you need a character to care about in addition to one that entertains in the ring. No talking at all means no caring and channel changing.

2 - PTP: Aside from being a watered-down, ridiculous rip-off of CT, they're just not entertaining. AW didn't do anything for me anyway, so I can't say they're any worse. I just have no interest in watching them.

3 - Big Show: Almost goes without saying. His knockout punch is dumb as hell....eh, everyone already knows why he sucks.

4 - Rey Mysterio: If you're talking about now, he's overrated now...when he wrestles. He's always had horrible mic skills and he does the same moves these days, too.

5 - ADR: I admit I liked Del Rio a lot when he first came up, but yeah being the same character for your entire run and having less than half the mic skills of the only other guy who has been able to pull that off (Cena), is a recipe for boredom.

Edit: I thought about Sheamus, Cena and Randy Orton but I know these guys CAN be more interesting when they're not playing the superhero characters. It's ultimately not their fault that creative sucks and WWE writes them into these positions forever. Sheamus and Randy Orton are good heels and I'm not a Cena-hater, nor will I ever be. I think they do try to give us a little something different with Cena here or there but for the benefit of the business they just can't turn him heel. I understand that.

 

[rge2010]

The people on here who detest Cena would make awful business men.

Cena is more than adequate in the ring, look for the opinions of Chris Jericho and Bret Hart on the matter. Cena can work the mic, he has natural charisma. His delivery is very good albeit his content isnt always great. Cena over rated? Not a chance, he is one of the best and I aint even a Cena fan.

The most over rated wrestlers are - Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, Zack Ryder, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan. All are very good in their own little way but a large proportion of the IWC fawn over them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

None of them have ANY star power apart from arguably Punk. The rest are simply nowhere near Main Event.

 

[Ryberg]

The people on here who detest Cena would make awful business men.

Cena is more than adequate in the ring, look for the opinions of Chris Jericho and Bret Hart on the matter. Cena can work the mic, he has natural charisma. His delivery is very good albeit his content isnt always great. Cena over rated? Not a chance, he is one of the best and I aint even a Cena fan.

The most over rated wrestlers are - Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, Zack Ryder, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan. All are very good in their own little way but a large proportion of the IWC fawn over them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

None of them have ANY star power apart from arguably Punk. The rest are simply nowhere near Main Event.

Interesting as DB gets more of a reaction then Cena. They just reported Punk blew away Comic-Con and had more people see him then Cena ever did so no star power PLEASE!

Five moves is more then adequate? Dude he's just a guy! Cena could be jobbing and they could push ANYONE like they have with him and have the same results within a year. Though I will agree with you about Ziggler.

 

[theBec2101]

Cena - No, He hasn’t really been in that title pic till just recently and the Rock brought out how good his promos can be. Again not his fault he only does his signature moves.

Sin Cara- No, it’s not like he is in anybody way so to say yes. I just don’t understand he isn’t in any major title storylines where he is.

Randy- No, only for the fact that he doesn’t like to nor want to be face and performs better as a heel. I also don’t think he claims to be the best ever and better than other who can wrestle. He is a great heel though.

Big Show- yes. But he is only over rated now, back in the day he was a lot better and also it seems they try to squeeze him in anywhere. his time has come, but he is not the worse either. I don’t think he is a top big guy rather see other big men instead.

Alberto- Yes, I don’t see it, but I also think it is not all his fault. He does not seem like a legit tough heel and his arm bar is really stupid. Needs more heel moves.

Cody- Yes and No. At first I didn’t get him either, now I am starting to see it. Let’s see more where he takes this from here. Too early to say

 

[BTLion1990]

4.Sheamus- To be honest I have no idea why they pushed in the first place it must be due to him being HHH's boy. He looks ridiculous and needs to put on some fake tan- People say he looks unique but I think he looks absolutely awful. Also they build him as this unstoppable monster yet he doesn't look strong and have muscles like previous 'monsters' like Lesnar or Batista. His mic skills also need to improve dramatically.

3.John Cena-Back in 2004 WWE were desperately in need of a face of the company and pushed Cena gradually to the Main Event at WM21 (2005). They could of picked out anybody who was better than Cena, His Mic Skills are bad he talks in this boring robotic voice and makes awful jokes that even his 2-year old fans don't laugh at. His In-ring skills are lacking and he really doesn't have a clue how to sell.

People saying that Sheamus is in the position he is in right now, is because of one Hunter Hearst Helmsley, is absolutely ridiculous. Who remembers when Sheamus had a huge losing streak, and his match with Daniel Bryan didn't even make it on the card? He is a very talented athlete. He hasn't been built as an ''unstoppable monster'', he's an ass kicker. He's good on the mic, and granted he is better as a heel, but take nothing away from his talents. His feud with Del Rio is actually good, they have great chemistry and that's down to BOTH of their skills.

As for John Cena not being good on the mic... John Cena, Dr of Thuganomics sums up that statement. Does he say the same stuff, most times. But a lot of guys do. They couldn't have picked ''anyone'' instead of Cena that isn't how it works. Whether you like it or not, he has ''it''.

Back to the topic at hand, in no particular order:-

PTP; I know they're still green, but without A.W their matches aren't as good. I'm not saying I watch matches just to HEAR people and not see them, but he was the guy that was getting them over.

Rey Mysterio; I know he used to be great, but injuries have hurt his style. Never great on the mic.

Sin Cara; Decent athlete, probably cannot get used to ''WWE's style'' and therefore isn't working out. Maybe he needs to get on the mic, get a feud who knows, can he even speak English?

NB: Del Rio is a JBL rip-off?!

 

[I'mTheJanetty13]

In no particular order:

2 - PTP: Aside from being a watered-down, ridiculous rip-off of CT, they're just not entertaining. AW didn't do anything for me anyway, so I can't say they're any worse. I just have no interest in watching them.

I'm not a fan of PTP, but how are they a rip-off of CT? Because they'e both black? CT were a couple of thugs who stole from people. PTP are just a couple of cocky guys, who also happen to be black. C'mon.

 

[jeritroll94]

My top 5 for overrated are:

5- Dolph Ziggler - This guy is talented yes, but he is so much more of a stuntman than a wrestler. He is one of the best sellers of moves in the company but his moveset is pretty limited. He is growing on me now though.

4- Zack Ryder - Why the hell do people like this guy? Terrible ring skills and brings nothing to the company but taking a beating from Kane a lot! The guy just annoys me with his silly little catchphrases and I'm glad that he is only a jobber now because that's were he belongs!

3- Big Show - If he didn't make 100 heel/face turns in his career I would be happier with Big Show's position in the company as a main eventer. I do like his version of the spear but seeing all these turns just bored me a while back. The fact he main evented No Way Out with Cena above CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan is ridiculous (but good for CM Punk's current storyline). Show's best days are behind him now for a while (end of 2002 through to 2004 was my favourite Big Show years) and its best to use him as someone for mid-carders to leapfrog so they can reach the main event.

2- Santino Marella - How this guy has stayed with the company for 5 years is a mystery to me. Waste of space and was glad Cesaro took that US title from him in what was probably Santino's only title defense in his reign. Terrible move set - especially the cobra strike!

1- Alberto Del Rio - JBL rip-off...certainly! The guy has some skill in the ring but the WWE are apparantly blind since they for some reason can't see that no one gives a crap about him since he has such a bad heel character. As said many times, Ricardo gets more reactions that Bertie! He has no charisma and just can't get over by going on about peasants and destiny etc. The fact he is likely to face Sheamus AGAIN just makes another 30 minutes of bordem in a PPV.

 

[shalliin]

I'm guessing you mean current roster? because past wreslers has been done to death and the clear winnero f most over rated ever is Ric Flair.

Current roster, I go with the following in no particular order:

1> Ryback. being built as am monster, but everytime I see him I think of a Rhyno/RVD love child gone wrong? the only valid comparison to Goldberg is in his lack of ability.

2> Ziggler, the best thing about Ziggler is his ability to sell, but in ring other then that he is more billy gunn then hbk. his mic work is annoying and i can't get over his introduction as a member of spirit squad.

3> Cody, wants to be dusty combined with rude, but barely good enough to be martel. people compain about cena's 5 moves of doom, but cody doesn't even have that, he only has the Crossrodes(which I like as a move) only reason he has a job is because of his dad and brother pitching for him. His job is payback for dustin's years of horror as the watered down golddust.

4> most of the divas, there are three true wwe women's wrestlers (Tamika Suka, Beth Pheonix and Nattie Neidhart) and the others are there for eyecandy. thats not to say they don't have some skills, but if the wwe built a real women's division everyone else would be a jobber to those three and none of them would be worthy of a true women's championship. BTW, what happened to the Women's Title? it just disappeared. There have been some great women's wreslting over the years but in the last few years, it has dropped off into a PG version of a TnA showcase. AJ has the moves in ring but is too raw as a wrestler to be in the top group yet.

5>Paul Heyman, he's shit on the mic, his voice makes me want to stab my eardrums and he's saying the same thins now as he did 10 years ago with no advancement of character. People rate him too highly from his days with ECW but I've never found anything he's said of done of any interest and every time he comes out I stop watching until I see he is gone.

 

[gasM]

The original poster's points don't have any weight behind them. This thread is like all of the blind hatred towards the WWE put in one place

My personal top 5 Overrated Wrestlers today:
5) Wade Barrett. I like him, and I think he is destined to be one of the all time greats. But right now, he's not there yet; everyone raves off him, but I only see him as potentially amazing and not currently amazing.
4) Cody Rhodes. No fault of his own, his character is seemingly non-existent. The call-back to the mask with Sin Cara is finally adding another dimension, but recently he's just been a bland heel with no substance.
3) Jinder Mahal. Love his NXT work, but his appearances on Raw and SmackDown have done nothing for me at all. Potentially good, but not worthy of his current exposure so: overrated.
2) Sin Cara. Great athleticism, less botches recently, but outside of being a spot monkey or tagging with actual stars, he doesn't deserve TV time.
1) Big Show. Ever heard of "if it ain't broke don't fix it"? Big Show's upper midcard run where he was the jolly giant was perfect for him. Still credible enough as a stepping stone for up and coming heels, the younger crowd loved him, and his matches weren't long enough to irk the older fans. His heel turn was logical, but it didn't have to be him playing that role.

 

[Aquaman6686]

BTW, what happened to the Women's Title? it just disappeared.

The title was unified with the Divas Championship in 2010. The title was called the Unified Divas Championship for a few months before it went back to being just the Divas Championship.

Anywhere, here would be my Top 5 most overrated wrestlers today:

5- Brodus Clay: I don't get why the fans are so into this guy. If they want to see an obese man shake his fat in the ring, they can pop in an older WWE DVD and watch Rikishi, because at least that way they get a decent match out of it as well. Brodus Clay is just a poor man's Rikishi with stolen music.

4- Zack Ryder: He didn't have the skill or charisma to get over on his own, so he used social media to generate sympathetic popularity. Once the fad wore off, the majority of the fans saw how mediocre he really is and abandoned ship.

3- Eric Young: How this guy still has a job is beyond me. He's a terrible wrestler, he's not even SLIGHTLY amusing, and everything about him is just plain annoying. This guy needs to be fired, and badly.

2- Santino Marella: Copy and paste everything I said about Eric Young.

1- Ryback: I hate, I hate, I hate, I HATE Ryback. I absolutely hate him. I hate him with the burning fire of a thousand suns going supernova simultaneously. Why do I despise him so much? Well...because he's the spitting image of a guy I know in real life who I despise even more. Oh, and because he sucks.

 

[dman1373]

People saying that Sheamus is in the position he is in right now, is because of one Hunter Hearst Helmsley, is absolutely ridiculous. Who remembers when Sheamus had a huge losing streak, and his match with Daniel Bryan didn't even make it on the card? He is a very talented athlete. He hasn't been built as an ''unstoppable monster'', he's an ass kicker. He's good on the mic, and granted he is better as a heel, but take nothing away from his talents. His feud with Del Rio is actually good, they have great chemistry and that's down to BOTH of their skills.

Yeah he was only the least over guy in the past 20 years to win the wwe title. And if you can find a person that was less over then him when they had the wwe title then you show me. He has won every single fucking thing in the wwe in 3 years. He was put in main events when he wasn't over at all. It is just a joke.

 

[Tyler44]

1. Chris Jericho: In the past years in his last few runs with WWE, I have witnessed some of the most boring and uninteresting material of his career. I get it, being boring was his gimmick as well as putting over younger talent. Does that apply to every match, every segment, every promo, every time I see him? He never caught my eye in the past years. With that said he's still good at what he does, but sometimes I forget when I read about Jericho if we're talking about Jericho or God. He is praised far too ridiculously online, and I can't buy into it anymore. Seriously, go read anything about him. He's always doing great whatever he's doing, but to me, I look at it from a realistic standpoint and haven't found him doing anything interesting consecutively. The best word to describe Chris Jericho's last few WWE stints is mundane.

2. The Big Show: He's overrated regarding the show product. Fans know he sucks and hasn't ever been anything spectacular, but why is he still there? More importantly, why in the main event and title picture? He's not even putting over young talent as a backslide, he's just slopping up a relevant and interesting title reign.

3. Dolph Ziggler: I've never liked him, at all. His name first off misleads you. Once I move past that to his actual performance, I'm never taken away. I actually want to change the channel. He's boring from all angles, and if your best credential is selling moves, you're not going to be anything in my opinion. He reminds me of a modern day John Morrison. Everyone online says he will make it huge and be the future, but I'll be there saying absolutely not from day 1. Look what happens. I said it with Jack Swagger right away too.

4. Sheaumus: I wouldn't even want to claim it as overrated. He's the champion, but he fights on every ppv as the first match and is battling one of the most unimportant stars to WWE, ADR. But then that relates back to why he's overrated. If he's the champion and can't make a feud even at all interesting for a second, that's not performing well. That's sucking. Does it help he's done nothing refreshing since he became a face? He's just boring. He's overrated again for the show product, because I think fans are aware he's nothing great.

5. The Great Khali: Trust me, nobody in their sane mind here will praise this guy. But when I claim him as overrated, it's regarding the show product. For some reason, he still appears in WWE (prior surgery). That's enough for me. He literally struggles to walk. He looks in pain when breathing. Why in the right sense of life is he a professional wrestler and being in matches? Wasn't he in a title match not too long ago? Watching him wrestle is insulting to my brain. If he can do what he does in the ring, it gives me hope that me 6-1, 160 pounds can be in WWE next year.

So in this, I targeted two guys you people think are great, and targeted 3 the WWE puts on tv enough for me to call shenanigans.

 

[sXeB34ST]

Anybody who says John Cena's overrated has absolutely zero idea what in the fuck they're talking about. Anywho, I'm going to go by the IWC standards for my post, because I think it'll be funny to watch kids get mad.

5. Christian - Now, Christian is my favorite professional wrestler. However, if you look at the enormous amount of praise the IWC gives him, and how frequently everyone bitches about him being 'misused,' it's just funny. A guy whose give or take a year, 38 years old, has become slightly injury prone, hasn't been compelling since he returned and has been one of the most consistently pushed guys in all of the WWE since his return; is hardly being misused. He was the face of WWE's 3rd wheel show, as a sign of faith, testing him out to see how he'd fare as a 'top guy.' He exceeded expectations, and after the stars aligned, he became a two-time champion. It was ill-timed, but nonetheless, it happened.

4. Daniel Bryan - Now this one's going to stir the pot a bit, but hear me out. I've worked with Danielson at All-Pro Wrestling in Hayward, California where he helped serve Roland Alexander as an assistant trainer pre-WWE. Even he is baffled by his immense amount of support. Now, I won't say he doesn't deserve it, as he too is one of my favorites. However, people invest so much stock in him, yet he's AT BEST going to get Jericho-circa 2005 status. He'll be a guy who can main event low-drawing Pay-Per-Views and might get a meaningless Spring or Winter title run, but will never, EVER, be a draw.

3. Alberto Del Rio - Del Rio, I'll go out on a limb and say, is one of the best in-ring workers in the WWE. He works hard, fast and very snug. He's a stiff worker, but it plays out very well in the ring. However, he's the personification of generic. Nothing about his character is new. He rides into the arena in a fancy car (Guerrero), is a rich, pompous prick (JBL) and on a good day, he'll meet Randy Orton circa-2003 status. He's an odd blend of the wanna-be pretty boy wealthy character, but doesn't have the talent to pull it off. I can't take a guy whose 6'0" and has such an average physique to be the destroyer WWE makes him out to be. He's supposedly a heel, but rarely cheats, and simply wins via pure aggression. It's an odd mesh that doesn't work, and if he didn't draw the Latino ratings, he'd no longer be employed in my opinion. I'm basing such off his bipolar mindset and all the heat he has backstage, for instance; saying he should be 'higher on the card' when in the midst of a World Heavyweight Championship chase. Lack of charisma, the same promo for 2 1/2 years and a boring gimmick? Sorry, but ADR's got to be retooled for cut.

2. Jack Swagger - Odd, I slam ADR for repetition, yet the biggest and most reoccurring trait in my rants is that 'they're just not that good.' Swagger is a tremendous athlete, and has a great potential upside, however.. You need to look at the facts. He's been on the main roster for 4 years, and other than adding a few filler moves and an ankle lock, he's not really improved at all. His most relevant career change was that he decided to slick his hair instead of spike it. Swagger's speech impediment is MONEY, couple with his athletic ability and you have loads of untapped potential for the easy heel heat and cheap pops. Sadly, Swagger shows little to no improvement, sells horribly, and quite frankly just isn't that coordinated in a wrestling ring. He seems like a fish out of water, and I just can't buy him being a viable upper-card name. Not to mention, he won't draw. Once again, repetition.

1. Drew McIntyre - Take just about every negative trait I've said earlier and throw it in Drew's cap. Drew's entire career is as follows: Cool music, generic look, bad attitude, cool finisher. I honestly feel sorry for the guy, as he's been with the company since he was 20 years of age, and he's still one of the youngest guys on the roster. He had Shawn Michaels and Triple H in his corner, but everything fell through his fingers because he took the brunt of his wife's misdoings. Not to mention, his bad attitude dug him into a deeper and deeper hole that I doubt he'll ever climb out of. Everyone claims "Future World Champion!" or "Should be a main event guy!" Yet, his mic skills are flat, he has no distinguishable look, his ring skills are sloppy and he won't draw a dime.

Sorry typical IWC mark, but you like some shitty workers.

 

[BTLion1990]

Yeah he was only the least over guy in the past 20 years to win the wwe title. And if you can find a person that was less over then him when they had the wwe title then you show me. He has won every single fucking thing in the wwe in 3 years. He was put in main events when he wasn't over at all. It is just a joke.

He wasn't that over when he first won the wwe title, and his first two runs were premature and mainly forgettable granted, but the same thing happened with CM Punk. He held the ECW, Tag titles, Intercontinental and the World Heavyweight and his run was lackluster as hell. We aren't talking about being over, we're talking about being overRATED. So I'm not getting your point?

 

[HBKistheHOF]

5.) Jinder Mahal/Big Zeke/JTG/Johnny Curtis/Derrick Bateman - They are on TV when Ambrose, Steamboat Jr., Kassius Ohno, Tyler Black, etc. aren't. Not to mention the guys like Cesaro & Sandow that still aren't on both programs. They have WAY too many LOW-carders. Get some REAL fresh meat in NXT, lose the jokes I named above & debut all the working talent you already have!

4.) Santino Marella - Multiple time IC, Tag, & US champ. A top babyface in WWE. And what is his claim to fame? PULLING A SOCK PUPPET FROM HIS CROTCH! If WWE wants to only use him for comedy, then don't give him titles & put him on TV regularly.
TIE BREAKER!
4.) Hornswoggle - Former Cruiserweight champion & RAW GM. Once again, if you want comedy, fine, but don't keep meaningless piles of crap around for years on my TV!

3.) The Great Khali - He was once a World Champion, nuff' said.

2.) The Big Show - Unless he was part of a team, I haven't found him entertaining since the early 2000's. Slow, boring, unathletic, fat, & worst of all he is bad at being a "Big Monster". His acting is average, so comedy works for him but being serious always comes off as a joke to me. Especially when he loses to Cena immediately following his heel turn. He is just a fatter, slightly more entertaining Khali to me.

1.) John Cena - Now I know this isn't just some Cena bashing page, but till this day I don't get it! He COMPLETELY dropped all of the gimmick that got him over and that he claimed was "a big part of himself" for NO GIMMICK or some half assed, fake Marine! For What? Just cause he was in that movie? He hasn't had any intrigue in YEARS! His promos are stale and boring! And that is not mentioning his AWFUL "wrestling". The guy has muscles and some charisma, is that really all it takes to be the face of the WWE?!?!

As for John Cena not being good on the mic... John Cena, Dr of Thuganomics sums up that statement. Does he say the same stuff, most times. But a lot of guys do. They couldn't have picked ''anyone'' instead of Cena that isn't how it works. Whether you like it or not, he has ''it''.

John Cena wasn't good on the mic then, he had decent, rehearsed, raps, that got cheap laughs. But he is nowhere near the Dr. of Thuganomics gimmick, besides still using "Hustle, Loyalty, & Respect", which is EXTREMELY ironic considering he is a "proper-white boy, army" character, where is the logic?! ALL he does his say the same boring stuff. "I promise this & that. I'll Never Give Up." And then give his stupid grin to everyone.

As for "It". I think that is just charisma, which I have already agreed is the one thing he has, besides muscles. Which is why Vince likes him, because he is basically a ripped movie star. Only problem is he is a PISS POOR actor (EXAMPLES: ANY MOVIE HE HAS BEEN IN!)

So while I get why Vince likes him & why his charm & charisma gets women & some children to like him, IMO, Some Muscles, Bad Acting, & Big Biceps are not what it takes to be the face of the WWE.

 

[BTLion1990]

John Cena wasn't good on the mic then, he had decent, rehearsed, raps, that got cheap laughs. But he is nowhere near the Dr. of Thuganomics gimmick, besides still using "Hustle, Loyalty, & Respect", which is EXTREMELY ironic considering he is a "proper-white boy, army" character, where is the logic?! ALL he does his say the same boring stuff. "I promise this & that. I'll Never Give Up." And then give his stupid grin to everyone.

Saying the same stuff on the mic does NOT mean you are bad on it. Look at any movie star who does the same films. Any team that does the same set pieces. Just because it is re-done does not mean that it's bad. You have to remember that WWE stars are TOLD what to say. Some have more leniency than others, but none the less they're told. So that would be a creative problem. I don't think he sells particularly well at times, fair enough. But take OUT the context of what he says, and watch the way he says it. He can be sarcastic, angry, passionate.. he can TRY to be funny but none the less Cena's mic skills aren't as bad as people claim.

Hulk Hogan came out for YEARS and said ''Brother... take your vitamins, Hulkamania will run wild etc'' then when he went to WCW he cut amazing heel promo's. Don't analyse the content analyse the delivery and reaction from it.

 

[Firewall_Philip_Hanan]

1. Ryback (WWE is trying to make him look like Goldberg, yet the guy is only facing jobbers?)
2. Sheamus (The guy is not witty and made a much better heel than face. If he wants to, he could kick everybody in the face at the start of the match and win, but he doesn't. He's merely a striker than cannot entertain all that much. He would have been better off in ECW)
3. John Cena (Cena is entertaining on the mic, but what happened to him? I watched this match against Kurt Angle during his WWE Debut and he was really great back then. Now he has maybe half of the moves and is far less agile. As the Prototype he could have given AJ Styles a run for his money. Now, he's duller than Hulk Hogan was in the ring)
4. Zack Ryder (Ryder is guy with an ego with no reason for one. He didn't start winning matches until he had an ego, but honestly, no one should have an ego unless they win matches in the first place)
5. Santino Marella (The guy started out as a lame wrestler, than a hated wrestler, then a lame wrestler again, then a funny wrestler. You can't take him seriously and his moves are far less believable than Mankind's. He is also less funny than Mankind and less cool than Dude Love. He tries to portray an "Every Man" character, but totally fails compared to Mick Foley and Dusty Rhodes.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

I used to say that Big Show sucked the life out of anything he was in but that was in 2002 and 2003 when he was fat, slow, and unmotivated. I'm glad he lost weight and hasn't been as bad as he used to be. One thing I'll give him is that he is one of the most underrated mic workers the WWE has ever had. You wouldn't expect that from someone his size.

I could rant on you idiots who put Khali in your list but I'm going to be nice today.

The only wrestler I feel is overrated based on the consensus opinions that I have read is Dolph Ziggler. I wouldn't be surprised if he seriously injures himself from all those oversells he does. He's good in the ring as long as he's facing guys like Cena, Edge, and Punk. Against the Kofis and Sheamuses, Ziggler is average. Ultimately, I see him as a Booker T type who wrestles up to the level of his competition but will never definitively make anybody on his level or below better.

I thought about putting Cody Rhodes but that was because I heard so much about how great his IC title reign was when in fact it wasn't that. His main feuds were against an announcer and Big Show so I don't see how I was supposed to be impressed by that.

 

[The mind]

This could very well be the easiest list one could make:

5.Alicia Fox. Seriously, how is she employed? The only way her looks are a ten is if someone uses the paper bag scale. Two, She's been around a few years now, and still looks green in the ring. When it comes to botched spots, she's the diva answer to Batista

4.John Cena. This generations Hulk Hogan. Not so good in the ring, but has the mic skills to cover that. He may as well be wearing a mic, because he still calls his spots loudly. Watch a John Cena live, watch Cena talk, you'll be able to call every move before it happens. History will remember John Cena has the worst double digit champion in history.

3.Great Khali. Slow moving, limited in doing anything. His height doesn't allow him to have any cordination in the ring. This is why big guys like Andre, Yokuzuna, and The Big show are so rare. They had height, but they didn't seem to have the "tripping over your own feet" issue Khali has

2.Rey Mysterio. I could never figure out why people can get behind this one trick pony. Jushin "Thunder" Liger, Ultimo Dragon, Eddie Guerrero, Super Crazy, all worlds better in the ring during their careers then Rey. Rey's only got one thing going for him, he can take a bump.

1.Randy Orton. As soon as Randy Orton's music hits, I switch the channel. It's painful to watch his matches. They are boring, dull, predictable, and interchangeable. He does the same exact thing, every single match. And they pretty much end the same way. RKO out of nowhere. Even if Orton has been beaten to a point that would put normal people in a coma, he hits the RKO, and all of a sudden, the guy who has had zero damage done to him, is out for the count.

If I could offer two dishonorable mentions:

Jack Swagger. He doesn't put people in the seats, he puts them to sleep. Nothing more than the k-mart Kurt Angle.

David Otunga-Only has a job because he has the body that makes Vince salavate, and because of his who his wife is. He's going to paralyze or kill someone because he's that reckless and dangerous in the ring. Should be re-assigned to FCW (or NXT) to get some re-tooling. Not a total loss, but needs to get much better in the ring. He's got some mid card promise

 

[slice_of_life]

5. Sin Cara- His matches are awful.

4. Brodus Clay- His gimmick is dumb, and even if it wasn't, he does nothing for me in the ring.

3. The Miz- I wan't to rip my ears off every time he touches the mic, and he is average at best in the ring.

2. Sheamus- Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I just don't care. There's is nothing special about him.

1. Randy Orton- Zero charisma. No mic-skills. Boring in the ring. He has the look of a star--that's it.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

It's unfortunate that these threads always wind up going the same route. That route being that gross misuse of the term overrated. Most people seem to believe that someone is overrated just because you're not personally into them. Overrated actually means when someone doesn't legitimately have the ability to justify the success they've aquired. In all fairness, it can be difficult to gauge who's actually overrated because it's extremely hard to be completely impartial. I don't think anyone can be completely impartial but, in some cases, it's very easy to see who you're going against just because you don't like them.

For instance, as usual, the VAST majority of the posts in this thread have included most of the top guys in WWE. For some odd reason, whenever you rise to the top of WWE or are in the midst of a push, the IWC decides to slap the overrated label on you. I guess that's how you know you've made it.

You know why Cena, Orton, Sheamus, Bryan, Punk, Ziggler, Miz and many of the other top guys listed aren't overrated? Because they draw. They make money for WWE in the form of merchendise, they generate consistent & near constant top interest & response among fans whenever they're involved in a feud, come out for a match or cut a promo. The fact that these men are able to do these things doesn't make them overrated, it makes them stars. See, the wrestlers that are able to do these things are the ones that you want to push to the forefront. That's how you're able to keep your wrestling company afloat and your wrestlers all in all earning a living.

I never bust anybody's chops for not liking certain wrestlers. Again, that's how it is for every wrestler. No wrestler can please everybody. But, c'mon people, use your heads and actually look at things as they really are rather than taking pure personal opinion and apply it as rock hard fact. I'm not a huge fan of Cena, but I understand why he's where he is and the guy deserves to be there.

I do agree with some of those listed, such as Sin Cara. I know he's a sensation down in Mexico and has been the biggest star down there for a long time. Since coming to WWE, I think it's fair to say that Sin Cara has been pretty underwhelming. He's gotten a lot of hype during his time in WWE but the ability that he's shown thus far doesn't seem to back up said hype.

I can understand to some degree the hate that guys like Santino & Ryback get. Santino is over, I might not be all that wild about his antics, but he's pretty over with average fans. I think a lot of net fans would change their tune if Santino had a more serious character. As for Ryback, I might agree if he were suddenly being pushed right towards the top of the roster. Ryback hasn't been nearly tested enough to warrant a big push and, thankfully, he's not in the midst of one right now.

 

[Mr$intheBank]

Sadly, most of these lists, including mine, consist of the top babyfaces in the company. Not only do they get shoved down our throats (because they draw money mainly from kids) but their in-ring ability is mediocre at best.

1. Randy Orton- He has been stale ever since he became a top face. Many will say he has been stale for longer but his evil character back in 2009 was pretty damn good and should have been kept that way. But now he's a favorite and quite frankly he's boring to listen to and boring in the ring. His 5 moves of doom: powerslam, dropkick, third rope DDT, his backbreaker, RKO.

2. Sheamus- He is boring too. Another guy who got over as a heel but developed into a fun-loving Irish brawler who quotes farm/folk tales from Ireland. He doesn't have an array of moves either and although I don't mind him as champion, its been too long and he just puts me to sleep.

3. John Cena- He would be higher on my list but he's not boring compared to the two above. He's constantly in the main event and WWE can put him there anytime they want but when he's not champ, he should not be in the main event. He's deemed the best due to ratings and kids and because of his work ethic and countless reigns. He said on RAW "I'm confident I will get another shot at the title"...yeah no shit.

4. Sin Cara- For all the hype and theatrics, this guy has not even won a single championship yet. Plus he botches a move every other week. A guy whose that risky should not be put high at all. Now, he is going over Cody Rhodes. Just because he is like a new Rey-Rey doesn't mean he's good in the ring. It was a sad site to see him go over Lord Tensai...A 170 pounder pinning a 300+ pounder with kicks and hurricanaramas makes sense.

5. Big Show- He's just past his prime and useless at this point. He's turned heel-to-face or face-to-heel atleast 10 times since he's been in WWE. He's a typical filler big guy that you add to the mix like the triple threat at Summerslam. BTW, I found that match boring thanks to him. Plus everyone is supposed to believe his KO punch is so powerful. He's been punching people his whole career like any regular wrestler but no he holds his fist back and hits it, it becomes an easy 1.2.3. That's also an overrated finisher if there ever was one.

 

[BTLion1990]

Sadly, most of these lists, including mine, consist of the top babyfaces in the company. Not only do they get shoved down our throats (because they draw money mainly from kids) but their in-ring ability is mediocre at best.

And therein lies the reason that most of the ''Cena's, Sheamus', Orton's'' are listed. But it grossly lacks what is meant by ''overrated''.

Another example would be using the ''We want Ryder chants'' because he wasn't used. The second he got pushed a lot of the Internet fans turned on him. People usually end up hating the underdog when he becomes the ''dog''. But it doesn't mean they're overrated.