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Most Deteriorated Wrestler              

Award Description:

To be given to the person whose skill has deteriorated the most over the
past year. This person should be a shadow of his/her former self.  

Previous Winners:

  1990: Dusty Rhodes 
  1991: Hulk Hogan 
  1992: Hulk Hogan 
  1993: Hulk Hogan 
  1994: Hulk Hogan 
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: Hulk Hogan
  1997: Roddy Piper
  1998: British Bulldog
  1999: Hulk Hogan
  2000: Undertaker
  2001: Undertaker

**2002**: Triple H

89 first place votes
86 second place votes
83 third place votes

 29 12  3  185   Triple H
 12 13 14  127   Ric Flair
 11  5 11   92   Kevin Nash
  5  8  8   65   Jeff Hardy
  6  4  9   60   Curt Hennig
  4 10  2   54   Undertaker
  4  3  6   41   Hollywood Hulk Hogan
  3  6  3   39   Scott Hall
  2  2  4   24   Mike Awesome
  1  4  3   23   Big Show
  4  0  1   22   Juventud Guerrera
  1  1  3   14   Raven
  0  3  2   13   Rikishi
  0  1  4   11   Rob van Dam
  2  0  0   10   Brian Lawler
  0  3  0    9   Tazz
  0  3  0    9   Buff Bagwell
  1  1  0    8   Hurricane
  0  2  1    8   Sabu
  1  0  1    7   Steve Austin
  0  2  0    6   D-Von
  1  0  0    5   Spike Dudley
  1  0  0    5   Keiji Muto
  1  0  0    5   Jushin Liger
  0  1  1    5   Syxx-Pac
  0  1  0    3   Toshiaki Kawada
  0  1  0    3   Steve Williams
  0  0  1    2   Tajiri
  0  0  1    2   Rey Mysterio
  0  0  1    2   Magnum TOKYO
  0  0  1    2   Lenny Lane
  0  0  1    2   Chris Benoit
  0  0  1    2   Bubba Ray Dudley
  0  0  1    2   Atlantis

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Most Deteriorated Wrestler.  This is usually the
most interesting category (along with "most disappointing news item) since
it shows who *used* to be good that has really slid downhill. People keep
voting Hulk here, but to deteriorate you're saying that he was any better
last year.  My top vote went to Hurricane.  He used to be one of the best
guys in the business.  Now they've pretty much grounded him and his
finisher is a freakin' chokeslam.  My second vote goes to Triple H.  
Before his quad injury, he was actually able to carry quite a few people to
very good PPV main events.  Since coming back, it takes a pretty good
worker to carry HHH to a good match.  My final vote goes to Lenny Lane.  
This guy used to have the most awesome suicidal moves over the top rope.  
Now the only memorable matches he has are when he juices.

BEANFRIEDPORK: Over the years Ric Flair has certainly deteriorated quite a
bit, but since this category only specifies over the last year I really
don't see muh change in him between now 2001, and consequently didn't vote
for him.

PAUL ZOROVICH: Most Deteriorated Wrestler:  Scott Hall wasn't ever a GREAT
wrestler, but he was a shadow of his former self when he came back to WWE
this year.  Undertaker continued on his downward slide as well.  It hurts
to include Flair here, since I think he's got one more great match in him,
but frankly it pains me to watch him now.

RINGMISTRESS: Ric was God, and it pained me to see him like this.

CHRIS BIRD: I see Kevin Nash has gone from "can barely walk" to "can't
walk, period." Which is truly impressive. And what is up with Raven? The
man is a shell of his former self, and that's before we take his awful
dreads into account.

DOUG CORTI: As a wrestler, Juventud Guerrera spent most of the year trying
his sports entertaiment schtick out in CMLL. He had a few nice moments, and
he's better than many, but the difference between his work at his prime and
his work now is drastic, and sad to see.

JOSEPH HOFFMAN: Big Show NEVER had any talent.

DON L: Triple H is a shell of his former self since coming back from his
injury in January. I liked Jeff Hardy but he's really been bad this year
missing spots. 3rd Nash well he's always been bad but atleast he was able
to move limbs without tearing them up.

CHRISTOPHER SHEA: ... right, right, boot choke, frame, elbow, crotch chop,
SNAP, collapse to mat ...

THE CUBS FAN: I didn't remember Juvi being this far gone at the end of his
WCW stint - but maybe so many were that way? Anyhow, even though he will
turn it on when he's facing really good people, you've never seen someone
more obviously not care any more than the younger Guerrera. More power to
you if you can live off your name and your rep, but I don't want to see you
on my TV. Juvi's case is worse than Triple H, because outside of that one
year pre-injury and a few spodaric occasions, he wasn't ever better than
good. Juvi was Great, and while years of living The Life of a Wrestler will
understandable hurt your ability to keep being Great, it's also seemingly
killed his drive to even try to be good, which is all kinds of depressing.

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