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Most Obnoxious Personality              

Award Description:

To be given to the person who just rubs you the wrong way. This could be
anybody involved in the wrestling biz. 

Previous Winners:

  1991: Dusty Rhodes 
  1992: Vince McMahon 
  1993: Vince McMahon 
  1994: Hulk Hogan 
  1995: Eric Bischoff 
  1996: Eric Bischoff
  1997: Eric Bischoff
  1998: Eric Bischoff
  1999: Eric Bischoff
  2000: Vince Russo
  2001: Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley

**2002**: Jerry Lawler

89 first place votes
87 second place votes
82 third place votes

 32  6  9  196   Jerry Lawler
 15 14  9  135   Stephanie McMahon
 13 13  5  114   Triple H
  4  7  8   57   Eric Bischoff
  0 10  4   38   X-Pac
  3  4  3   33   Paul Heyman
  3  2  5   31   Bradshaw
  4  1  3   29   Christopher Nowinski
  2  3  5   29   Vince McMahon
  1  5  3   26   Jim Ross
  0  5  3   21   Rikishi
  1  2  2   15   Al Wilson
  1  1  3   14   Kevin Nash
  0  2  3   12   Undertaker
  2  0  0   10   Kurt Angle
  0  2  2   10   Brian Lawler
  1  1  0    8   Chris Jericho
  0  2  1    8   Matt Hardy
  0  0  4    8   Disco Inferno
  1  0  1    7   Tazz
  1  0  1    7   Don West
  1  0  0    5   Trish Stratus
  1  0  0    5   Motoko Baba
  1  0  0    5   Lita
  1  0  0    5   Keiji Muto
  1  0  0    5   Antonio Pena
  0  1  1    5   Hollywood Hulk Hogan
  0  1  1    5   Ed Ferrara
  0  1  0    3   Steve Austin
  0  1  0    3   Rock
  0  1  0    3   Jeremy Borash
  0  1  0    3   Goldy Locks
  0  0  1    2   Tom Zenk
  0  0  1    2   Shawn Michaels
  0  0  1    2   Rico
  0  0  1    2   Ric Flair
  0  0  1    2   Gene Okerlund

REJECTED

  0  1  1        (Non-wrestling personalities)

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Most Obnoxious Personality.  The first two were
easy.  No one is more annoying than Bradshaw.  Undertaker is far and away
the second most annoying person in the biz.  There were about 30 people I
wanted to put as #3, from Jim Ross and Tazzz as horrid men that refuse to
call matches to Al Wilson and Disco Inferno who are in lame skits that take
away from valuable PPV match time.  And that doesn't even include all the
annoying wrestlers!

RINGMISTRESS: Seriously, look in the mirror, Vinnie Mac, like right now.  
Still happy with the direction of your company?

CHRIS BIRD: Jerry Lawler is an embarrassment to wrestling. It's just that
simple. Nothing, nothing more than the continued presence of Jerry Lawler
has caused my interest in watching wrestling to wane. Put the fuckwit out
to pasture with his tired boobies act and let me listen to a REAL colour
commentator. (Also, it would mean never having to see his obligatory shitty
wrestling match every time the WWE stops in Memphis.)

DONNIE VOMIT: Tom Zenk's pretty obnoxious, albeit in a good way.  It's
refreshing to see a man completely unreliant on the business letting
everyone know his honest opinions.

DON L: I've had it with Lawlers commentating, what makes matters worse is
that he can do better but doesn't seem to want to. Bradshaw is a stupid
hoss and gets 2nd, while Nash is a jerk from legit stories I heard from
friends he's full of himself and has no reason to.

RICK SCAIA: Jerry Lawler was always a mix of really funny and really
annoying.  But it usually seemed like he was leaning towards "funny" more
often than not.  But since his return to the commentary desk this year,
that hasn't been the case.  It's possible, I guess, that Lawler just seems
less effective to me since he came back and replaced Paul Heyman (who I
honestly thought did a perfect job of being funny, being a heel, and
telling stories, all at the same time)... but I really think Lawler's just
gone off the deep end:  he's been embarrasingly juvenile (usually when
words like "semen" or "HLA" are involved) and even
counter-productive
(trying to sell a very physical Trish/Victoria feud like its a catfight)
this year.

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