Worst Babyface                          

Award Description:

To be given to the person whose casting as a good guy just didn't work well.
Maybe there was just no face heat drawn or maybe the fans actually booed
this person, but for whatever reason the face image just didn't get over.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Dusty Rhodes
  1991: P.N. News
  1992: Sid Justice
  1993: Lex Luger
  1994: Hulk Hogan
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: John Tenta
  1997: Rocky Maivia
  1998: Warrior
  1999: Hulk Hogan

**2000**: Hulk Hogan

529 first place votes
506 second place votes
491 third place votes

 77 46 29  581   Hulk Hogan
 49 48 46  481   Mr. Ass
 35 37 26  338   Sid Vicious
 38 32 24  334   Kevin Nash
 34 31 33  329   Road Dogg
 31 25 27  284   Buff Bagwell
 33 25 19  278   Chyna
 22 19 20  207   Kwee-Wee
 17 18 14  167   Big Show
 17 13 16  156   General Rection
 13 16 20  153   X-Pac
 10 13 21  131   Konnan
 16 10  9  128   Goldberg
  8 13 19  117   Mideon
  7 16 11  105   Scott Steiner
 11  7 14  104   Vince McMahon
  8  8 13   90   Godfather
  4 13 14   87   Dean Malenko
  7  8 10   79   Kane
  6  8 12   78   Undertaker
  7  8  9   77   Triple H
 10  3  2   63   Rock
  7  6  5   63   Booker T.
  4  6 11   60   Eddie Guerrero
  2 12  5   56   Steve Blackman
  5  3  5   44   Chris Jericho
  5  3  4   42   Nova
  4  5  1   37   David Arquette
  2  4  6   34   Al Snow
  1  6  3   29   Steve Austin
  2  5  1   27   Sting
  2  4  2   26   Rikishi
  3  1  3   24   Steve Corino
  3  1  0   18   Cat
  1  3  1   16   Mike Awesome
  2  1  1   15   Lex Luger
  1  2  0   11   Rick Steiner
  2  0  0   10   Vince Russo
  2  0  0   10   Tazz
  2  0  0   10   Kurt Angle
  2  0  0   10   Dusty Rhodes
  1  1  1   10   Hardcore Holly
  1  1  1   10   Crowbar
  1  0  2    9   Rob Van Dam
  0  2  1    8   David Flair
  1  0  1    7   Sgt. A-Wall
  1  0  1    7   Jerry Lawler
  1  0  1    7   Crash
  1  0  1    7   Chris Benoit
  0  2  0    6   Jerry Lynn
  0  2  0    6   Grand Master Sexay
  1  0  0    5   Mike Rapada
  1  0  0    5   Maestro
  1  0  0    5   Jeff Hardy
  1  0  0    5   Demon
  1  0  0    5   Chris Chetti
  0  1  1    5   Sandman
  0  1  1    5   New Jack
  0  1  1    5   Mick Foley
  0  1  1    5   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  1  1    5   Danny Doring
  0  1  1    5   D'Lo Brown
  0  0  2    4   Val Venis
  0  1  0    3   Wall
  0  1  0    3   Tommy Dreamer
  0  1  0    3   Selina Majors
  0  1  0    3   Scotty 2 Hotty
  0  1  0    3   Roddy Piper
  0  1  0    3   Perfectshawn Stasiak
  0  1  0    3   Micheal Cole
  0  1  0    3   Matt Hardy
  0  1  0    3   Madusa
  0  1  0    3   Linda McMahon
  0  1  0    3   Disqo
  0  0  1    2   Trailer Park Trash
  0  0  1    2   Spike Dudley
  0  0  1    2   Patti Pep
  0  0  1    2   Meng
  0  0  1    2   Lenny Lane
  0  0  1    2   Lance Storm
  0  0  1    2   K-Krush
  0  0  1    2   Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  0  0  1    2   Great Muta
  0  0  1    2   Essa Rios
  0  0  1    2   Dustin Rhodes
  0  0  1    2   Bret Hart

REJECTED

  2  1  1        Dudley Boyz
  2  0  2        Too Cool
  1  1  1        "Tie" votes
  0  0  1        Hardy Boyz
  0  0  1        Acolytes

HIRO: Basically, all of them can't decide to either be a babyface or a
heel. Chyna supposedly turned heel by DDT'ing Jericho to give Guerrero the
Euro belt, but she gets face pops instead? Same goes for the other two
guys.

MICHAEL BANKER: Why is Goldberg such a bad face?  Because he won't sell
for any heel opponents, and therefore nobody seems to have a chance
against him, and therefore I just don't care about him.  He wins all of
his matches in two seconds.  Oh.  Wow.  Great.  Really.  (By the way, one
of the most hilarious aspects of your recaps is the way that you compare
Goldberg's entrance time with his actual match time.  That is just too
funny!)

MARK POLISHUK: Hey, let's cheer for...Sid?  Uh, nope.

ADAM FROM TORONTO: Gunn is right up there for worst gimmick(s)/music combo
in the history of the world.

ROBERT STRUPP: Eddy just has the natural charm of a heel, that having him
a face doesn't seem right. Kevin Nash may seem too cool to be a heel, but
he's too lazy to be a good face. Kane should always be portrayed as an ass
kicking heel, and his sympathetic side really could have ruined his
credibility overall. In fact, I'm not sure how it didn't.

SCOTT W.: Is Konnan a babyface?  If he is, he sucks.  Bagwell is pathetic
too.

DONNIE VOMIT: It pained me to see HHH, Eddie Guerrero and Hogan try to
play their own respective babyface roles.  Triple H and Eddie are better
off as heels. Hogan is better off being sent to the glue factory.

MARCUS SPARKS: Nobody is ever going to buy Vince McMahon as a face again.  
Konnan's act is old and tired as whatever salads he's been tossing.  And
Billy Gunn's been rammed down the collective throats of the populace for
so long I'm just tired of him.

JOHN C.: Why would anybody in their right mind cheer Sid, Chyna or
Bagwell?

ANDY P. GOSS: I put Big Show first, Dean Malenko second, and Kane third.  
Not because they necessarily flopped as babyfaces, but because their
personae and style of wrestling make them perfect heels.  Well, Show and
Malenko anyway.  I put Kane in the Worst Face category as an intelligent
joke. :)

JON WALTON: She has fake boobs, a big bazooka, a shitty handspring elbow,
zero ring talent and a World Champion boyfriend, why am I supposed to like
Chyna again?

JONAH ROSCH: It's sad when you're watching television and actually wishing
that Hollywood Hogan would return. I mean Hollywood is sad and pathetic,
but at least as a heel it actually makes more sense. As a face, Hulk Hogan
is just ridiculous in every way shape and form.

JAMES HOWARD: As I said earlier, fans do not like an Indestructable,
Invincible Babyface; they like faces who overcome tremendous odds and
severe asskickings to give it their all and triumph in the end. They don't
like faces who control the entire match, take very little if any
punishment during the match, and invariably win easily. Unless it's
Goldberg. So, hey, Billy Gunn, here's a message: YOU'RE NO GOLDBERG. ^_^:;

JUST JEFF: How come Steve Austin isn't included in the list?  His
character was never repackaged to become a face; Stone Cold's always been
a heel at heart.

GEORGE JOHNSON: Rection's trying, but not even The Rock could rise above
his gimmick.

PETER HAZLETT: With a name like Vicious, how can you be a face?

SCOTT ZUCKER: It's difficult for me to see how fans can cheer Billy Gunn,
Buff Bagwell, and Chyna.

TROY OLSON: I actually think Gunn is a better face now, without the gay
hair, gay music, and gay name.  He's pretty much less gay.  X pac was born
to be a heel because no one likes to cheer for someone who's as greasy as
he is.  General Rection has a lame name and will never be taken seriously
no matter how hard WCW pushes him.

NATHAN LONEY: Hulk Hogan.  Yes, I would love to see him as the mentor to
Kurt Angle.  No, I don't want to hear about the Hulkamaniacs, Hogan being
a superpowered entity, or "yapappi" strap matches.  Chyna gets cheers
because she's a woman with a very muscular body.  Not because of anything
she does in the ring.  I'm just plain sick of Goldberg.  You aren't
everything and the wrestling world doesn't revolve around you, you
overrated goof.

BILL LEHECKA: I'm supposed to LIKE Buff Bagwell?  His happy-go-lucky shit
annoys me to no end.  His work effort has seriously declined, and I don't
know if I'm supposed to like him or hate him.  It's good to be loved.  
It's good to be hated.  It's not good to be apathetic.

NATE PATRIN: And just my luck, the WWF is starting to base a new stable
around them. RUN, K-KWICK! RUN WHILE YOU CAN! GIVE ROAD DOGG A CHAIRSHOT
AND DITCH HIS SORRY ASS!

LAWRENCE BENEDETTO: Undertaker is...the American Jackass!

TANVIR RAQUIB: Chris Jericho used to be really fucking cool. Then,
Bischoff buried him. Now, he's a corny, long haired white guy who is just
so...I hate to say it...RUN OF THE MILL. Worst face seems QUITE
respectable all things considered.

MIKE PLYLEY: Hulkamania is running wild again, brother!  So is
Bolleamania!  Cheer for him!

JEFF "FRO" WAHLMAN: Worst Babyface?  How about Kevin Nash and his
ever-slowing moves.  As documented, Billy Gunn has no business as an
upper-card guy.  Yep, Godfather and his punching and kicking sucks too.