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1999 R.S.P-W Awards

Worst Interviewee

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Worst Interviewee

Award Description:

To be given to the person who gives the worst interview in the biz. This
could be a wrestler or a manager. 

Previous Winners:

  1990: Ultimate Warrior 
  1991: El Gigante 
  1992: Ultimate Warrior 
  1993: Giant Gonzalez 
  1994: Yokozuna 
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: Ahmed Johnson
  1997: Ahmed Johnson
  1998: Warrior

**1999**: Sid Vicious

313 first place votes
304 second place votes
292 third place votes

 33 22 22  275   Sid Vicious
 36 18 17  268   Steve Blackman
 20 17 19  189   Rick Steiner
 20 12 15  166   David Flair
 17 16 12  157   Hulk Hogan
 18 14 10  152   Brian Knobs
 11 17 10  126   Sable
  9 12 17  115   Randy Savage
  8 14 16  114   Konnan
 11  5 10   90   Mr. Ass
  7 10  7   79   British Bulldog
  8  8  6   76   Goldberg
  6  9  9   75   Roddy Piper
  9  4  4   65   Buff Bagwell
  7  7  3   62   Big Show
  5  8  5   59   Gangrel
  3  8  9   57   Ken Shamrock
  8  2  5   56   Rock
  7  5  1   52   Barbarian
  6  4  5   52   Jake Roberts
  4  8  3   50   Lilian Garcia
  5  5  3   46   Berlyn
  3  5  7   44   Stephanie McMahon
  3  5  4   38   Big Bossman
  3  3  7   38   Chris Benoit
  2  1 10   33   Kane
  0  6  7   32   X-Pac
  4  3  1   31   Undertaker
  1  5  4   28   Chyna
  3  2  2   25   Dean Malenko
  4  0  2   24   Diamond Dallas Page
  2  3  2   23   Total Package
  4  0  1   22   Steve Austin
  2  2  3   22   Kidman
  3  1  1   20   Cat
  1  2  4   19   Stevie Ray
  1  3  1   16   Test
  0  4  1   14   Juventud Guerrera
  1  2  1   13   Triple H
  0  3  2   13   Scott Steiner
  2  0  0   10   Paul Wight
  2  0  0   10   Godfather
  1  1  1   10   Warrior
  1  1  1   10   Taz
  1  1  1   10   Road Dogg
  1  0  2    9   Terry Taylor
  0  3  0    9   Kevin Nash
  1  1  0    8   Jerry Lynn
  1  1  0    8   Bret Hart
  0  2  1    8   Steve Williams
  1  0  1    7   Ivory
  0  2  0    6   Terri Runnels
  0  2  0    6   Shane Douglas
  0  2  0    6   Justin Credible
  1  0  0    5   Yurple
  1  0  0    5   Sting
  1  0  0    5   Rob Van Dam
  1  0  0    5   Linda McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Lance Storm
  1  0  0    5   Dennis Rodman
  0  1  1    5   Mideon
  0  1  0    3   Val Venis
  0  1  0    3   Ric Steiner
  0  1  0    3   Perry Saturn
  0  1  0    3   Mike Tenay
  0  1  0    3   Meng
  0  1  0    3   Master P
  0  1  0    3   Faarooq
  0  1  0    3   Eric Bischoff
  0  1  0    3   Eddie Guerrero
  0  1  0    3   Debra
  0  1  0    3   Crash Holly
  0  1  0    3   Christian
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Simon Diamond
  0  0  1    2   Ric Flair
  0  0  1    2   Psychosis
  0  0  1    2   Paul Bearer
  0  0  1    2   Mark Henry
  0  0  1    2   Maestro
  0  0  1    2   Mae Young
  0  0  1    2   Lou Albano
  0  0  1    2   Lash LeRoux
  0  0  1    2   Jerry Flynn
  0  0  1    2   Gene Okerlund
  0  0  1    2   Danny Doring
  0  0  1    2   Bill Alfonso
  0  0  1    2   Bam Bam Bigelow

REJECTED - not in timeframe

  1  0  1        Barbara Bush

EDC: Mr. Ass is all looks. The one Promo he cut was really awful. Lillian
Garcia just has that Dumb-Fuck look to her, and she's screwed up a ton of
lines this year. At least Blackman's got the rant part down...

K. CANZANELLA: Taz's interviews never end, and never make any sense or
prove anything. Kind of like a RSPW META thread. Gangrel sounds like a
retard. Rocky Miavia takes too much mic time to say too little that is
new.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Someone should send David Flair to a public speaking
class, remind Steve Blackman that there's a camera in the room, and think
of ANYTHING for Chris Benoit to say other than the worst catchphrases to
come out of a good wrestler's mouth since Bret Hart though up "Best there
is..."

FALCONARROW: How you say, I will vote for Barbarian

AARON: This guy was gonna win this category one way... OR ANOTHER!!! How
much you wanna bet somebody else makes that joke. Gangrel sounds oddly
like a Newfie when he talks, and Kenny was just as big a chump as always.

DON BECKER: The way I see it, Steve Blackman's going to win this one
way...or another.  Jake Roberts' one televised interview this year was
marred by all the free alcohol at the casino, and Billy Gunn contributes
nothing to an already bad catchphrase, not to mention his below-par solo
work.

MAX CHITTISTER: On my Christmas list: to Sid, a Sid-to-English dictionary.
To Piper, a new almanac (so he can catch up on some current events). To
Sable, a roll of duct tape, because there's just no hope for her.

CAN00K: Have I mentioned that I despise Hogan?  Blackman's one interview
when he talked to Terry Taylor as if he were Shamrock was pretty funny,
but only because it was so bad. :)

PAUL SHOCK:  Piper, easily.  If he were to describe himself, it would be
as a worse speaker than the Speaker of the House!  (Rim shot)

BLOB: Speedy Gonzales took #1. "Your daddy died! WAH!" took #2. "Your ass
is grass and I'm gonna smoke it!!" took #3.

ALDO: If I see Sid Vicious speak on my screen just one more time, I'm
going to go nucking futs.  By the way, does anyone understand what the
hell kind of dialect Konnan is using?  And why all the food references?  
As for Rick Steiner, someone should have ripped his voice box out long
ago.

GEORGE CARTER:  That night where Steve Blackman 'mistaken' Terry Taylor
for Ken Shamrock was one of the funniest blunders this year. Vince, if you
REALLY want to push Steve; NO MIC TIME !! And Lilian Garcia is the worst
ring announcer I have ever heard. And I really CAN'T believe that David is
the son of Ric. I bet Reid has better mic skills, but then again, if I was
standing next to Torrie Wilson, I might not be too great.

JOHN C.:Bagwell, Knobs and Stephanie McMahon were easy choices. Bagwell is
not the stuff while Knobs is just plain nasty on the mic and Stephanie is
just too bland to do anything. Rick Steiner is an easy pick at number four
as he was given WAY too much mic time this year.

TREVOR KING: People accuse The Rock of being repetitive, but every Bagwell
interview is some contrived varation of the Buff and stuff rhyme.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: The worst part about Berlyn speaking German ist dass
ich ihn immer noch verstehen kann ( = is that I can still understand him).

ELLIOT SPARKS: WORST INTERVIEWEE IS BRIAN KNOBBS. Y'KNOW, THE GUY WHO
CAN'T STOP SHOUTING? HE'S JUST TERRIBLE. BUT IT MUST BE SAID, IT'S QUITE
THE INFECTIOUS HABIT.

RUTGERSGYM:  I think it's obvious that the male McMahons inherited all the
acting ability of the family.  Road Dogg goes next for deteriorating in
mic skills.  Is it just me, or was RD decent during the NAO's first heel
run?  Now he can't get away from the catchphrases even when the Outlaws
turned heel again (hell, at least Val Venis stopped doing his "Hello
ladies" schtick when he turned, and the Rock tried to keep the fans from
singing along while he was a heel) Knobs gets to be the honorary First
Family representative, and I DIDN'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT!!!!

JAMES GOWDEY: My GOD! Yurple the Clown had to have had the most annoying
rendition of "Happy Birthday" I've ever heard.

SEAN FLYNN: Why Steiner gets to talk is beyond me.  Brian Knobbs
interviews are definitely NASTY!  And Sean says "simon, go away."

LUCAS HARRIS: "I will...how you say...eat your lunch?" With lines like
that, how can you go wrong?

SIMON ROBERTS: The British accent does not seem right

THERION: All three tied for first place. Honorable mention to Chris Benoit
as best wrestler but worst interviewee. Sad, but true.

EDDIE KIM: Lilian Garcia makes me long for the good old days when Craig
DeGeorge was in the WWF.

SUGAR RAY: When David Flair holds the mic, don't you just want to kill him
? Yeah, me too!

MATT SPAULDING: The other two left blank because I'd probably get DQ'd for
putting WCW down twice.

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