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40 Least Charismatic WWE Wrestlers Ever

Posted: Dec 1st 2011 By: mikeiles

To be a successful wrestler, you cannot do anything on skill alone. Remember, this is an act (sorry if i am spoiling this for you).

You need charm, presence and a magnetism that screams to the rafters that "you" are the baddest ass in the building.

While we see the likes of The Rock and CM Punk tear it up on our televisions screens, there others that we can look to and think, "what are they doing on camera?"

The one common denominator with great superstars is the ability to draw through their charm and experience and they interplay with the crowd.

These stars, although successful in their own right, just did not or do not have it night in and night out.

Mike Graham

Although he was the golden boy in Florida under his dad, Eddie Graham, young Mike was nothing to write home about.

He was small, a little skiddish and not the best in front of the camera.

He held numerous tag team titles and singles titles in the region, but again he could have never carried it nationally.

Mike Von Erich

How this boy got into the ring is anyone's guess. Actually, when his older brother David died in the Orient, Mike was thrust into the spotlight.

He was never ready.

He was slow, light and could blow away in a wind storm. He was so off balance and when he got sick and developed Toxic Shock Syndrome, it was over for him.

Eventually, he took his own life.

Chris Adams

He tried to be charismatic and it came off as overkill.

The Brit came to WCCW and was friend of the Von Erich's then a foe, teaming with Gino Hernandez.

After Hernandez passed away, Adams was a "face" again, but still could not pull off the act.

Andre the Giant

I know I will take heat for this one, so let's get it out of the way.

Andre was loved and respected by everyone. He was huge and robotic. He did not speak well and when he got into the ring, he did not move well and was limited.

He was popular as hell but was not charismatic at all.

Johnny Weaver

A popular wrestler in the 1970s and early 1980s, Weaver was a fan favorite in Florida and the Carolina promotions.

He was also a commentator with Gordon Solie. But when it came to being in the ring, he just looked like a wrestler, nothing special.

Ron Garvin

Another one of those guys who tried too hard.

Garvin was pegged as a southern redneck on Georgia Championship Wrestling and a hard working blue color wrestler.

He was popular with the fans, but he was limited in his work and relied on the "Garvin Stomp" as his gimmick.

He beat Ric Flair for the NWA Title once, but could not draw and lost it a few months later.

Mike Rotundo

As a member of the "Varsity Club" or "Money, Inc." Rotundo was carried by his tag partners. He was a good amateur wrestler who came to the professional ranks with a solid skill set.

But he was not good on the mic and looked like he was a "tag-a-long" for the most part.

Jack Victory

Whatever his gimmick was, it never worked.

Victory was in almost every NWA promotion there was. A larger man with a decent size, he tried his hand at overpowering wrestlers.

It never worked for the heel.

Dean Malenko

He never really spoke. Often quiet and shy. Malenko was a great technical wrestler, but honestly he was as boring as the day was long.

Daniel Bryan

He is trying so hard to come out of that shell.

But with that little boy's haircut and beard, he looks like a mismatched wrestler.

Bryan should be more like the Bryan Danielson of ROH, the one who would fire up the crowds and do unbelievable acts in the air and in the ring.

Dory Funk, Jr.

He was a mainstay in Florida. He was an NWA World Champion and a great scientific wrestler, maybe one of the 10 best of all time.

But unlike his brother Terry, he could not bring the house down with his persona or his magnetism.

He was great, but he was dull.

Angelo Mosca, Jr.

Unlike his dad who struck fear in wrestlers with his look, Mosca searched for an identity.

He was a great angular wrestler who could drop kick with the best of them. But he could not give the crowd what they wanted from a superstar.

Bob Roop

Roop went to the ring, wrestled his match, won or loss and went home.

With Roop what you saw was what you got.

Nothing special, always consistent.

David Otunga

You knew he would be on this list.

I cannot stand his "Carlton Banks" character.

He cannot speak, he cannot wrestle and he is plain bad.

Ask me how I truly feel.

Jerry Oates

Another average wrestler who came to the ring and made his presence known, won or lost and left.

Oates was a good tag team wrestler and was a popular attraction in Georgia and other southern states.

Scott Levy

Before he became Raven, Scott Levy was basically a jobber in Memphis. He was thin, agile and quick.

But his mic skills were poor, he did not win much and he was too much of a punk for his own good.

Dick Murdoch

A brawler and good "heel" wrestler, but he did not light anyone up like a Christmas tree. That was left for his friend, Dusty Rhodes.

Murdoch was a mid card performer and decent attraction in the southern states in the 1970s and 1980s.

Cowboy Ron Bass

Forget about his time as "Doink the Clown". The Outlaw Ron Bass was supposed to be the bad ass in Georgia or Florida or anywhere he came to wrestle.

He never got out fo mid card status.

He was slow and rugged and robotic and did not seem intimidating on screen.

Harley Race

He had his moments, like in 1983 at Starrcade. But for the most part, Race was a quite reserved wrestler who fought the good fight and left for the evening.

Even in the WWF he was truly nothing special.

Still, they may never have been a wrestler as tough as Harley Race.

Sam Houston

Jake Roberts' younger brother and the real life husband of "Baby Doll".

He was small and thin. He looked afraid of his own shadow and someone who could get caught in a good stiff wind.

Lance Storm

In WCW he was as vanilla as ice cream.

Storm tried to pick up the pace but could not succeed. In ECW he was a great tag team wrestler with Justin Credible. But he could not achieve more success after that.

Glacier

Not only a bad gimmick, but a boring one at that.

Glacier was a bad idea even when he was being promoted before he got to WCW.

And when was in the ring, no one seemed to care.

David Flair

He was so opposite of his father.

He was still, small, thin and scared.

He gave it a good go, but he could not measure up.

Even as hard as the creative teams tried, Flair failed to carry on the family name.

Greg Valentine

In the NWA, he was a hard worker, but slow as hell.

He could not give a great interview and while successful in regional title matches, he could not draw the crowd to him as others could even as a heel.

Robert Gibson

For everything Ricky Morton was, Robert Gibson was not.

He was a good worker but could not rile the crowd or work alone. He knew his limitations and was successful anyway.

George South

The ultimate jobber in the NWA.

He wrestled just about every big name in the business.

And all he did was lose on a nightly basis.

Rufus R. Jones

He had basically one good run in Jim Crockett Promotions when he challenged Paul Jones over how he disrespected his valet.

Jones was basically a jobber who had a short career.

S. D. Jones

An opening attraction in the WWF.

Jones was a crowd favorite, but he was stiff and fairly unathletic. What he was known for was having one of the hardest heads in the business.

Salvatore Bellomo

When Howard Finkle called his name out in ring introductions, you thought he was biggest thing since sliced bread.

Bellomo was loved by the crowds, but he was anything but the charismatic superstar his locker room mates were.

The Wild Samoans

Hey were big and bad and looked mean as hell.

And they were tag champions in the WWF.

But Capt. Lou Albano was the charismatic one, not the tag team.

Mike McGillicutty

Maybe the most charismatic thing, Joe Hennig did recently is remind people who is father was on a Raw show.

Yes, Joe we all know your father is the late Curt Hennig and I am sorry, but you are no equal of your father in any aspect of wrestling.

Fabulous Moolah

She was a great women's champion, but I never saw her as show-stopping.

Maybe that was in her younger reign before I was born.

To me, she was more robot than anything.

The Midnight Express

Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton were good scientific wrestlers, but they did not light the world on fire as talkers or show stoppers.

They left that to their manager, Jim Cornette.

Randy Mulkey

He was a white as glue and looked as wiry as a piece of string.

Mulkey got the hell beaten out of him all the time in the ring.

He had a cult following but he was so unathletic. Maybe that was his appeal.

Jack Brisco

He was a strapping and good looking guy from Oklahoma who won the NWA World Title.

He was a great wrestler and was loved by all. But on the mic he was dull and he had seven signature moves he constantly went to.

Also remember that in the 1970s and early 1980s, guys made a small speech and then wrestled. It wasn't like it is today.

Steve Keirn

In Florida he was a regional champion. But he was not a great wrestler as a singles competitor.

He was one of the Fabulous Ones with Stan Lane, but Lane carried the team.

He was never a great interview and was a little slow in the ring.

Krusher Khrushchev

Barry Darsow was a niche wrestler until he hooked up with Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff in the NWA.

Then he was a tag team champion.

But he was the third wheel, slow, lumpy and gave an awful interview.

Billy Jack Haynes

In Florida and in the WWF, he just looked stiff. He was quiet, almost shy in front of the mic and when he was in the ring, he looked almost cartoonish.

But everyone looked that way in the WWF.