10 Lamest Wrestling Authority Figures

9. WCW Commissioner J.J Dillon

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Though J.J Dillon bravely tried to take control of WCW during the unparalleled dominance of the New World Order, his tenure came to a muddled anticlimax when he took a kicking from Hollywood Hogan and was replaced by Roddy Piper...only he wasn't, as WCW would forget who had the job and just trot somebody official-looking out when they had absolutely no clue how to steer out of creative cul-de-sacs.

When he was actually afforded power, he used it well and to the benefit of World Championship Wrestling. A grizzled old Horseman, Dillon had the gumption to smack Eric Bischoff down with fines and suspensions, and even banned Kevin Nash's powerbomb after he dropped The Giant on his neck. His leadership limitations were constantly made apparent though. Dillon wasn't convincing playing a role that, itself, wasn't actually overly convincing and he was destined to fail.

His fleeting interjections were much like DDP and Sting getting the very occasional one over the group - it represented a faint light at the end of an increasingly dull nWo tunnel. That tunnel persistently narrowing over the subsequent years had much to do with the entire organisation's eventual demise.

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