10 Lamest Wrestling Authority Figures
7. TNA Director Of Authority Erik Watts
Obsessed as they were at the time with clinging on to absolutely anybody with even a sliver of star power (or a familial link to somebody else that did), NWA-TNA's use of Erik Watts intended to whitewash the period he spent in WCW becoming the catch-all reference to the nepotistic worst of pro wrestling.
Son of then-WCW booker Bill Watts, Erik was rushed on to television in 1992 after less than six months in the industry and wore his inexperience well. His push was predictably the source of deep resentment in the locker room, and collapsed completely when father Bill left the company in acrimonious fashion. Short runs in WWE and WCW didn't rehabilitate his frazzled image, but TNA bizarrely selected him as a babyface Director Of Authority in 2003 after originally bringing him in as the mouthpiece of a useless second-generation stable also featuring Brian Christopher and David Flair.
It was boneheaded booking from the company - through no significant fault of his own, Watts was one of the least-respected figures to try and portray a role that required the support of the audience to survive. Without that (or, particularly, any significant stick skills), Watts was doomed in the position and found himself ousted by the vastly superior Don Callis after just six months.