As you can probably tell by now, many of these picks here are quite Russo-centric. For this last one, let's just go with the man himself and crown him the worst of the worst!
"I just wanted to get people talking about that egomaniac Vince Russo putting the belt on himself. So that's why basically we did it. To get people talking" -Vince Russo
So he made himself world champion to appeal to internet smarks who already thought he was an ego maniac? How was that supposed to get anyone to watch WCW programming? Well, Russo only held the title for one week, but it was one of the worst weeks in the history of World Championship Wrestling. He won it because Goldberg speared him through a steel cage, and which meant he escaped first. It doesn't matter. He should have never made himself champ under any circumstances. As much flack as people give David Arquette for winning the gold, as least he was semi-famous. You can maybe, somewhat understand the rational (as misguided as it was) to make him champ as a desperation move. Russo, though, had nothing. He was a guy that only a small fraction of the audience knew months earlier, and was suddenly all over TV in every top angle. He was battling backstage politics, and the thoughts of internet fans, who were a vast minority at the time. Then he became champion. While other wrestlers defended WCW titles more often and in worse matches than Russo, none of them destroyed the integrity of a belt like he did.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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