20 Absolute Worst Wrestlers EVER (... According To YOU!)
4. Ed Ferrara (0.42/10)
Ed Ferrara’s ill-advised leap from the writer’s room in WWE to the wrestling ring in WCW was a textbook example of why non-wrestlers should stay out of the squared circle. As Oklahoma, Ferrara became a tasteless parody of former colleague and superior Jim Ross, going beyond using Ross' vocal quirks and speech patterns into trivialising and mocking his suffering of Bell's Palsy.
Ferrara’s in-ring work was almost as ill-judged as the gimmick itself. His match against Madusa at Souled Out was yet another low point for a company in total free fall. Supposed to be a comedic intergender mismatch bout, it ended up being an awkward spectacle that exposed Ferrara’s complete lack of in-ring ability despite a handful of mid-90s matches predating his mainstream tenures. Madusa had to carry the entire match en route to a loss that crowned 'OK' the Cruiserweight Champion, burying that division too.
It was significantly damaging to his name despite the high profile he'd held in the industry as late as mid-1999. Ferrara, like the Oklahoma character, is considered one of the figures that expedited WCW’s decline and death.