The WWE Half-Year Awards 2018
6. Worst Male Wrestler: Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar isn't the worst WWE wrestler at the halfway stage because he's had the poorest matches. He's the worst because he's terrible at doing his job.
You don't even need two hands to count Brock's matches; in six months, the Beast has pulled on his wrestling gear just four times. Protecting his aura in such a way might not be such a huge problem were he a part-time attraction like The Undertaker or John Cena, but he's the Universal Champion. It's utterly pathetic. In a distant era, absentia would be punished on-screen by a forced vacation of the title. In 2018, Brock runs roughshod over narrative convention, and the WWE branded doormat let him.
Perhaps Lesnar could be excused if he'd brought the goods for his quartet of disproportionate paydays - after all, who wouldn't take on his schedule? But the fact is, only one of them has been any cop - not that the fans in attendance in New Orelan's Superdome would have noticed. It's not even a case of 'must try harder', but 'must start trying'.
Runner-up: Big Cass
Undeservedly parachuted back into a main event role and a programme with Daniel Bryan after returning from injury, but utterly failed to take the opportunity. Fallible, feckless, and ultimately, fired.