Most Overrated Pro Wrestlers

The Most Overrated Wrestlers, Guys Who Just Are not Real Pro Wrestlers.

The Top Ten

  1. John Cena

    John Felix Anthony Cena (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, and former rapper. After retiring from in-ring competition in December 2025, he remained signed with WWE as a brand ambassador.... read more

    Actually John Cena is a great guy in real life. I admit that at times when I got annoyed with him I have voted against him and also sometimes wrote disrespectful comments about him. But soon I realized that whatever he does not actually mean to do it. WWE forces him to do it I.E. it is scripted. Than I regreted for my acts and started to love him. Now it's been like years seeing negative comments about Cena and IT is clearly off the limits. I want you haters not to blame on Cena, blame WWE. Cena does whatever WWE says. Not only Cena and any other wrestlers or person. Do not hate others. Each plays an important role. There is no good or bad guys. Whatever they do it is only part of their profession. When you love your favourite person you also respect others even if yo do not like them. And I ask you guys to forgive me for disliking Cena once. Thanks.

  2. Hulk Hogan

    Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur, and musician. He rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s through his work with the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE). Hogan is widely regarded as one... read more

    I still just don't understand why everyone likes him so much! I don't find him amusing. All he can do is talk, wear a shirt saying HOGAN RULES, do some salutes, tear his shirt, run around, do a powerslam, a leg drop, 1-2-3, and it's over! Can you even call him a wrestler with only two moves? His matches are quite boring. Hogan cannot put on an exciting match like Bret Hart or Savage. Besides, he was not a great entertainer, and WWE says he is one of the greatest wrestlers. He is really overrated!

    Now of course I love Hulkamania as much as the next guy, but Hogan could not wrestle worth a damn and needed someone like Randy Savage to carry a watchable match. Hogan far exceeded his own pile of overrated mess in WCW, virtually overshadowing everyone else and making sure he was always the top guy. In short, Hogan is one of those spotlight hoggers that gets on my nerves, and he still does it in TNA.

  3. Ultimate Warrior

    James Brian Hellwig, better known by his ring name The Ultimate Warrior, was an American professional wrestler. He most famously wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1987 to 1991, and again in 1992 and 1996. During his 1998 stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he was... read more

    People complain about Cena having a limited moveset, but at least he has a moveset. Ultimate Warrior had no wrestling ability at all. I, with no wrestling experience at all, could probably do a better clothesline than the Ultimate Warrior.

    Extremely poor wrestler and hideously unprofessional hypocrite. Plus a horrible person in real life as well. No redeeming qualities whatsoever apart from the steroided physique.

    He may have been energetic but he wasn't much more, sure he was strong but the warrior was always really selfish and wanted money money money.

  4. Randy Orton

    Randal Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and actor signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is a 14-time world champion, having held the WWE Championship 10 times and the World Heavyweight Championship four times. He is a third-generation wrestler... read more

    Orton may have few moves but he cannot possibly live up to the aura put around him right of the bat. Randy didn't even have to work very hard to get were he is at. He is very stiff and bland on both the mat and mic.

    He used to be more "real" but unfortunately it seems that he's lost his ways considerably. It happened especially when he became known as the viper; I mean that he was better before.

    Very good in-ring worker but the Viper gimmick really hurts him. "He hears voices in his head? " Very unnecessary to give him such a bad gimmick. Not overrated in my book.

  5. Dave Bautista

    David Michael "Dave" Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, and former mixed martial artist. He rose to stardom as a six-time world champion in WWE under the ring name Batista and has starred in films such as Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Blade... read more

    Batista absolutely sucked. Horrible mic skills and gimmicks. When he was against the top guys like Brock lesnar and Undertaker he was manhandled. Dave please stick to Hollywood. Even in Hollywood no one knows him

    BOTCHtista could not wrestle, had some of the of the most crappy promos and matches I have seen, hell, he even had less moves than Goldberg! Repeat the spinebuster six octillion times, and than do a powerbomb which does not even hurt! (I know because I've felt one of those.) shouldn't have been hired in the first place!

  6. Diesel (Kevin Nash)

    Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler and actor who is signed to WWE under a legends contract. Wrestling as Diesel, he held the WWF Championship once, and he later became a four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a founding member of the New World Order... read more

  7. Triple H

    Paul Michael Levesque, better known by his ring name Triple H, is an American retired professional wrestler, corporate executive, and actor. He is the Chief Content Officer for WWE, where he previously served as an executive vice president. Triple H is a 14-time world champion and a key figure in the... read more

    This guy never had a great match that didn't involve a weapon. Buried great talent such as Shelton Benjamin, Carlito & MVP. His gimmick name triple h should mean triple hoe cause he stood by Vince McMahon, HBK & Ric Flair his pimps just to get where he is. HBK made not this overrated douche. He didn't deserve the main event win at mania 2000(16) or the main event title win at mania 18. I felt it should have been The Rock & Hogan for the title. I felt he was jelous of The Rock's spotlight stealing The Rock's main event title wins at mania 16 & 18.

    What the hell, How come is HHH at no.4! Do you realize this guy is legendary. His matches against the roch, HBK, undertaker, mick foley, Steve Austin, chris benoit, kurt angle, Y2J and many many more. He invented the elimination chamber. His stable D generation x revolutionized wrestling. In the year 2000(which was the WWE's best year) he was the best wrestler. whenever he loses a new talents is born E. G chris benoit, daniel bryan, John Cena, randy orton, batista etc. the game is legendary. and for those who say that HBK made him you are wrong. In the year 1996 during the infamous msg curtain call he was relegated to be a jobber and slowly walked up the ladder. and also those who say his succes your worong to! His best year 1998,1999,2000 was before he was in arelation with stephanie.

  8. Daniel Bryan

    Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American professional wrestler best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Daniel Bryan. He is a five-time WWE world champion, having held the WWE Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship once. He headlined WrestleMania XXX... read more

    He is very overrated than than John Cena, triple h etc. He has no mic skills, wrestling skills are some what better. The only reasons he became popular because of his yes chant. WWE fans are hypocrites

    I don't hate Daniel Bryan. But he is SO UNGODLY OVERRATED. People act like he is the greatest wrestler of the 21st, when that is not the case at all. Guys like Batista, CM Punk, John Cena, and Randy Orton made more of an impact than Daniel Bryan ever did. And get out of here with your ROH crap, because no one but hardcore wrestling fans watch it.

  9. Goldberg

    William Scott "Bill" Goldberg, born December 27, 1966, is an American actor, former professional football player, and retired professional wrestler. He became WCW World Heavyweight Champion in 1998 and later won the WWE Universal Championship in 2017. Goldberg has appeared in television series such as... read more

    I cannot believe this guy is not number one. People always talk about how he should come back, this guy was nothing. WCW gave him a streak of beating up a bunch of no name jobbers until he got main event pushes. After his streak ended, Goldberg quickly became a nobody. He has constantly whined, complained, and flat out refused to wrestle for no good reason and has gotten pushes he never earned, he had a terrible work rate and an even worse attitude, it's a surprise he isn't considered the worst wrestler of all time.

    He is a very dangerous wrestler according to people who fought him. He had no damn training and nearly killed people.

  10. Scott Steiner

    Scott Rechsteiner, born July 29, 1962, is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Scott Steiner. He is a former WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a two-time WWF Tag Team Champion as one half of the Steiner Brothers. Steiner has also competed for promotions including Jim Crockett... read more

    Well he started of as a great athlete, debuting a lot of moves from Japan in america and tearing up the tag scene with his brother but it escalated to him taking steroids dying his hair blonde and botching moves, definitely got more then he deserved in the later half of his career.

    If anything this guy is underrated. He has carried the WWE and would have done so with TNA/Impact but Hulk Hogan and Eric Bishoff were so jealous of him. I only watch TNA/Impact now for the female wrestlers. They are the hottest!

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    Matt Hardy

    Matthew Moore Hardy is an American professional wrestler. He is well known for his work in WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling, and Ring of Honor. He has also competed extensively alongside his brother Jeff as part of the Hardy Boyz.

    13. The Contenders

  13. Alberto Del Rio

    José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan (born May 25, 1977), best known as Alberto Del Rio, is a Mexican professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He made his WWE main-roster debut in 2010 and is a two-time WWE Champion and a two-time World Heavyweight Champion. He also became the first Mexican-born... read more

    I don't know why I hate him. But either way, I'm glad he quit wrestling.

  14. CM Punk

    Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American comic book writer, actor, former mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler. He is best known for his career in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he has held multiple championships and led the New Nexus. His finishing... read more

    I remember watching the ECW reboot back in 2006 and 2007, and I kept wondering why he was as over as he was. His in ring work was good, but it wasn't great. All his matches were the same, with him hitting the same moves over and over again, and winning cleanly, every single time.

    Many of his wins in WWE ECW were on guys who I thought were much better. The best example is against the New Breed, a group that had a lot of momentum after their feud with the ECW originals. Elijah Burke in particular was starting to look like a main eventer, but then he got jobbed out to Punk, killing his newly gained star power. Matt Striker got jobbed out to Punk. Almost the entire WWE ECW roster got jobbed to Punk, despite how boring his entire WWE ECW run was.

    And yet, he was the most popular guy in WWE ECW, despite never having a particular interesting match and, up to that point, never cutting a promo of note. Sure, he became better once he moved on to RAW and Smackdown, but even then, there were plenty of other guys on the roster who were at least as good on the mic and in the ring as Punk was.

  15. Brock Lesnar

    Brock Edward Lesnar (born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, football player, and mixed martial artist who is currently signed to WWE. He first gained prominence as the youngest WWE Champion in history after winning the title in 2002. He later became the... read more

    Number 1 for me on this list. Handed matches he didn't deserve with little fan based. I swear the WWE has built him up like the friends and family who lie to the people who audition for American Idle. To paraphrase Simon Cowell "You have to have a talent to progress it. I don't believe Brock has a professional wrestling talent. With him the WWE is completely wasting the fans money. Sorry."

    Brock Lesnar is surely one of the strongest wwe superstars ever. Besides his strength the only good fights he ever had were against Rock and Kurt Angle. He totally sucks and is overall sloppy in the ring and on the mic. He sucks I hate Brock Lesnar. He isn't even slightly entertaining to watch! LET'S GO LESNAR, LESNAR SUCKS!

  16. Edge

    Adam Joseph Copeland is a Canadian actor and professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling, where he performs under his real name, after becoming famous in WWE under the ring name Edge. A WWE Hall of Famer, Copeland is known for his multiple world championship reigns and his involvement... read more

    Now of course Edge is a great wrestler and is way better than Cena when it comes to skills and wrestling and I love him too. I agree Cena is too overrated but I feel Edge a bit overrated. Because Cena during his 14 year career has accomplished 24 Championships. At the same time Edge during his 14 year career has accomplished 31 Championships! And many Legends compared to them has accomplished quite less Championships like Taker and HBK. For instance Undertaker has only accomplished overall 15 Championships during his 25 year career. I know he had an undefeated streak at wrestlemania but I am just saying. Don't you guys think Edge is a bit overrated?

  17. Psycho Sid

    He was an awful speaker, but a good wrestler. He is so underrated for his work. He main evented two Wrestlemanias, beat guys like Owen Hart, Vader, Chris Benoit, Kevin Nash, and more clean. He was the first man to ever kick out of Hogan's leg drop. How is he on here?

    In one promo, I'm pretty sure he said "I have half of your brains! " I don't think that's how it was supposed to go down. And don't get me started on his in ring performance!

    Definitely does NOT belong on this list!

  18. The Rock

    Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer, and professional wrestler. He gained fame in WWE during the late 1990s and early 2000s before transitioning to a successful Hollywood career, starring in films from The Fast and the Furious... read more

    He couldn't wrestle, had the lamest finishing moves of all time-the peoples elbow and rock bottom which is more like a modified chockeslam. His version of the sharpshooter makes me sick. Equally overrated in Hollywood. Personally I can not stand him. Uses a lot of steroids. For proof look at his picture in 1996 and then 2013. the only things his good is at mike. Was gone for 7 year and now comes and buries talents such as C. M punk. he is also really ugly. The only reason he got the WWE championship because of his Samoan blood. Man I remember when he debuted in WWE he was hated. He did nothing memorable in the attitude era. the only good matches he had was against triple H. His match again hulk hogan and cena were horrible.

  19. Kane

    Glenn Thomas Jacobs is an American professional wrestler, businessman, actor, and politician. He is signed to WWE and is best known by his ring name, Kane. Jacobs has served as the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, since he was elected in 2018.

    Kane's strength has always been overrated. Even guys like Kurt Angle and Cesaro are a lot stronger than him in reality but their strength has always been underrated.

    Kane is very overrated. He is useless and boring. Yeah I know how he used to be. But I never found his gimmick interesting. I think Fiend is a better character.

    How the hell all the underrated wrestlers are all over overrated wrestlers. This list totally sucks.

  20. Roman Reigns

    Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoaʻi was born on May 25, 1985. He is an American professional wrestler and former professional Canadian football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Roman Reigns and is the World Heavyweight Champion.... read more

    And people say Cena is overrated. Roman is 14 on this list?! Vince has made him defeat EVERYONE. Brock Lesnar, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Triple H, The Undertaker, he would of beat the likes of Stone Cold, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Edge. They even had him beat John Cena. The only reason he isn't being shoved down our throats is because he has leukemia. Just so you know, I don't like that he has leukemia, and I hope he gets well soon. but, he's too overrated.

    Over pushed and overrated. I was super pissed when he entered the 2017 royal rumble and eliminated Chris Jericho and the undertaker. He's literally beated everyone. If test, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero were alive, they would have beaten him. He is so overrated and he is literally the definition of overrated.

  21. The Great Khali

    Dalip Singh Rana, better known by his ring name The Great Khali, is an Indian-born American promoter, actor, and former professional wrestler best known for his time with WWE. He debuted with WWE in 2006 and became the first Indian-born world champion in WWE history. After retiring from professional... read more

    He should be number 1! He could not even walk properly forget wrestling. I fainted when I saw him defeating The Undertaker. his matches are always

    : slap, brawl, big boot, khali chop, pin. He even gets paid too much

    Just there for his size. And because he's Indian and attracts viewers from that region. What is it he does in the ring? Just being big and slow. That's it.

    An Indian tall wrestler who picks up women and kisses them... He's tall, that's why he's overrated. Giant Gonzales is taller and has never been mentioned.!

  22. Jeff Jarrett

    Jeffrey Leonard "Jeff" Jarrett is an American professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and co-founder of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which he started with his father, Jerry Jarrett. He also founded Global Force Wrestling. Jarrett is signed to All Elite Wrestling, where he performs and serves as... read more

    Hit so many wrestlers with a guitar, imitated Ric Flair on a daily baisis, and never drew a damn dime!

  23. Aj Lee

    April Jeanette Mendez, better known by her ring name AJ Lee, is an American professional wrestler and author. AJ Lee began her professional wrestling career in 2007 on the New Jersey independent circuit before signing with WWE in 2009 and spending two years in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). She... read more

    I must admit I hate her for no reason..

  24. Jeff Hardy

    Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, singer-songwriter, painter, and musician. Alongside his brother Matt, he has won multiple tag team championships in WWE and TNA, while his singles career has included two WWE Intercontinental Championship reigns and... read more

    Okay here me out, hardy is by far the most daring athlete in the biz, but after all the drug consumption and taking his career for granite you have to ask, does he truly deserve it. Hardy has a large fan base, and its been built through years of hard work but hardy has embarrassed the business multiple times and has that same mantra as mysterio via being so underrated he is over rated.

    I respect Jeff for taking risks off the top rope but that's all he does, he's nothing but a boring spot monkey. Once you've seen one of his matches, you've seen them all.

  25. Kofi Kingston

    Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981), better known by the ring name Kofi Kingston, is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler. He spent two decades with WWE from 2006 to 2026 and became known as a member of The New Day alongside Big E and Xavier Woods. Kingston is a one-time WWE Champion... read more

  26. Big Show

    Paul Donald Wight II, born February 8, 1972, is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name Big Show. He made his professional wrestling debut in 1994 and joined World Championship Wrestling in 1995. He has won multiple world championships, including the WCW World Heavyweight... read more

    Big Show is a boss. Wrestlers like John Cena is a joke and is a disgrace to wrestling.

    He was good in WCW as The Giant.

    He sucks in WWE as The Big Show, now he's just fat!

    He's actually very underrated. People judge him because he's "fat." Whoever calls him fat is just mean

  27. Roddy Piper

    Roderick George "Roddy" Toombs (1954-2015), better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He rose to fame in the World Wrestling Federation during the 1980s and starred in films such as John Carpenter's They Live (1988). Piper was inducted into the... read more

    Chances are, anyone who thinks Piper sucked is under the age of 30.

    He was Awesome because he was so politically incorrect, which is probably why all the sheep like millenials don't like him!

    He sucks. But what the hell are cena, orton, christian, edge, batista, the rock, jerico and jeff hardy doing here? They don't't deserve to be on this list!

    He is overrated he should be number 1 and orton is not overrated

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