Another year, another twelve months of crappy wrestling. That’s a lie of course, as this past year was pretty darn good by my estimation. But…but…rest assured, there were plenty of stinkers too. Like there ever won’t be right? So it’s time to determine the winner of the 2024 Gooker Award!
You want WWE mishaps? You got em. AEW candidates? We had a tough time narrowing them down! And yep, even TNA snuck in with an angle that featured a werewolf and a beheading! But the real question is what was the absolute worst of the absolute worst…so you tell us and we will enshrine them later this month!
(Blurbs by Art)
Adam Cole vs. MJF—The most tiresome, convoluted story line of the year (and the year before that). Technically, we’re not supposed to nominate it until it’s concluded, but we expect 2027 to have a pretty crowded field as it is.
Jimmy Uso vs. Jey Uso—After 3+ years of build, the brothers finally face off at WrestleMania… and totally stink up the joint. Cinema.
Crown Jewel titles—Belts so prestigious, the champions don’t even get to wear them!
The Elite take over, show the All In footage—The Young Bucks’ hostile takeover of AEW fizzled out completely, but not before relitigating their feud with the long-gone CM Punk. It seems the temptation of showing an AEW guy losing a fight to a WWE guy—wait, losing? And they still aired it?
Anyway, the temptation proved too great to resist.
The Wyatt Sicks—The late Bray Wyatt’s puppets finally came to life. Their first order of business? Murder Chad Gable. (He was fine)
Mercedes Moné and Kamille—“Huge waste of Moné” is far too obvious a joke to use here, so we won’t.
The Rock’s WrestleMania meddling—Dwayne Johnson joins WWE’s Board, and Cody Rhodes (suddenly the stupidest wrestler alive) just hands him his WrestleMania title shot. In the end, Rocky had to settle for pinning the future champ in the Night One main event.
The System at the Hardy Compound—Broken Matt Hardy’s latest outing saw the Hardy Compound turn into a real animal house! There was a werewolf, a Moose, a dead horse…
Plus, his wife chopped off a woman’s head.
The Learning Tree—Chris Jericho’s latest persona has divided AEW fans—those in attendance chant, “Please retire”, while everyone else just changes the channel.
CM Punk’s friendship bracelet—
Punk: “It’s not really about the bracelet…”
WWE: “Oh, yes it is!”
And be sure to check out the Gooker Award page to revisit the past winners!