Most Hated Wrestler of The Year
The PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Award recognizes the best heel or villainous professional wrestler of the year. Greg Valentine and Triple H have won this award a record 3 times. In 2010, the award was given to a stable, The Nexus, for the first time.
| Year | Winner | First runner-up | Second runner-up | Third runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Sheik | |||
| 1973 | "Superstar" Billy Graham | |||
| 1974 | The Great Mephisto | |||
| 1975 | Greg Valentine | |||
| 1976 | Stan Hansen | Ox Baker | Terry Funk | The Spoiler |
| 1977 | Ken Patera | Ric Flair | Superstar Billy Graham | Nick Bockwinkel |
| 1978 | Ric Flair | Ken Patera | Victor Rivera | Bob Orton, Jr. |
| 1979 | Greg Valentine | Terry Funk | Ken Patera | Ivan Koloff |
| 1980 | Larry Zbyszko | Greg Valentine | Ernie Ladd | Hulk Hogan |
| 1981 | Ken Patera | Don Muraco | Nick Bockwinkel | Roddy Piper |
| 1982 | Ted DiBiase | Blackjack Mulligan | Superstar Billy Graham | Buzz Sawyer |
| 1983 | Greg Valentine | Masked Superstar | Kevin Sullivan | Michael Hayes |
| 1984 | Roddy Piper | Kevin Sullivan | Tully Blanchard | The Iron Sheik |
| 1985 | Chris Adams | Ted DiBiase | Big John Studd | |
| 1986 | Paul Orndorff | Ric Flair | Col. DeBeers | Rick Rude |
| 1987 | Ric Flair | André the Giant | The Honky Tonk Man | Lex Luger |
| 1988 | André the Giant | Barry Windham | Eddie Gilbert | Ted DiBiase |
| 1989 | Randy Savage | Terry Funk | Rick Rude | Lex Luger |
| 1990 | Earthquake | Ric Flair | Eddie Gilbert | |
| 1991 | Sgt. Slaughter | The Undertaker | Lex Luger | Jake Roberts |
| 1992 | Rick Rude | Ric Flair | Jake Roberts | The Moondogs |
| 1993 | Jerry Lawler | Big Van Vader | Yokozuna | Shawn Michaels |
| 1994 | Bob Backlund | Owen Hart | Big Van Vader | Jerry Lawler |
| 1995 | Jerry Lawler | Kevin Sullivan | The Gangstas | Davey Boy Smith |
| 1996 | Hollywood Hogan | Goldust | Jerry Lawler | The Giant |
| 1997 | Bret Hart | Hollywood Hogan | Owen Hart | Curt Hennig |
| 1998 | Hollywood Hogan | Vince McMahon | Eric Bischoff | Bret Hart |
| 1999 | Diamond Dallas Page | Triple H | The Undertaker | The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) |
| 2000 | Kurt Angle | Steven Richards | Jeff Jarrett | |
| 2001 | Steve Austin | Booker T | Kurt Angle | Shane McMahon |
| 2002 | Chris Jericho | The Un-Americans (Christian, Lance Storm, and Test) | Triple H | |
| 2003 | Triple H | Kane | Vince McMahon | Test |
| 2004 | John "Bradshaw" Layfield | Kurt Angle | Jeff Jarrett | |
| 2005 | Edge | Jeff Jarrett | Muhammad Hassan | |
| 2006 | Edge | Jeff Jarrett | Randy Orton | King Booker |
| 2007 | Randy Orton | Kurt Angle | The Great Khali | Robert Roode |
| 2008 | Chris Jericho | Edge | Randy Orton | Kurt Angle |
| 2009 | Randy Orton | CM Punk | Chris Jericho | |
| 2010 | The Nexus | The Miz | Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff | |
| 2011 | The Miz | Alberto Del Rio | Christian | Kurt Angle |
| 2012 | CM Punk | Bobby Roode | Alberto Del Rio | Kevin Steen |
Read more about this topic: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Awards, Active Awards
Famous quotes containing the words hated and/or year:
“The particular source of frustration of women observing their own self-study and measuring their worth as women by the distance they kept from men necessitated that a distance be kept, and so what vindicated them also poured fuel on the furnace of their rage. One delight presumed another dissatisfaction, but their hatefulness confessed to their own lack of power to please. They hated men because they needed husbands, and they loathed the men they chased away for going.”
—Alexander Theroux (b. 1940)
“The first year was critical to my assessment of myself as a person. It forced me to realize that, like being married, having children is not an end in itself. You don’t at last arrive at being a parent and suddenly feel satisfied and joyful. It is a constantly reopening adventure.”
—Anonymous Mother. From the Boston Women’s Health Book Collection. Quoted in The Joys of Having a Child, by Bill and Gloria Adler (1993)