The Resume

(February 19, 1949-March 20, 1995)
Birth name is John Minton
Wrestled for the WWE, WCCW, WWA and Mid-Atlantic

Why he might be annoying:

His size was really the only reason he got the push he got, as his wrestling was mediocre at best.
He was known for telling his kids to thank Andre the Giant and Blackjack Mulligan because it was them who were responsible for everything he and his family had.
To make him look the size of Andre, he wore thick lifts in his wrestling boots.
While having a match with Andre, Andre fell asleep in the middle of it and Studd had to hold him in a headlock while trying to revive him.
He made a comeback in the late-80's as a face to feud with Andre the Giant, who turned heel, but the comeback didn't get much attention from fans and he left the WWE for good almost as quickly as he came back.
He's a member of the WCW Hall of Fame only because many friends of his in the promotion lobbied to induct him.
After his death, his doctor went on ABC's Wide World of Sports in a much-publicized segment and tied his usage of steroids to the cancer that killed him.
Studd claimed his disease was from the jarring his system took after a motorcycle accident while filming 'Marlboro Man.'
He was a witness in Vince McMahon's steroid trial and he said the doctor who distributed the drugs was doing him and wrestling a great service because steroids played an important part in a wrestlers regimen to help maintain their performance level.

Why he might not be annoying:

When the WWE went national, he was one of the key heels in the promotion and his feud with Andre the Giant was a classic that included body slam contests.
He was trained by Killer Kowalski.
He eliminated William Perry from the battle royal at WrestleMania 2.
The first match in his comeback in the late-80's saw him winning the Royal Rumble, the first man to do so on Pay-Per-View.
He's ranked #47 in Total Wrestling Magazine's 100 Greatest Heels of All-Time.
He died of Hodgkin's disease at the age of 46.

Credit: Reo Rogerz

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• B.O. and B.S.
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man [1991]
• I Died in 1995 (Ranked: 46)
• I Lost at Wrestlemania I [March 31, 1985]
• I Lost at Wrestlemania II [April 2, 1986]
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• Managed by Bobby Heenan
• Managed by Fred Blassie
• Masked Wrestlers
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Pro Wrestlers [Male]
• Profiles 10251-10500 (Ranked: 10322)
• PWI Top 50 Wrestlers [2003] (Ranked: 42)
• PWI's Tag Team of the Year (Ranked: 1976)
• Reo Rogerz's Profiles [Series 1]
• Restless Wrestlers
• Stuff Magazine's 20 Coolest Old-School Wrestlers [March 2006] (Ranked: 18)
• Total Wrestling Magazine's 100 Greatest Heels of All-Time (Ranked: 47)
• WCW Hall of Famers
• Weights and Measure Names
• WWE Hall of Famers (Ranked: 2004)
• WWE Royal Rumble Winners (Ranked: 1989)
• WWE Tag Team Champs
• WWE's 51 Worst Offenders (Ranked: 45)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 33 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 48 Votes: 77.08% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 50 Votes: 72.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 56.10% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 57.78% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 104 Votes: 50.96% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 211 Votes: 46.45% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 358 Votes: 67.60% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 319 Votes: 67.71% Annoying