Mr. Hughes

[6.0] "Imposing, believable, and a 30+ year wrestling career. I wish he came along a decade earlier, he could have thrived during the territory days. His multiple start and stop WWF stints did more harm than good for people's perceptions of his ability as a wrestler."

[2.0] "Very uninteresting wrestler who worked better as a bodyguard character than an actual wrestler. My most recent memory of him was his Steel Cage match against Chris Jericho in 1999 under the name Gotch Gracie."

[4.0] "I thought he was at least more than adequate as a bodyguard and passable as a wrestler. He could get by as a big man in WCW ECW and WWF but was never a top guy. He did play a nice monster mid-level heel who was very believable due to his size and movement."

[6.0] "Great look, but a middle of the road big man. That said, he absolutely found a second life deserving of respect as a great trainer, turning out guys like Apollo Crews, Jonathan Gresham, and AR Fox from his training school while he ran it, and his rating should absolutely reflect that."

[6.0] "Very underrated in my views. Curtis Hughes worked as a security guard before becoming a wrestler. His "Mr. Hughes" gimmick based on his previous job, was badass and cool, both in WCW and WWE. He could take some big bumps and sell good, specially when he was in WCW. In WWE he had an interesting but short feud with the Undertaker, but his in-ring work was slow paced. He had also an interesting career as a trainer."

[4.0] "Mr Hughes was one of those big guys with a cool look that got a cup of coffee in the WWF. I think as an enforcer type role of his era he was average. In ring work wasn't really his thing, but he looked menacing and wrested in sun glasses which was pretty cool. I kind of wish he stayed in the Fed for longer to see what else he could do there in the land of the giants for an extended period of time. Also you got to give some points for being a good wrestling trainer because that meant he obviously knew something about business."

[3.0] "Not a great wrestler, but he could sell really well. Sadly that's the only thing he had going for him. He was an uninteresting bodyguard in WCW and WWF. I'm giving him a 3 instead of 2 because he trained a lot of great wrestlers"

[2.0] "Big immobile and barely sold offense and needed guys like Curt Hennig or Marty Jannetty to bounce around and make him look good. Had a habit of bouncing from WCW to WWF and back and forth after only a few weeks."

[2.0] "Mr Hughes gets gassed making himself a sandwich but he also looks really cool wearing shades while he wrestles so who can say whether he was good or bad.."

[3.0] "One of my favorite things about him is there was a WCW run where he was Curtis Hughes (face), then The Big Cat (heel), then Curtis Hughes again, before settling on The Big Cat after all - all within about 6 weeks, with no mention of any "turns" or reasoning for them. freakin amazing. Stick him in as a ring side influence/force to be reckoned with and we're fine. put him in a tag match and we will likely be ok. About his singles matches though''% Pretty much awful. i just wanted to comment on the flip flopping thing he did."

[4.0] "Nothing more than a body in the ring, and Hughes usually played the silent enforcer type, being so generic that he could basically be slotted in with anyone at any time, allowing him to feature in basically every Western company you can think of. Decent if he's in the ring with a guy who can hard carry him but he had a bad habit of gassing up in minutes, making his matches a slog if he was in there by himself. He's actually pretty accomplished as a trainer given some of the guys he's helped out (Moose, Crews, etc) so that's a bonus."

[2.0] "With the shape of his body, the way he wears his pants up past his belly button & his suspenders, I just can't help but to see Humpty Dumpty when I look at Mr. Hughs. I feel like he SHOULD have been more memorable, but he wasn't Unbelievably slow in the ring, I'm amazed how much success he's found as a trainer."

[5.0] "Mr. Hughes was not a great wrestler. But it was not his role. He was never be a part of big matches. Hughes was bodyguard for wrestlers like HHH and Jericho. And he was good at this role because of his look. And also he had the best sunglasses in pro wrestling history."

[6.0] "What the men lacked as a wrestler, he made up by churning out fantastic prospects as a trainer. Therefore, he deserves a passing grade."

[4.0] "With his intimidating presence and power-based style, Hughes was generally cast as a bodyguard, enforcer or general heavy, and it was the kind of role a performer like him excelled in. Never seemed to stick around any particular promotion for long, but worked for just about all of the major promotions of his time at one point or another, including the NWA, WWF, WCW, AWA and ECW. He's also had a good deal of success as a trainer, with a hand in training a long list of diverse talents including Jimmy Yang, Heath Slater, Apollo Crews, Moose, Mark Jindrak, Chuck Palumbo and Shynron, among others. You have to respect someone who can wrestle an entire match without taking their sunglasses off."

[8.0] "Mr. Hughes is a oxymoron. He is an okay a big hoss style wrestler with charismatic promos but, but must be a fantastic trainer (he has trained Shynron, Heath Slater, Jonathan Gresham, AR Fox and Fred Yehi) and the best sunglasses wearer of all time (I still wonder how his glasses never fell)."

"Hughes was excellent to watch as a bodyguard type with a scowl and a bad attitude. I always really enjoyed him. It was as he got some tv and some in ring work that he was being a bit exposed as having moderate skills. He needed someone to step in and tune up his moveset with a huge finisher, and he could have been a lot more over. I would watch his entire career history ahead of a ten minute Alex Wright match."

[3.0] "awful mic skills, boring moveset, and although he was meant to look like a gangster, he reminded me of a bus driver. honestly they should have jjust made that his gimmick. Mr Hughes the angry bus driver."

[1.0] "Maybe the worst worker to ever have runs in WWF, WCW *and* ECW. He could scowl and look intimidating but that's about it."