Hannibal

[6.0] "He's very much a stiff, older style worker like what you'd see in Texas, parts of the south in the 80s, or old Canadian wrestling. I appreciate that as it comes off more realistic than the more modern acrobatic style of wrestling. Can be charismatic when he needs to be but prefers the "wildman" gimmick of a Bruiser Brody-like character and works best with a manager. Hannibal comes off as what I can best describe as "deficient Bruiser Brody" - he's intelligent, his in-ring style is similar, and he obviously worked with Abdullah the Butcher frequently. His Blood Hunter gimmick got over big in Texas and played a major part in building SWE Fury's regional brand. One of his deficiencies, however, is the fact that he was never given the level of guidance he realistically needed to become a lasting independent star after the unfortunate circumstances of his WWE contract being rescinded. The botched spot with the referee at the WCR show in Texas was less an issue of malice - it was pretty evidently a botch - and more an issue of failed decision making, not having been taught to reject ideas with a high level of personal risk from bookers. These issues have essentially caused him to be worked into a corner of not being able to easily work outside his own shows - and typically, cooperating with other indies leads to him having issues, again like Brody, with some of the promoters despite his drawing power. As an independent promoter, he's clearly capable - despite apparently dealing with several issues with the Thunder Bay government, his first GNW show in 2 years drew over 1400 people - more than Impact Wrestling's show the same night. Will be interesting to see if his apparent move to Kansas brings similar results - if he can draw even half what he got at the TB show in Wichita or Topeka or Kansas City, that number's bigger than most indy crowds, and he's in a good position to monetize it too with his channel. If he ever does manage to show up on one of the "secondary" promotions, my bet would be on Powerrr or Fusion - They have bigger guys who are more brawlers that would be able to work with him to give a credible performance. Could also work well as a monster heel against a smaller babyface - Kerry Morton comes to mind."

[7.0] "I've seen some of Hannibals matches and for what I've seen, he's a decent worker. His strength is his ability to work a crowd and get real good heat during the matches. He seems to be a very controversial figure in the internet, but personally I enjoy a lot of his YouTube videos and I won't go in detail about controversies that I don't know anything about."

[0.0] "I don't know how you could rate this walking waste of oxygen anything other than a 0 at this point. He has a long history of shooting on people to legit injure them, including violently assaulting a referee. 20 years later, he's still bitter about not making it to WWE and still blames Abdullah the Butcher for it. As of the day of this writing, he's posting tons of posts on his FB basically flaunting the fact that Abdullah's dying. He posts objectively false stuff for engagement like "ROH puts up pictures of fans at their studio tapings to make it seem like a big crowd." As an interviewer, he has the personality of a moldy potato and I imagine only gets all these interviews with former mid-carders because he pays them well; they don't like him, they put up with him. In short, everyone who goes to his eventual funeral will be glad he won't come to theirs."

[0.0] "Once tried to break Dan Paysan's arm with a shoot armbar to try to win a title he wasn't supposed to because he's a dumb mark."

[2.0] "A consistently underwhelming performer, whose current output consists largely of monotonous interview content on YouTube, poorly executed pilot projects lacking in production value, and unfounded criticisms of established wrestling figures presented without adequate factual support."

[0.0] "First time I heard of Hannibal was during the whole Abdullah the Butcher scandal. Felt quite sorry for him at the time. Everybody knows the story about him not getting signed due to Hep C or whatever it was, so not going to go into that. Watched a lot of the interviews he would do online, he wasn't the most charismatic of people. In regards to his ability as a wrestler, I just don't see it. He tries way too hard to be something special, when he is anything but. Below average in all the categories when it comes to professional wrestling, the only thing he had going for him was his size. I must admit, some of the "shoot" stuff he'd do with the older wrestlers was pretty interesting, I specifically remember him and Terry Funk getting into it at a restaurant, I believe. But he has a lot of baggage and strikes me as somebody who is just mentally not all there. Lots of controversial stuff, can't rate him anything other than a 0. Bad wrestler, bad person, overall, bad."

[2.0] "Great size and look, I will admit that I occasionally watch his Youtube channel but speaking as an in-ring wrestler, I think he's a garbage worker. He does alot of work/shoot/shoot/work stuff and you hear tons of stories from performers in the business about this guy being unhinged and being unsafe with people inside the ring. To say Hannibal is strange would be almost like a compliment, I mean who knows how much of it is from concussions and head trauma. It's performers like this that make me hate hardcore/death match wrestling."

[1.0] "He had the size and the look, but he recklessly beat up a referee while intoxicated, which brings down the whole rating. He had some nice interviews with legends. However I never fond him very exciting to watch in the ring. Just watch his shoot interviews with legends. Unless you're very curious about his in-ring work."

[0.0] "If you look up "outlaw mud show" in the dictionary. This guys photo is there. This guy is the type who when he was a teenager, would sit in his parents basement sniffing wood varnish and then use a hammer to hit shot gun shells to make them go off. Guys like Hannibal are the reason there has to be a standardization of who is allowed to put on wrestling shows. Guys like Hannibal need to be banned 4 life from ever being associated with wrestling again!"

[0.0] "I can admit this rating is based off of one incident. I can admit I've never seen him wrestle or cut a promo outside of snippets on Dark Side of the Ring. Maybe he's a great worker and/or talker. I don't care. What he did to that innocent referee is inexcusable. In an industry where trust is absolutely crucial, to violate someone's trust and literally assault them in the ring makes this guy a certifiable piece of shit."

[0.0] "The man who claims blood stopped his career in WWE(sure) then goes out and seriously injures a referee and causes him to bleed everywhere. Also can't wrestle as well as being an idiot."

[0.0] "Not sure how this guy still does anything in the business, horrendously dangerous and reckless worker, only wrestles for his own garbage promotion which i'm not sure how he is still funding it and just a terrible all round dude."

[0.0] "One of the absolute worst people in wrestling. Reckless, selfish and just horrible in the ring. Bleeds in matches after getting hepatitis, injures or shoots on people constantly. Not to mention the whole stabbing a ref, then getting arrested for domestic abuse. There is a reason he only wrestles for his own promotion."

[0.0] "Protecting the others in the ring is the most important jobs for a pro wrestler and he seriously injured a referee. There is no excuse for what happened."

[0.0] "Genuinely a bad person. Somebody who bullies his way out of every bad situation he puts himself in. Abdullah spreading the hep is something 100% worth condemning, but he couldn't have spread it to a bigger piece of shit, so it all works out."

[0.0] "Terrible wrestler, terrible interviewer with a boring, monotone voice that makes Ben Stein sound like Mr. Charisma. Unsafe worker who injured a referee, and above all else, an all around douchebag and mark for himself that has absolutely no place in the wrestling business. Completely full of himself."

[0.0] "Even if he got his WWE tryout he wouldnt have accomplished much of anything because he never had the "it" factor. Just your run of the mill low level indy guy. Very uncharismatic and has kind of a weird vibe to him he always seemed kind of off. After the incident with the ref stabbing i suppose my instinct was correct! Ran his own medicore promotion and put himself over a lot of ex WWE guys which wouldnt be a really big deal in the grand sceme of things except he turned out to be a piece of shit!"

[0.0] "The best thing about this fucking dolt are the shoot videos he conducts on his YouTube channel. Yeah, you know, the part that has the least to do with him or his personality. Speaking of, this Neanderthal has the personality of a fucking dial tone and is just as entertaining. I'm a fan of the old school when heat was real and kayfabe was protected, but this heehawing jackass embodies all of the worst, most toxic aspects of that culture, and for what' The 4th wall in wrestling has been broken for decades. What the hell do you think you're doing' This guy is a fucking joke to the business and a legend in his own mind. Him and his whole tens of brain dead fans with their collective IQs being the numeric equivalent to a winter morning in Saskatchewan. Blacklist this man from the business for his absolutely disgraceful actions, in a perfect world he'd never work a match again."

[0.0] "Given his history and now the recent scandal he's brought upon himself, he has nobody to blame but himself for where he is in wrestling. Awful."

[1.0] "Not only is Hannibal a terribly drab and uninteresting interviewer, but he's also an unsafe wrestler, and seemingly an unsympathetic cretin, who I genuinely hope we never see compete in a squared circle ever again."

[0.0] "This guy is the most uncharismatic and boring person i think i've ever seen in the wrestling business. Has no personality, no in ring skills, no work ethic. Don't get me started on the promos with that monotone and unbearable voice of his. I used to watch his shoot interviews because he let the guest talk (thank god he didn't talk much as he's a weirdo) but after the incident with the ref and his whole attitude about it, i now really dislike him. Totally unprofessional."

[0.0] "Hannibal is a dangerous worker, a crappy worker, he's a total mark for himself, and I suggest you do some research on how he's a total mark for himself & how he's mentally unstable. There's apparently a long history of drama with him. He should not be allowed to ever step foot in the ring again after what he did to that referee recently, he should be arrested. Not to mention his lack of wrestling knowledge...he literally just reads everything off of Wikipedia & openly mentions this while interviewing wrestlers, he doesn't know anything about the people he's interviewing until he searches Wikipedia. Hannibal is dangerous, a liar (with much proof out there of him being a liar), a crappy wrestler and all around piece of dung, don't believe his sob stories."

[0.0] "Within the last few days he's exposed himself as an unsafe, wreckless, uncaring, dangerous problem. How do you shoot stab a Ref several times(which severed an artery), and promote your podcast or something hours later'"

[10.0] "Hannibal is a great wrestler and I really like his YouTube channel Hannibal TV where he does shoot interviews."

[3.0] "He's such a mark for himself it's not even funny... Seriously what kind of guy keeps on booking himself against ex-WWE guys only to beat them and then shoot vignettes forcing them to say he is a good worker ? He's a very good interviewer and he should keep on doing this instead of continuously praying for that WWE contract he missed out on 15 years ago."