| 1 | 04.04.2024 | ClawIzuka | 5.0 | There are two pluses I have to give Van Hammer. One was as a child with only a limited tape collection to watch wrestling on, I was fascinated by the fall count anywhere match with Cactus Jack. Second, the names. Heavy Metal Van Hammer just sounded cool and I cannot explain how hilarious I find the fact that he thought he was too good to be a Private in the Misfits in Action so he became General Stash and completely negated the pot joke. |
| 2 | 19.12.2023 | NoNameAlexey | 2.0 | |
| 3 | 21.11.2023 | Shoot Headbutt Lover | 2.0 | |
| 4 | 20.11.2023 | Argylex | 3.0 | |
| 5 | 12.10.2023 | MrRaider959 | 2.0 | |
| 6 | 02.10.2023 | AidanArcher | 5.0 | |
| 7 | 20.05.2023 | Giantfan1980 | 3.0 | He got a little better in early 99 when they ditched the hippie gimmick and tried pushing him as a big muscle heel. It didn't go anywhere like the rest of his career. |
| 8 | 08.05.2023 | tmxicon | 3.0 | |
| 9 | 16.11.2022 | Conquistador37 | 2.0 | Van Hammer was one of the first guys I really wanted to like upon his introduction (I was always a headbanger) but was abruptly absolutely confounded by his extreme lack of skill or even "comfort" in the ring. The stark contrast between my desire to want to like him - and his incredulously bad ring work was almost too much for my own brain to handle. One of the worst workers to receive some form of push EVER. His runs were sporadic and each rather short lived, only memorable because he was legitimately AWFUL. He didn't spend much time in the ring and when he did - it never seemed like he ever improved much. 2 Points for that wild Cactus Jack match at Clash of the Champions 18, otherwise all signs point to "total loss". |
| 10 | 24.07.2022 | Leth99 | 1.0 | Horribly horrible. His '91 run was one of the worst runs in the history of professional wrestling. In '92-'93 he was terrible but not horrible. In '98 he was just a body, same thing happened in '00. In 2001 he got through WWF developmental? How? And he even did a 20 minute match? ! Poor guys that saw him. I'm going to give him a 1 because of his look, but I'm extremely generous because he was so botchy. I hope he gets better with his alcoholism |
| 11 | 23.07.2022 | Luv all wrestling | 4.0 | |
| 12 | 27.06.2022 | CLUCK | 2.0 | |
| 13 | 23.06.2022 | TheCoolGuy | 2.0 | |
| 14 | 26.05.2022 | cpatchj | 4.0 | |
| 15 | 12.03.2022 | Sh0ckmaster1 | 4.0 | As a kid watching WCW I thought Van Hammer was tremendous, until my Dad pointed out that never played his guitar. As time went on it became more obvious that Hammer was trying hard but could hardly do anything in the ring. His 0:35 second drubbing at the hands of a returning Sid Vicious at Slamboree 1993 was the last time I can recall seeing him until he bizarrely re-emerged in Raven's flock (Complete with nipple rings) a few years later. He bumbled around the midcard after that until finally being let go by WCW in the summer of 2000. Hammer had a hand in training the Brisco Brothers but has largely remained out of the spotlight since his retirement. |
| 16 | 10.01.2022 | Den003 | 3.0 | |
| 17 | 15.12.2021 | dwight | 3.0 | |
| 18 | 10.09.2021 | Pete Gallows | 5.0 | I thought he had a great look, everything else was not so great. They tried a bunch of things with him, nothing got over. |
| 19 | 30.08.2021 | Firebird22 | 2.0 | |
| 20 | 30.06.2021 | Crippler Crossface | 2.0 | |
| 21 | 23.05.2021 | mjs2212 | 1.0 | Ugh, Van Hammer was bad. I used to compare him to DDP in terms of looks, but he was no where near DDP in terms of talent. It's fascinating to me that he was able to stay in WCW for as long as he did because he was a poor excuse of a wrestler. They gave him a somewhat interesting character while he was in the Flock, but he could never back up his imposing look with decent matches. Hammer sucked, end of story. |
| 22 | 19.04.2021 | AnB | 3.0 | Other than the fact that having a big brute in the stable, Hammer was the least interesting part of Raven's Flock and later the Misfits. |
| 23 | 05.02.2021 | DanTalksRasslin | 3.0 | Hammer was a big, powerful dude, but lacked the finesse and charisma to make it past the undercard ranks. Mostly notable as an enforcer-type for Raven's Flock and the Misfits in Action. For me, though, his career highlight was the hippie gimmick - I thought he played it perfectly and enjoyed it far more than I probably should have. |
| 24 | 01.10.2020 | ElPolloLoco | 2.0 | Good late 80's/early 90's look but apart from that... yep, not much really. The Van Hammer gimmick fizzled away rather quickly partly because it was poorly received by fans and partly because Van Hammer apparently developed a serious attitude problem which made him even harder to work with. After a 3-4 years hiatus he was back in WCW during the Monday Night Wars when they were signing pretty much everybody to avoid them going over to the WWE (because Van Hammer was such an amazing gimmick, right? ) and got squashed left and right by pretty much everybody from Curt Hennig (fine) to Vampiro (not so fine). Seeing such a huge man lose in under 5 minutes from much smaller, albeit usually far more skilled opponent was kinda ironic as the WCW in those days was seeing the swansong of the big men era. In the final days of the WCW he became Major Stash, a stoner gimmick which went absolutely nowhere together with other memorable characters such as Captain Rection. Two point because of the giggles that stupid gimmick gave me but nothing more. |
| 25 | 12.10.2019 | krukster | 3.0 | great look, charisma was goofy and wrestling skills were sub par. Felt like he was pushed down the fans throats, and did nothing memorable. |
| 26 | 09.09.2019 | jajt1989 | 3.0 | |
| 27 | 06.10.2018 | RatingsMachine | 0.0 | Van Hammer had a good look, but that was the only good thing about it. Wait, I take that back; he had a good head of hair. |
| 28 | 20.06.2018 | TRowan | 5.0 | |
| 29 | 29.11.2017 | hbg | 2.0 | |
| 30 | 01.03.2017 | Owen | 3.0 | A sad case of someone who might have eventually been a good wrestler but was pushed FAR too soon. He was as green as they come, but was put in the midcard before he was ready. They should have let him develop his skills and character, then slowly moved him up the ranks. Instead he just became a comedy wrestler. Major stash? Geez, a comedy bit based on someone with lots of drugs. He'd come out in military outfits looking stoned, Then say "Don't worry I have enough for everyone". Then when they started catching heat for promoting drug use, he became Private Stash. Apparently that was supposed to be better. |
| 31 | 29.10.2016 | InactiveGuru | 5.0 | |
| 32 | 03.10.2016 | Devitciiu | 2.0 | |
| 33 | 28.08.2016 | HudE | 4.0 | |
| 34 | 28.05.2015 | BigBarschDeluxe | 2.0 | |
| 35 | 13.05.2015 | chaos1984 | 6.0 | Ich sah ihn eigentlich immer gerne. Hat eine auffällige Statur und auch ein gewisses Maß an Charisma, das mich immer angesprochen hatte. Für mich war er bis Sommer 98 auch immer die Nummer 2 im Flock, allein wegen seiner Statur. Aber dann bekam Saturn (auch zu Recht) seinen Push, und von Van Hammer war bis Sommer 99 dann selten noch was zu sehen. Da dann erneut nen kleinen Push, aber nur um ihn aufzubauen um gegen Rick Steiner zu jobben. 2000 bei den Mistfists in Action dann wie das komplette Stable Lächerlich. Dennoch mochte ich ihn. Konnte sich gut im Ring bewegen, seine Powermoves machten Sinn. Aber es war auch keine Offenbarung. Schade das man ihn nie ernsthaft pushte, ich hätte ihn einen besseren Midcard Run immer abgekauft. Und auch gerne Mal gesehen wie er in wichtigen Matches besteht. Die Chance bekam er ja eigentlich nie. Ich hab Mal auf youtube ein Video von einem Match, oder Matchausschnitt gesehen, als er in Wien (bei einer All Star Liga die durch Europa Anfang/Mitte der 90`s tourte, kein CWA Event) ein Dive übers Top Rope gesprungen ist. Schade das er bei WCW nie so glänzen durfte. Ich denke er hätte das Zeug gehabt eine gewichtigere Rolle in der WCW zu spielen. |
| 36 | 04.12.2014 | tobimexican | 2.0 | |
| 37 | 21.07.2013 | Boris The Menace | 2.0 | |
| 38 | 28.06.2013 | HHH Pedigree | 5.0 | |
| 39 | 07.09.2011 | Rey2004 | 5.0 | |
| 40 | 07.12.2010 | Necron | 1.0 | Sah beeindruckend aus, war im Ring aber beeindruckend schlecht. Hatt trotz guten Looks nie die Fähigkeit, das Publikum auf seine Seite bzw gegen sich aufzubringen. |
| 41 | 27.02.2010 | Eddie | 3.0 | Einer des Raven's Flock, und einer der Gründe, wieso die WCW Version des Raven Stables nicht so gut war wie die ECW Fassung, wenn auch nicht ganz so schlimm wie Lodi etc. |
| 42 | 10.09.2009 | LashLeroux | 4.0 | Er hatte den Look und die Ausstrahlung, aber leider reicht das alleine nicht aus. Hammer war für mich immer einer der Wrestler die versucht haben im Ring was zu erreichen, aber daran scheiterten, weil einfach das nötige Talent fehlte. Seine Gimmicks waren eig. auch recht gut auf ihn zurechtgebastelt, aber es kann einfach nicht jeder ein guter Wrestler sein-selbst wenn er sich bemüht. Mir gefiel er zumeist aber schon einigermaßen, weil er doch ein paar sehr saubere Powermoves draufhatte-auch seine Flockzeit war ganz ok. |
| 43 | 24.07.2009 | Fountain of Misinformation | 3.0 | |
| 44 | 24.10.2008 | AndyTNA | 4.0 | |
| 45 | 09.04.2008 | MacManus | 4.0 | |
| 46 | 24.02.2008 | LexLuger4ever | 2.0 | Hat eine beeindruckende Statur, aber das wars dann auch schon! Keine In-Ring Skills und kein gutes Gimmick! |
| 47 | 15.12.2007 | renol2007 | 4.0 | |
| 48 | 14.11.2007 | Manuel | 0.0 | |
| 49 | 05.11.2007 | Medi | 2.0 | |
| 50 | 02.11.2007 | shannonmoore | 4.0 | Ähnlich wie Luger, hatte den Körper aber nicht das Können zum Superstar. |
| 51 | 06.10.2007 | Asgaroth 336699 | 6.0 | |
| 52 | 31.08.2007 | Steven McWheeler | 4.0 | Passabler Wrestler, der im Flock doch ganz gut mitgewirkt hat |
| 53 | 25.08.2007 | Carlito Cena | 4.0 | |
| 54 | 19.08.2007 | Sabu316 | 6.0 | Hat mir 91/92 besser gefallen als bei seinem späteren WCW Aufenthalt. Deshalb nur die 3. |
| 55 | 20.07.2007 | Ywain | 2.0 | |
| 56 | 09.07.2007 | Breakitdown | 2.0 | |
| 57 | 04.07.2007 | Gothicmetalpunk | 2.0 | |
| 58 | 02.07.2007 | Blade Bourdeaux | 2.0 | Es gibt wenige Wrestler, bei denen ich nicht irgendwas positives finden kann. Van Hammer ist so einer. Naja wenigstens hat er es ins TV geschafft. Das rettet ihn vor der 6 |
| 59 | 24.06.2007 | Ravenous | 6.0 | |
| 60 | 24.06.2007 | BigVanVader | 2.0 | |
| 61 | 24.06.2007 | Jack Burton | 6.0 | |
| 62 | 24.06.2007 | jolliet | 2.0 | |
| 63 | 24.06.2007 | Hypocrisy | 2.0 | |
| 64 | 24.06.2007 | Obermacker | 4.0 | |
| 65 | 24.06.2007 | Knurksel | 4.0 | |
| 66 | 24.06.2007 | Dr Cool | 2.0 | |
| 67 | 24.06.2007 | darksaber999 | 4.0 | |
| 68 | 24.06.2007 | Henne | 6.0 | |
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