Post by Kermit The Hulk on Nov 26, 2009 23:35:50 GMT -5
But, He’s The Bad Guy: 15 Heels Who Were Right
1. Chris Jericho: Just because someone gets booed by the fans doesn’t mean he’s wrong. Case in point, Chris Jericho. In 2008, after Shawn Michael beat Ric Flair in a retirement match at WrestleMania XXIV, Batista was upset that one of his idols had been forced to retire and decided to get some revenge on the man who did the deed at Backlash. Such a big match was given a special referee, Jericho. During the match, Michaels faked a knee injury in order to distract Batista and get the win. Jericho suspected that Michaels wasn’t on the level, and it turned out he was right: Michaels admitted it. However, the fans still cheered for him, even though he cheated. This didn’t sit too well with Jericho, and it lead to him not only feuding with Michaels but smashing his face into the Jeritron 5000 on his Highlight Reel set. He may have taken things too far, but Jericho was right: Michaels should have been shunned by the fans for taking the easy way out to win a match. After that Jericho adopted the Serious gimmick and has been lambasting the fans, wrestlers, and pretty much everyone he’s come in contact with as hypocrites. But, he does have some compelling evidence to back it up.
2. Sid Justice: The scene was the 1992 Royal Rumble. The WWF Title had been vacated after a series of controversial matches between Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker and was up for grabs in the Royal Rumble match. It came down to three men: Hogan (the previous champion), Sid Justice (Hogan’s friend), and Ric Flair (who had been in the match since entering at number 3). With the title on the line, Sid did what anyone would do: put his friendship with Hogan aside and eliminated him. Hogan obviously was not happy with this. So, he grabbed Sid’s arm from the outside. This allowed Flair to sneak up and dump Sid out of the ring, claiming the WWF Title for himself. Sid was livid. About a month later, at Saturday Night’s Main Event, Sid left Hogan during their match with Flair and The Undertaker, leading to a match with Hogan at WrestleMania VIII. It may not have been the honorable thing to do, but you can’t blame Sid since Hogan had cost him the WWF Title for petty reasons. Hell, even the fans sympathized with Sid, booing Hogan right after he screwed Sid over.
3. Paul Orndorff: Of course, this isn’t the first time Hogan has screwed over a friend. After being pinned at WrestleMania I, Paul Orndorff soon found himself on the “Rowdy” Roddy Piper’s bad side. So, he did what anyone would do: join up with Piper’s enemy, Hulk Hogan. The two soon became pals, and Orndorff got a lot of flack for it, especially from “Adorable” Adrian Adonis. Orndorff was constantly told that while he may have been Hogan’s friend, Hogan wasn’t exactly making the friendship mutual. To prove that they were such good friends, Orndorff called Hogan up on live TV. Unfortunately, he called at the wrong time. Hogan was working out and couldn’t answer the phone, not even for this “good friend.” Orndorff was humiliated. So, he made up for it by winning a tag match with the Moondogs single handedly. Then, things got ugly as Orndorff abandoned Hogan during a tag match between King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd. Thought Orndorff did come back, he only did so to attack the then WWF Champion, leading to a feud between them for the WWF Title. Orndorff would later come out to Hogan’s “Real American” theme song. Though the things Orndorff did seem dickish, you can’t really blame him. He extended a friendly hand to Hogan, and in return Hogan humiliated him on live TV. Hell, Orndorff even had to shill a product with Hogan’s name on it in a commercial. Did Hogan do the same thing Orndorff? Hell no.
4. “Macho Man” Randy Savage: Once again, we have Hogan screwing over a friend. This time: “Macho Man” Randy Savage. Collectively known as the Mega Powers, Hogan began palling around with Savage and Miss Elizabeth after he helped Savage win the WWF Title at WrestleMania IV. As the year went on, the friendship waned. Savage soon got jealous of Hogan, suspecting that he was only around him to not only stay in the main event picture since he wasn’t WWF Champion but also because he liked Elizabeth and not in a friendly way. Things came to a head at the Main Event II, when both men fell on Elizabeth during a tag match between the Twin Towers. Hogan was so distraught about what happened to Elizabeth that he took her backstage to the trainer’s area, leaving Savage to face both men. It may have been a nice thing to do, but he did leave Savage high and dry to face the Big Boss Man and Akeem. Hogan did return, but Savage was so upset about him leaving that he returned the favor and ran off himself. Hogan managed to win the match, but when he went back to confront Savage, things got out of control when Savage attacked Hogan with the belt. The Mega Powers exploded, and Savage accused Hogan of lusting after Elizabeth, showing obviously doctored footage of Hogan’s love for the woman. Though he said that he only loved Elizabeth like a sister, Savage did have some good points. Hogan was no longer the WWF Champion. After 4 years in the spotlight, it has to be hard to let that go. So, why not pal around with the current WWF Champion. And, who knows what Hogan really felt about Elizabeth? All we had was his word.
5. The New Blood: One of the reasons WCW is gone is because they didn’t elevate new talent when they had the chance. And, for all things Vince Russo gets shit for, at least he knows that you need new talent to replace the old one. However, he also likes to turn shoots into works. Thus, leading to the two combining for this angle: The New Blood, a group of young rookies, challenging the old guard in The Millionaire’s Club. The angle started off strong but eventually fell apart. The main reason: The New Blood were heels. That made no sense since they had the legitimate beef: they were younger and putting on good matches people wanted to see. They deserved to be in main event matches, and the old guys need to either put them over or move out of the way because after a while they’ll get too old and no one will want to see them wrestle anymore. They were right, but at a heavy price as WCW is no more.
6. Bret Hart: At WrestleMania 13, Bret Hart beat Stone Cold Steve Austin in a classic submission match. However, Austin didn’t tap, only losing after falling unconscious due to blood loss. The fans admired Austin’s toughness and began to cheer for him. However, this also led to the boos going to Bret’s way. And, Bret couldn’t understand why? He did nothing wrong. Yet he was being treated like the villain, even though Austin did more villainous things than he did, like attack everyone who got into his face regardless of authority and attacking Bret in an ambulance after injuring his knee. But, not all the fans turned their backs on Bret: he only got booed in America. International fans, especially those in Canada, still cheered for Bret and booed Austin. It was one of the weirdest times to be a wrestling fan, but also one of the most interesting.
7. Rhino: When the Main Event Mafia became a force to reckon with in TNA, several wrestlers stood against them. These guys defended TNA against this group of wrestlers who made their name in other wrestling companies. Ironically some of these wrestlers had also made their names elsewhere, notably Rhino and Team 3D. However, Rhino soon found himself out of the frontline when Bobby Lashley came in. This really made no sense, and Rhino soon took out his frustration at being replace on Lashley. He later tried to get Team 3D to join him, stating that there was a conspiracy from TNA to have all these legends replaced. It may sound far fetch, but he wasn’t exactly crazy. Not only had he himself been replaced by Lashley, but Desmond Wolfe made his debut by trying to take out Kurt Angle. And, Team 3D strangely lost a match to The Motor City Machine Guns even though Brother Devon did not tap to a submission move. It’s an interesting storyline, but it’s been hurt by the fact that Team 3D so easily went along with Rhino’s thinking. A slow build with some reluctance from Team 3D would have made it a lot better. But, that doesn’t change the fact that Rhino is all that crazy with his conspiracy theory.
8. Melina: WWE has this problem with their female wrestlers: they don’t put too much importance on the “wrestler” aspect. Case in point, there was a trend in the middle of the 2000s in which a Diva would get nude in Playboy and then get a shot at the Women’s Title at a PPV, like WrestleMania. When this happened to Candice Michelle and Ashley Massaro in 2007, then Women’s Champion Melina took exception, point out that these girls was only getting attention and a shot at her title because she got naked in a magazine. And, it’s hard to argue with her: these girls were basically only getting pushes for their tits and not their talent. Hell, Ashley got her shot at WrestleMania 23, the biggest PPV of the year! And, it wasn’t like she was the first: Christy Hemme had faced Trish Stratus at WrestleMania 21 shortly after he Playboy photo shoot hit the newsstands. It’s pretty obvious that WWE thinks with it’s penis when it comes to its Divas’ Division.
9. Muhammad Hassan and Daivari: 9/11 was the defining moment of the decade. Pretty much everything that happened in the following years was the result of that tragic day. One such outcome: prejudice to Arabs and Muslims. Suddenly, this one group of people became stereotyped at terrorists because of a few highjackers. So, this would naturally be the subject of a wrestling angle. But, there was a twist to it: Muhammad Hassan and Daivari didn’t act like a terrorist. In fact, they were Americans. But, that one day changed their lives for the worse; and they were now upset that they were being profiled because of American paranoia. Why they would use pro wrestling to express they’re angle is up for question, but it was an interesting angle in which the heels were sympathetic. Yes, they were anti-American, but you can’t blame them for being so after they got punished for the actions of others. However, the whole thing went to hell when they became terrorists, attacking the Undertaker with men in masks and camouflage and carrying Daivari out like a martyr after his match with the Undertaker. Even worse, this happened on the day a London subway had been hit by a terrorist bombing. At The Great American Bash, Undertaker powerbomb Hassan through the stage, and he was never heard from again. Daivari on the other hand, stayed on as the manager for Kurt Angle and The Great Khali, was then future endeavored, and is now in TNA as Abdul Bashir, with a similar gimmick, only leaning a little more to the terrorist aspect.
10. Raven: Raven and Tommy Dreamer’s epic ECW feud actually started way back at Summer Camp. Raven was always picked on, and one of his bullies was Dreamer, a jock who tormented the loser. However, this loser grew up into a psychotic man with a cult-like aura around him. He even brought in a fat girl Dreamer made fun of to get into Dreamer’s head, whom we all know as the lovely Beulah McGillicutty (she lost the weight on the best diet plan ever). And, it worked as Raven won every match between the two except for one. Even thought the ECW fans cheered on Dreamer, Raven deserved the sympathy as the picked on outsider was finally getting his just deserts. Of course that’s not the only thing Rave was right about. He also feuded with The Sandman and managed to get his wife and son to turn on the cane-happy wrestler. Though, you can’t blame them for turning on Sandman. The man was a huge drunk, always smoked, and caned practically anyone he could. Seriously, could you imagine Sandman as your dad?
11. Cactus Jack: Wrestling is a tough business. You have an entire industry of men putting their bodies on the line for little money, no retirement plan, and a lifetime of injuries and broken bodies. And, that’s just if you partake in the traditional rules. Add in all the weapons and hardcore wrestling, and you’re taking years off your life. But, the fans love that stuff, especially in ECW. This led to an awesome angle with Cactus Jack. He began to turn his back on the hardcore wrestling as it was becoming clear that it was hurting in the long run. This led to him demonizing the ECW fans for being bloodthirsty and cruel, wrestling matches that were slow and technical, and to try and get Tommy Dreamer to join him in his anti-hardcore ways. Tommy declined, and the fans booed Cactus for his change of heart. But, he was right. Why let someone bash you in the head with a barb wire bat for the enjoyment of people who could really care less for you if all it’s gonna get you is a lifetime of health problems? Sure, it might get you the respect of the crowd, but respect don’t pay the medical bills.
12. Paul Heyman: In ECW, Paul Heyman created a new and exciting product that had fans flocking to it because they were tired of the cartoonish antics of the WWF and WCW. He did this by having lots of violence and sex on his shows. Soon, Vince McMahon took notice and basically stole Heyman’s ideas, repacking them as “Attitude.” This made McMahon rich, and ECW went out of business (though not because Vince stole those ideas but because Heyman was a lousy businessman). Then, when the Invasion angle became WCW and ECW taking on the WWF, Heyman was out in front to tell Vince off for stealing all this ideas. It was amazing that he was able say such things on TV to Vince’s face, and it was one of the few highlights of the Invasion angle.
13. Triple H: In 2002, Triple H moved from SmackDown! to RAW thanks to Shawn Michaels. At the time, Shawn hadn’t been wrestling because of a back injury he suffered in 1998. Knowing this, Triple H figured that Shawn would be his manager. However, Shawn had other ideas. He wanted to restart D-X and get back in the ring, Triple H obliged, only to attack HBK. Though Triple H probably didn’t want to share the spotlight, it was possible that Triple H was thinking about his friend’s safety. But, Shawn’s ego got in the way, and Triple H snapped and tried to prove to Shawn that getting back in the ring was a big mistake.
14. CM Punk: Drugs are bad. Yet, when you say this, it comes off a patronizing. This is why CM Punk has been such a good heel. He’s been preaching about the evils of drugs to the chagrin of wrestling fans since he was in the independent scene. And now, he’s brought his straight edge philosophy to WWE fans. But, despite how annoying and holier-than-thou he sounds, he is right: drugs do more harm than good. Plus, this all began when he cashed in his Money In The Bank title shot against Jeff Hardy. People didn’t like this mainly because he did it against Hardy, who was extremely popular. And, CM Punk couldn’t understand his popularity since Hardy had proven to be unreliable by failing Wellness drug tests several times. It just boggles Punk’s mind that a former drug addict could get more love than someone who’s never even smoked and drank alcohol.
15. Christopher Daniels: Ever since TNA has been around, A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels have been there, busting their asses to make that company into one that people would want to follow. And, finally, they are getting rewarded for that loyalty and hard work. However, A.J.’s getting more rewarded than Daniels. A.J.’s been to the main event before a few times, but this is really Daniels’s first time there. Daniels is a little upset about it, saying that he should have been getting this earlier since he’s just as good as A.J., and he’s been taking it out on A.J. Of course, A.J. made it easy for him, suspecting that Daniels may have been the one who attacked him in the weeks leading to Turning Point 2009. When it turned out it wasn’t Daniels, A.J. tried to apologize; but Daniels didn’t want to hear it. Though, you can’t blame him. He is 100% correct: Daniels has been busting his ass for TNA, putting on great matches and staying loyal to the company. Yet, he hasn’t been allowed to get near the main event picture until now. At least he’s there now.
1. Chris Jericho: Just because someone gets booed by the fans doesn’t mean he’s wrong. Case in point, Chris Jericho. In 2008, after Shawn Michael beat Ric Flair in a retirement match at WrestleMania XXIV, Batista was upset that one of his idols had been forced to retire and decided to get some revenge on the man who did the deed at Backlash. Such a big match was given a special referee, Jericho. During the match, Michaels faked a knee injury in order to distract Batista and get the win. Jericho suspected that Michaels wasn’t on the level, and it turned out he was right: Michaels admitted it. However, the fans still cheered for him, even though he cheated. This didn’t sit too well with Jericho, and it lead to him not only feuding with Michaels but smashing his face into the Jeritron 5000 on his Highlight Reel set. He may have taken things too far, but Jericho was right: Michaels should have been shunned by the fans for taking the easy way out to win a match. After that Jericho adopted the Serious gimmick and has been lambasting the fans, wrestlers, and pretty much everyone he’s come in contact with as hypocrites. But, he does have some compelling evidence to back it up.
2. Sid Justice: The scene was the 1992 Royal Rumble. The WWF Title had been vacated after a series of controversial matches between Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker and was up for grabs in the Royal Rumble match. It came down to three men: Hogan (the previous champion), Sid Justice (Hogan’s friend), and Ric Flair (who had been in the match since entering at number 3). With the title on the line, Sid did what anyone would do: put his friendship with Hogan aside and eliminated him. Hogan obviously was not happy with this. So, he grabbed Sid’s arm from the outside. This allowed Flair to sneak up and dump Sid out of the ring, claiming the WWF Title for himself. Sid was livid. About a month later, at Saturday Night’s Main Event, Sid left Hogan during their match with Flair and The Undertaker, leading to a match with Hogan at WrestleMania VIII. It may not have been the honorable thing to do, but you can’t blame Sid since Hogan had cost him the WWF Title for petty reasons. Hell, even the fans sympathized with Sid, booing Hogan right after he screwed Sid over.
3. Paul Orndorff: Of course, this isn’t the first time Hogan has screwed over a friend. After being pinned at WrestleMania I, Paul Orndorff soon found himself on the “Rowdy” Roddy Piper’s bad side. So, he did what anyone would do: join up with Piper’s enemy, Hulk Hogan. The two soon became pals, and Orndorff got a lot of flack for it, especially from “Adorable” Adrian Adonis. Orndorff was constantly told that while he may have been Hogan’s friend, Hogan wasn’t exactly making the friendship mutual. To prove that they were such good friends, Orndorff called Hogan up on live TV. Unfortunately, he called at the wrong time. Hogan was working out and couldn’t answer the phone, not even for this “good friend.” Orndorff was humiliated. So, he made up for it by winning a tag match with the Moondogs single handedly. Then, things got ugly as Orndorff abandoned Hogan during a tag match between King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd. Thought Orndorff did come back, he only did so to attack the then WWF Champion, leading to a feud between them for the WWF Title. Orndorff would later come out to Hogan’s “Real American” theme song. Though the things Orndorff did seem dickish, you can’t really blame him. He extended a friendly hand to Hogan, and in return Hogan humiliated him on live TV. Hell, Orndorff even had to shill a product with Hogan’s name on it in a commercial. Did Hogan do the same thing Orndorff? Hell no.
4. “Macho Man” Randy Savage: Once again, we have Hogan screwing over a friend. This time: “Macho Man” Randy Savage. Collectively known as the Mega Powers, Hogan began palling around with Savage and Miss Elizabeth after he helped Savage win the WWF Title at WrestleMania IV. As the year went on, the friendship waned. Savage soon got jealous of Hogan, suspecting that he was only around him to not only stay in the main event picture since he wasn’t WWF Champion but also because he liked Elizabeth and not in a friendly way. Things came to a head at the Main Event II, when both men fell on Elizabeth during a tag match between the Twin Towers. Hogan was so distraught about what happened to Elizabeth that he took her backstage to the trainer’s area, leaving Savage to face both men. It may have been a nice thing to do, but he did leave Savage high and dry to face the Big Boss Man and Akeem. Hogan did return, but Savage was so upset about him leaving that he returned the favor and ran off himself. Hogan managed to win the match, but when he went back to confront Savage, things got out of control when Savage attacked Hogan with the belt. The Mega Powers exploded, and Savage accused Hogan of lusting after Elizabeth, showing obviously doctored footage of Hogan’s love for the woman. Though he said that he only loved Elizabeth like a sister, Savage did have some good points. Hogan was no longer the WWF Champion. After 4 years in the spotlight, it has to be hard to let that go. So, why not pal around with the current WWF Champion. And, who knows what Hogan really felt about Elizabeth? All we had was his word.
5. The New Blood: One of the reasons WCW is gone is because they didn’t elevate new talent when they had the chance. And, for all things Vince Russo gets shit for, at least he knows that you need new talent to replace the old one. However, he also likes to turn shoots into works. Thus, leading to the two combining for this angle: The New Blood, a group of young rookies, challenging the old guard in The Millionaire’s Club. The angle started off strong but eventually fell apart. The main reason: The New Blood were heels. That made no sense since they had the legitimate beef: they were younger and putting on good matches people wanted to see. They deserved to be in main event matches, and the old guys need to either put them over or move out of the way because after a while they’ll get too old and no one will want to see them wrestle anymore. They were right, but at a heavy price as WCW is no more.
6. Bret Hart: At WrestleMania 13, Bret Hart beat Stone Cold Steve Austin in a classic submission match. However, Austin didn’t tap, only losing after falling unconscious due to blood loss. The fans admired Austin’s toughness and began to cheer for him. However, this also led to the boos going to Bret’s way. And, Bret couldn’t understand why? He did nothing wrong. Yet he was being treated like the villain, even though Austin did more villainous things than he did, like attack everyone who got into his face regardless of authority and attacking Bret in an ambulance after injuring his knee. But, not all the fans turned their backs on Bret: he only got booed in America. International fans, especially those in Canada, still cheered for Bret and booed Austin. It was one of the weirdest times to be a wrestling fan, but also one of the most interesting.
7. Rhino: When the Main Event Mafia became a force to reckon with in TNA, several wrestlers stood against them. These guys defended TNA against this group of wrestlers who made their name in other wrestling companies. Ironically some of these wrestlers had also made their names elsewhere, notably Rhino and Team 3D. However, Rhino soon found himself out of the frontline when Bobby Lashley came in. This really made no sense, and Rhino soon took out his frustration at being replace on Lashley. He later tried to get Team 3D to join him, stating that there was a conspiracy from TNA to have all these legends replaced. It may sound far fetch, but he wasn’t exactly crazy. Not only had he himself been replaced by Lashley, but Desmond Wolfe made his debut by trying to take out Kurt Angle. And, Team 3D strangely lost a match to The Motor City Machine Guns even though Brother Devon did not tap to a submission move. It’s an interesting storyline, but it’s been hurt by the fact that Team 3D so easily went along with Rhino’s thinking. A slow build with some reluctance from Team 3D would have made it a lot better. But, that doesn’t change the fact that Rhino is all that crazy with his conspiracy theory.
8. Melina: WWE has this problem with their female wrestlers: they don’t put too much importance on the “wrestler” aspect. Case in point, there was a trend in the middle of the 2000s in which a Diva would get nude in Playboy and then get a shot at the Women’s Title at a PPV, like WrestleMania. When this happened to Candice Michelle and Ashley Massaro in 2007, then Women’s Champion Melina took exception, point out that these girls was only getting attention and a shot at her title because she got naked in a magazine. And, it’s hard to argue with her: these girls were basically only getting pushes for their tits and not their talent. Hell, Ashley got her shot at WrestleMania 23, the biggest PPV of the year! And, it wasn’t like she was the first: Christy Hemme had faced Trish Stratus at WrestleMania 21 shortly after he Playboy photo shoot hit the newsstands. It’s pretty obvious that WWE thinks with it’s penis when it comes to its Divas’ Division.
9. Muhammad Hassan and Daivari: 9/11 was the defining moment of the decade. Pretty much everything that happened in the following years was the result of that tragic day. One such outcome: prejudice to Arabs and Muslims. Suddenly, this one group of people became stereotyped at terrorists because of a few highjackers. So, this would naturally be the subject of a wrestling angle. But, there was a twist to it: Muhammad Hassan and Daivari didn’t act like a terrorist. In fact, they were Americans. But, that one day changed their lives for the worse; and they were now upset that they were being profiled because of American paranoia. Why they would use pro wrestling to express they’re angle is up for question, but it was an interesting angle in which the heels were sympathetic. Yes, they were anti-American, but you can’t blame them for being so after they got punished for the actions of others. However, the whole thing went to hell when they became terrorists, attacking the Undertaker with men in masks and camouflage and carrying Daivari out like a martyr after his match with the Undertaker. Even worse, this happened on the day a London subway had been hit by a terrorist bombing. At The Great American Bash, Undertaker powerbomb Hassan through the stage, and he was never heard from again. Daivari on the other hand, stayed on as the manager for Kurt Angle and The Great Khali, was then future endeavored, and is now in TNA as Abdul Bashir, with a similar gimmick, only leaning a little more to the terrorist aspect.
10. Raven: Raven and Tommy Dreamer’s epic ECW feud actually started way back at Summer Camp. Raven was always picked on, and one of his bullies was Dreamer, a jock who tormented the loser. However, this loser grew up into a psychotic man with a cult-like aura around him. He even brought in a fat girl Dreamer made fun of to get into Dreamer’s head, whom we all know as the lovely Beulah McGillicutty (she lost the weight on the best diet plan ever). And, it worked as Raven won every match between the two except for one. Even thought the ECW fans cheered on Dreamer, Raven deserved the sympathy as the picked on outsider was finally getting his just deserts. Of course that’s not the only thing Rave was right about. He also feuded with The Sandman and managed to get his wife and son to turn on the cane-happy wrestler. Though, you can’t blame them for turning on Sandman. The man was a huge drunk, always smoked, and caned practically anyone he could. Seriously, could you imagine Sandman as your dad?
11. Cactus Jack: Wrestling is a tough business. You have an entire industry of men putting their bodies on the line for little money, no retirement plan, and a lifetime of injuries and broken bodies. And, that’s just if you partake in the traditional rules. Add in all the weapons and hardcore wrestling, and you’re taking years off your life. But, the fans love that stuff, especially in ECW. This led to an awesome angle with Cactus Jack. He began to turn his back on the hardcore wrestling as it was becoming clear that it was hurting in the long run. This led to him demonizing the ECW fans for being bloodthirsty and cruel, wrestling matches that were slow and technical, and to try and get Tommy Dreamer to join him in his anti-hardcore ways. Tommy declined, and the fans booed Cactus for his change of heart. But, he was right. Why let someone bash you in the head with a barb wire bat for the enjoyment of people who could really care less for you if all it’s gonna get you is a lifetime of health problems? Sure, it might get you the respect of the crowd, but respect don’t pay the medical bills.
12. Paul Heyman: In ECW, Paul Heyman created a new and exciting product that had fans flocking to it because they were tired of the cartoonish antics of the WWF and WCW. He did this by having lots of violence and sex on his shows. Soon, Vince McMahon took notice and basically stole Heyman’s ideas, repacking them as “Attitude.” This made McMahon rich, and ECW went out of business (though not because Vince stole those ideas but because Heyman was a lousy businessman). Then, when the Invasion angle became WCW and ECW taking on the WWF, Heyman was out in front to tell Vince off for stealing all this ideas. It was amazing that he was able say such things on TV to Vince’s face, and it was one of the few highlights of the Invasion angle.
13. Triple H: In 2002, Triple H moved from SmackDown! to RAW thanks to Shawn Michaels. At the time, Shawn hadn’t been wrestling because of a back injury he suffered in 1998. Knowing this, Triple H figured that Shawn would be his manager. However, Shawn had other ideas. He wanted to restart D-X and get back in the ring, Triple H obliged, only to attack HBK. Though Triple H probably didn’t want to share the spotlight, it was possible that Triple H was thinking about his friend’s safety. But, Shawn’s ego got in the way, and Triple H snapped and tried to prove to Shawn that getting back in the ring was a big mistake.
14. CM Punk: Drugs are bad. Yet, when you say this, it comes off a patronizing. This is why CM Punk has been such a good heel. He’s been preaching about the evils of drugs to the chagrin of wrestling fans since he was in the independent scene. And now, he’s brought his straight edge philosophy to WWE fans. But, despite how annoying and holier-than-thou he sounds, he is right: drugs do more harm than good. Plus, this all began when he cashed in his Money In The Bank title shot against Jeff Hardy. People didn’t like this mainly because he did it against Hardy, who was extremely popular. And, CM Punk couldn’t understand his popularity since Hardy had proven to be unreliable by failing Wellness drug tests several times. It just boggles Punk’s mind that a former drug addict could get more love than someone who’s never even smoked and drank alcohol.
15. Christopher Daniels: Ever since TNA has been around, A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels have been there, busting their asses to make that company into one that people would want to follow. And, finally, they are getting rewarded for that loyalty and hard work. However, A.J.’s getting more rewarded than Daniels. A.J.’s been to the main event before a few times, but this is really Daniels’s first time there. Daniels is a little upset about it, saying that he should have been getting this earlier since he’s just as good as A.J., and he’s been taking it out on A.J. Of course, A.J. made it easy for him, suspecting that Daniels may have been the one who attacked him in the weeks leading to Turning Point 2009. When it turned out it wasn’t Daniels, A.J. tried to apologize; but Daniels didn’t want to hear it. Though, you can’t blame him. He is 100% correct: Daniels has been busting his ass for TNA, putting on great matches and staying loyal to the company. Yet, he hasn’t been allowed to get near the main event picture until now. At least he’s there now.
