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Post by Rule 30 on Jun 6, 2011 5:45:55 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels- Watch his European title win over The British Bulldog in England. Watch The Montreal Screwjob. By the end of '97, crowds were peppering the ring with trash (sometimes dangerous things like batteries) whereever he went. To say he was hated would be an understatement. This too. I was reading the DX book a couple years back, and they mention how once they caused a riot in Arkansas and had to be escorted out of the state by police. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 6:24:28 GMT -5
ok heres my top 10 ion no order
1)Ric Flair
2)Macho Man Randy Savage from 89-91
3)Million $ man Ted Dibiase
4)Bobby Heenan
5)HBK in 97/98-my God that was some super heat.
6)Vince Mcmahon
7)Ravishing Rick Rude
8)Rowdy Roddy Piper around WM1
9)HHH after WM15 and then again in 2002-2006
10)Hollywood Hogan-undeniable.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 8:35:25 GMT -5
Well the first thought that popped into my head was Hollywood Hogan
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 10:36:01 GMT -5
I think Hollywood Hogan was always the most fun heel to watch but I would say my top one would be Ric Flair, Other ones like Bobby Heenan, Ted Dibiase, Roddy Piper, Vince Mcmahon are a close second.
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Post by fallbrawl on Jun 6, 2011 11:33:16 GMT -5
Ric Flair
Triple H
HBK
Jake Roberts
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 12:28:18 GMT -5
I see Jake Roberts getting a lot of love here.....but honestly he isnt a guy I think of when I think of heels. I remember his heel turn but honestly it did  all for me....despite being shocking.maybe its because he was on his way out? |
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Post by theimmortal on Jun 6, 2011 13:18:36 GMT -5
Sgt. Slaughter wasn't the greatest anything. If I had to pick one guy, it would be Bobby Heenan. He was a magnet for boos and it projected to every guy he ever managed. Crowds never seemed to get tired of the babyfaces beating up on him. It's hard to give the nod to one guy, however. Four other people stick out in my mind as having the extra-special ability to get the crowds riled up. Andy Kaufman- He was one of the first people to blur the line between wrestling and reality. People in Hollywood hated him. Wrestling fans in Memphis were ready to string him up. Abdullah the Butcher- In the 60s and 70s, when heels were truly loathed, Abby would incite crowds to near-riots. He would incapacitate and bloody the babyfaces to the point where the crowd thought he had legitimately gone crazy. As a result, extra security was a regular part of Abby matches. He was also assaulted on several occasions by fans. New Jack- He, Mustafa, and Jim Cornette stirred up a hornets' nest in the early 90s with racially inflammatory angles. He got picketed by the NAACP and the KKK. Later on, he legitimately stabbed another wrestler and almost beat a 70+ year old wrestler to death during a show. Shawn Michaels- Watch his European title win over The British Bulldog in England. Watch The Montreal Screwjob. By the end of '97, crowds were peppering the ring with trash (sometimes dangerous things like batteries) whereever he went. To say he was hated would be an understatement. HBK falls in with Slaughter as the cheap heat. He was fighting the most popular British wrestler for a European title, anyone could have taken that spot and he would have been booed. Later on by '97 he was getting strong heel heat but nothing worse then what the nWo had received a year before in 1996 really. |
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Post by kazoosandstreamers on Jun 6, 2011 13:34:15 GMT -5
You all did a good job naming most of them.
So many great heels there were.
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Post by mikey1974 on Jun 6, 2011 14:08:55 GMT -5
I see Jake Roberts getting a lot of love here.....but honestly he isnt a guy I think of when I think of heels. I remember his heel turn but honestly it did all for me....despite being shocking.maybe its because he was on his way out? this is why i can't include him.... i mean,he was a heel when he started with the WWF in 1986 ,but by 1987 the fans literally cheered him to Face-dom.... he wasn't a heel again til late summer of 1991,when he turned on the Warrior and joined with Taker...and it was a good heel run...but it was basically defined by only 1 feud - vs Randy Savage....after that,he jobbed to Taker on his way out,then showed up in WCW for a few months in a program with Sting til he got himself fired....then he wasn't nationally seen again til he returned to the WWF in 1996,as a Face again... |
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jun 6, 2011 23:03:16 GMT -5
Sgt. Slaughter wasn't the greatest anything. If I had to pick one guy, it would be Bobby Heenan. He was a magnet for boos and it projected to every guy he ever managed. Crowds never seemed to get tired of the babyfaces beating up on him. It's hard to give the nod to one guy, however. Four other people stick out in my mind as having the extra-special ability to get the crowds riled up. Andy Kaufman- He was one of the first people to blur the line between wrestling and reality. People in Hollywood hated him. Wrestling fans in Memphis were ready to string him up. Abdullah the Butcher- In the 60s and 70s, when heels were truly loathed, Abby would incite crowds to near-riots. He would incapacitate and bloody the babyfaces to the point where the crowd thought he had legitimately gone crazy. As a result, extra security was a regular part of Abby matches. He was also assaulted on several occasions by fans. New Jack- He, Mustafa, and Jim Cornette stirred up a hornets' nest in the early 90s with racially inflammatory angles. He got picketed by the NAACP and the KKK. Later on, he legitimately stabbed another wrestler and almost beat a 70+ year old wrestler to death during a show. Shawn Michaels- Watch his European title win over The British Bulldog in England. Watch The Montreal Screwjob. By the end of '97, crowds were peppering the ring with trash (sometimes dangerous things like batteries) whereever he went. To say he was hated would be an understatement. . He was fighting the most popular British wrestler for a European title, anyone could have taken that spot and he would have been booed. Later on by '97 he was getting strong heel heat but nothing worse then what the nWo had received a year before in 1996 really. Not..at...all! HBK could inflame any crowd, anywhere in the world back then and, unlike Slaughter, he could actually use the match to keep the heat going. |
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Post by theimmortal on Jun 7, 2011 1:00:54 GMT -5
HBK falls in with Slaughter as the cheap heat. He was fighting the most popular British wrestler for a European title, anyone could have taken that spot and he would have been booed. Later on by '97 he was getting strong heel heat but nothing worse then what the nWo had received a year before in 1996 really. Not..at...all! HBK could inflame any crowd, anywhere in the world back then and, unlike Slaughter, he could actually use the match to keep the heat going. When? Ill give you credit that he worked a Canadian crowd amazingly but look at other events. In Your House: Degeneration X, he wasnt being booed out of the building or any kind of heat. Actually he was giving high fives as he walked down the aisle. Royal Rumble '98, very little to no heel heat from the crowd. None at Badd Blood or Ground Zero either. |
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jun 7, 2011 2:48:45 GMT -5
Not..at...all! HBK could inflame any crowd, anywhere in the world back then and, unlike Slaughter, he could actually use the match to keep the heat going. When? Ill give you credit that he worked a Canadian crowd amazingly but look at other events. In Your House: Degeneration X, he wasnt being booed out of the building or any kind of heat. Actually he was giving high fives as he walked down the aisle. Royal Rumble '98, very little to no heel heat from the crowd. None at Badd Blood or Ground Zero either. What DVDs are you watching?! The crowds were always gleeful when Taker was knocking him around. They were disgusted after Bad Blood because most fans expected Shawn to get obliterated. And the crowd was POed to the highest degree during the "How do you like your Undertaker?" promo. He was white hot wherever he went back then. He took the hedonistic, cocky, ladies man character to a whole new level. He was also churning out classic matches night after night, which made people hate him all the more. He was like all the dynasty teams in sports that know just how good they are. I could talk all day about both the Boyhood Dream and Original DX years. Shawn was like nothing I had ever seen back then or have seen since. He was pure magic. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2011 9:47:12 GMT -5
I agree with Jake Roberts which I forgot about for this list as in 1991/1992 time he was came across at the time to me as genuinly evil back when I was a kid, So it was deffinently good acting by Jake Roberts to come across this way as up till then most heels got joke or cheap heel heat.
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Post by figurecollector on Jun 7, 2011 12:19:28 GMT -5
The above are all good choices, but I think one has not been mentioned and he is probably still hated to this day as he was for his entire WWF career, The Iron Sheik.
I cannot think of any US fan who rooted for him at any time or place.
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Post by Brad on Jun 7, 2011 13:13:48 GMT -5
When? Ill give you credit that he worked a Canadian crowd amazingly but look at other events. In Your House: Degeneration X, he wasnt being booed out of the building or any kind of heat. Actually he was giving high fives as he walked down the aisle. Royal Rumble '98, very little to no heel heat from the crowd. None at Badd Blood or Ground Zero either. What DVDs are you watching?! The crowds were always gleeful when Taker was knocking him around. They were disgusted after Bad Blood because most fans expected Shawn to get obliterated. And the crowd was POed to the highest degree during the "How do you like your Undertaker?" promo. He was white hot wherever he went back then. He took the hedonistic, cocky, ladies man character to a whole new level. He was also churning out classic matches night after night, which made people hate him all the more. He was like all the dynasty teams in sports that know just how good they are. I could talk all day about both the Boyhood Dream and Original DX years. Shawn was like nothing I had ever seen back then or have seen since. He was pure magic. Couldn't have said it better myself. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2011 23:12:21 GMT -5
The Big Bossman is in my book. Bossman did the worst things possible to Al Snow and Big Show that any heel has ever done in the business! Not to mention he beat the crap out of all the top babyfaces like Hogan, Dusty, Sting, Austin, and The Rock.
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Post by Richikane on Jun 13, 2011 12:16:56 GMT -5
I doubt most of us ever saw him, but Baron Von Raschke needs to be on any heel list. He had an ultimate finisher with the CLAW, he represented Germany and goose-stepped to the ring, and I don't think he ever had a face turn during his whole career.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2011 8:18:57 GMT -5
I would have to say Tully Blanchard should also be on any list of all time great heels.
And of course'The Living Legend' Larry Zybysko!
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Post by kane9155 on Jul 28, 2011 0:02:46 GMT -5
Too me, i think that the greatest heel of all time is going to Roddy Piper. There's other in my list such as Triple H, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Edge, The Undertaker, The million Dollar man Ted DiBiase & The Iron Shiek.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 28, 2011 4:21:02 GMT -5
I doubt most of us ever saw him, but Baron Von Raschke needs to be on any heel list. He had an ultimate finisher with the CLAW, he represented Germany and goose-stepped to the ring, and I don't think he ever had a face turn during his whole career. I remember BVR and I'm pretty sure he had at least one brief face turn, where he fought the Paul Jones' Army. |
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