10 WWE Stars Who Loved To Get Cheap Heat

This ain't sing along with The Rock...

Within the confines of modern pro wrestling, it's insanely difficult to be a heel. Let's define that statement, because receiving boos from the audience can be incredibly easy to achieve, but we're talking genuine, nuclear levels of actual hatred. In 2014, there aren't many wrestlers who know how to do this, but it's not really their fault - the wrestling business has changed, evolving into a beast with blurred lines wherever you look. Former head writer for WWE, WCW and TNA, Vince Russo once said that he detested the fact most wrestling fans think in clear parameters of 'good guys' and 'bad guys'. There are only shades of grey, Russo argued, and was intent on pressing that upon everyone who would listen. That all sounds great in theory, but another huge name in the world of wrestling, WWE Hall Of Fame inductee Jim Ross, remarked that the age-old nuances of professional wrestling will never die, nor should they. If heels aren't allowed to draw heat, or act mean, the industry loses a lot of the fun factor. Two differing arguments, from two vastly different people, but exactly what constitutes as heat, and what is determined as 'cheap' heat? Cheap insults, brainless trolling - some heels go for the lowest common denominator, that's just the way it is. In truth, there's nothing wrong with stooping to such tactics, it's easy to dislike, thus meaning said heel is doing his or her job, but exactly which wrestlers were masters of the 'cheap heat' arts, and how did they go about it?
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