A wrestling crowd can be hard to read sometimes. You never know how they will react to a certain wrestler. Sometimes they will turn on the baby face heroes they are supposed to cheer for. John Cena is the prime example of this. Other times they will embrace the heels they should despise, no matter how evil or despicable their actions. Typically a heel who receives a positive reaction, is known as a cool heel. The NWO were the original cool heels. Fans went crazy for those guys because they were fresh, they were edgy, in a nutshell they were cool. It didn't matter that they were villains. It was like the Darth Vader of wrestling. Evil, but cool. Other cool heels over the years, have included the Rock, Triple H, Edge and Christian, The Shield and the Wyatt Family. Then there are the heels that really surprised us. Heels that had none of the charisma, or attitude of the cool heels, but still got over. Heels that were neither brave nor intimidating, but somehow connected with the audience in a positive way. Heels who should have been booed mercilessly, but against all expectations got cheered. Lets's take a look at eight of the least cool heals in wrestling history, who fans, for some reason, adored.
As a wrestling fan I've flown across the Atlantic for the last five years specifically to attend WrestleMania (28 and 30) as well as TNA, ROH, Evolve, Chikara and most recently PWG.
I may have a problem!
But if you're reading my work then you probably love wrestling too, so lets focus on that!
