WWE: 20 Biggest Heat Magnets Since 2000

There are many ways a WWE Superstar can elicit heat. Some can do something so vile and disgusting that it completely turns the audience against them. Some can form an unholy alliance with another Superstar and set out to terrorize the entire company. Some are braggadocios loudmouths who are great and have no problem telling the world just how great they are. Some are opportunistic villains who will do whatever is necessary to climb the ladder to the top of the industry, even if that means beginning a relationship with a female in power. Most are narcissistic and others are simply douches. The one thing they have in common is that the are reviled by the WWE Universe. Since 2000, WWE has seen an influx of quality heels. While there was a time in the company's history when villains were largely generic and existed only to put over the top babyfaces of the era, the turn of the Millennium has resulted in an increase in interest for the baddies of professional wrestling. Triple H made bad guys cool from the get-go while Edge, CM Punk, Randy Orton and even The Miz carried on throughout the 14 years that followed. As every week, month and year passed and villains became cooler and cooler, they had to work doubly hard to generate heat. The best were able to do that via a number of different means. There were still more traditional heels in the industry, the type that did not care about being cool. They cared only about eliciting a desired reaction and if they had to be a goofball or revert to vicious acts of violence to do so, then so be it. There was very little in the way of redeemable qualities when it came to Eddie Guerrero and his heel turn in 2005. He waged a personal war with Rey Mysterio that involved the cruiserweight's family. Kurt Angle, on the other hand, was a goody All-American "goody two shoes" who got under the skin of the audience with his "three I's." Not every heat magnet has been a heel, though. Since 2000, the traditional good guy has become passé. Anyone attempting to be the 2014 equivalent of Hulk Hogan or Superman in today's wrestling world is greeted with a chorus of boos that typically equals or eclipses the reactions for the top bad guys in the industry. Click "next" below to see who starts our countdown at 20;