10 MORE Of The Best Nicknames In Modern Wrestling

10. The Patriarch - Christian Cage

Is there a better heel in the business than Christian Cage? The answer is as obvious as the yellow he threatened to slap off Tony Schiavone's teeth.

At 50 years of age, Christian is putting in career-defining work as the wrestling industry's biggest scumbag. Smug, condescending and cowardly, Christian recently added "sexist" to his list of pejoratives by declaring himself "The Patriarch".

As the millions who saw Barbie can attest to, patriarchy isn't exactly a concept designed to win hearts and minds. (And those hearts and minds it does win aren't ones you'd want hanging around your loved ones). By giving himself such a blatantly misogynistic appellation, Christian is leaning deep into the scuzzy side of the Force and reaping the benefits in terms of fan vitriol.

Or, to put it more simply: How would you feel if some creep shacked up with your mother and starting calling himself your new patriarch? That's how Christian makes AEW viewers feel every time he's on screen, and that's why he's the best heel in the business.