10 Most Hated WWE Champions

10. Vince McMahon

Vince McMahon Sr never even wanted son Vinnie to be a wrestler, and only let him into the family business at all because he made good on a deal to turn a dead Maine territory around. Jr subsequently lived out all his pro wrestling dreams when his father passed, with his aggressive national expansion growing the organisation and McMahon himself proving to be the key heel in the company's second boom period.

A perfunctory title win during a typically chaotic Attitude Era scene had more innocence about it that Vince Russo's own WCW ego trip a year later, but it still crossed the single line the Mr McMahon character should never have been permitted to go near.

If the boss can win the belt, why would he pay the wrestlers? And why would the business even exist? The door to existentialism in wrestling must remain slammed shut for quandaries such as these. His placement amongst the industry's elite remains contentious to this day.