10 Smartest Heel Plans In Wrestling History

10. Edge Takes Advantage Of An Opportunity

Edge's New Year's Revolution WWE Championship heist still acts as one of the sweetest examples out there of a heel working smarter, not harder.

It's often forgotten when reliving the jaw-dropping turn-of-events that would eventually see Vince McMahon unleashing the then-Mr. Money in the Bank on John Cena shortly after surviving the Elimination Chamber that Edge had actually planted the first seed for his cash-in earlier in the evening.

On top of no doubt keeping an eye on The Face that Runs the Place throughout his first run with WWE's top strap, The Rated "R" Superstar clearly felt that the night of January 6, 2006 would be a particularly wise one to strike on - given the fact that whoever walked out of the chamber as champ would likely have just gone through physical hell.

So, in a bid to keep himself as fresh as possible, Edge would proceed to get himself disqualified during his Intercontinental Championship match with Ric Flair, nailing The Nature Boy with his briefcase whilst he was locking Lita in the figure-four.

Two spears later on in the night would bring that masterplan to a stunning and successful end, with Edge lifting his first WWE Championship after wisely resting up and picking his spot.