10 WWE Stars Who Loved To Get Cheap Heat

By Jamie Kennedy /

7. The Rock

Dwayne Johnson may well be a household name now, and The Rock is surely one of the biggest stars in wrestling history, but there was a time when the guy was just another wrestler on the roster. As Rocky Maivia, Johnson was as far as one could be from the top of the industry, yet somewhere along the road, something changed. Realising that he could gain the attention of the audience via catchphrases and manipulation, The Rock's insistence that fans don't repeat his infamous lines turned out to be genuine gold. Sure, the people in the stands may have been chanting these phrases, but they were doing so to anger the man in the ring.What made the heat 'cheap' (and it's important to note there's nothing wrong with that) is that The Rock started to actively use this to his advantage, telling fans to shut up and 'know their role'.