Wrestling's 10 Greatest Kay-Baes

10. Vickie Guerrero

Vickie Guerrero, the real-life wife of the iconic Eddie, became increasingly involved with WWE after her husband’s death. In an inspired move, she was not cast as the eternal grieving widow, but rather as an authority heel. She excelled at being that potent combination of irritating and vindictive.

In 2007, Vickie capitalised on Teddy Long’s kayfabe heart attack to become the new General Manager of SmackDown. She showed her worth as an on-air love interest, making her faux-beau Edge the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship. ‘The Ultimate Opportunist’ used this, and several acts of favouritism, to win SmackDown’s main prize at Armageddon 2007. Edge gave Vickie an engagement ring, which only spurred on her desire to be useful. When the Championship was taken out of the situation, though, Edge’s admiration wavered. Vickie then fled WWE heartbroken.

She returned with her on-screen boyfriend Eric Escobar, who quickly revealed he too was using her. Undeterred, ‘The Cougar’ embarked on a new relationship with Dolph Ziggler. Although she awarded him the World Heavyweight Championship on SmackDown’s 600th episode, Ziggler lost it that same night. He was unable to manipulate and exploit her quite as well as the Machiavellian Edge.