10 Best WWE Heel Moments Of 2017
A good year to be bad.
In the world of WWE, 2017 has been a pretty good year for bad guys.
On Raw, Brock Lesnar's grip on the Universal Title has been unbreakable since his victory over Goldberg at WrestleMania, with no single man able to hang for more than 10 minutes in the ring with everyone's favourite Beast Incarnate.
In Shane McMahon's Land of Opportunity, meanwhile, the WWE Championship has spent most of the year on the arm of Jinder Mahal, who shocked the world back in May with the most unlikely title win in a generation.
The female division has been built for most of the year around Alexa Bliss, who has batted off the challenge of just about every other woman in the locker room since growing into the role of Monday night's preeminent bad girl.
And then there's perennially despised power couple Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, who in November managed to see that Raw emerged victorious in the Battle of the Brands whilst at the same time ensuring Kurt Angle would be humiliated in front of the world.
Maybe next year will be better for those who fight the side of good...
10. Dolph Attacks King
Bringing up the time Jerry Lawler suffered a real-life heart attack while sitting at the Monday Night Raw commentary desk is cheap - but, since this was the moment that made official Ziggler's (at the time, promising) heel turn, we'll allow it.
It was justified by the context too. The 37-year-old was coming off the back of his doomed pursuit of The Miz's Intercontinental Title during the latter half of 2016, his credibility almost completely shot after dropping the belt mere weeks after threatening retirement.
Turning pity into genuine heat was always going to take something truly despicable, and kicking an old man in his ticker - especially when that old man is a bona fide wrestling legend, dressed head to toe in his "King" garb - was exactly what the doctor ordered (although, obviously not Lawler's doctor).
This was a heel moment so dastardly that Dolph actually managed to appear unreasonable by comparison to JBL of all people, who rushed to the aid of his former broadcast colleague after watching the incident unfold from ringside.