9. Thou Shalt Want To Understand The Concept Of Being A Heel
In an era where everyone in WWE is to a degree, highly athletic, the idea that somebody has to be hated seems ill-fitting. Sometimes, when two great athletes are wrestling, the match feels like more of a gymnastic performance than a fight. Thus, after a great series of tumbling runs and somersaults, the idea that the crowd would applaud the performing makes sense. Heels create drama by limiting the ability of the babyface to meet a certain level of showmanship expected by the paying audience. If the heel isn't able to do his job, then basically all we're watching is people doing MMA in tight and boots. The key to WWE's future isn't Kevin Owens, it's instead having TEN Kevin Owenses running around, raining on everybody parade just enough to make you angry enough to want the babyface to knock his block off with exciting flips and tumbles.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
