10 Most Over-HATED Wrestlers In The World Right Now

When worked wrestling heat becomes frothing rage for the AEW & WWE stars behind the gimmick.

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Spend enough time on Twitter and you may conclude that every wrestler is over-hated in 2022.

Today's hot take economy values the hysterical and extreme over the fair and rational, with ridiculous, fringe opinions amplified by well-meaning moderates in the name of the mighty dunk. Quote-tweets and other multipliers give oxygen to takes that would asphyxiate in the real world. The kind of excessive negativity easily disproven by a single Google search has become currency. Regardless of who they are and where they work, no wrestler is safe from an egg avatar with five followers laying into them with the fury of somebody who's just watched said wrestler defecate on their mother.

While accepting that a wrestler's work isn't for you and moving on isn't necessarily a minority stance, tribalists scream loudest in the wrestling culture war. This list's subjects are often their most frequent targets.

It should be stressed that most of these wrestlers are backed by an army of supporters greatly outnumbering those who consider them the equivalent of war criminals. Again, it's a volume thing - and harsh criticisms always drown out earnest praise.

Into the swamp of bubbling rage...

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.