10 Powerful Wrestling Promos That Never Uttered A Word
4. Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero played with contrast masterfully when he turned heel in 2005.
The joy of his main event run was that he played up to a caricature and yet made it endearing with his scenery-chewing showmanship and extravagant bells and whistles presentation. The lowrider, the Scarface-inspired t-shirt, the screen-dominating strut: Eddie was such an outsize presence that it's strange to remember that his peak arrived on the crest of an underdog story.
He wore all black to the ring for the mandatory explain his actions promo, but it never descended into cliché because he summoned such sinister presence. He looked blank, as if drained of humanity, walking in slow motion to convey the idea that all of this was calculated. The impulsive firebrand had been doused.
By wrestling standards, this was - before a soapy storyline undermined everything - genuinely excellent acting. Eddie looked menacing and nasty, twisting his face into a snarl without ever approaching ham. He was locked into hatred.
And, without speaking, his faced convulsed in fury - in a scary omen of what awaited Rey Mysterio - and he trod on the mask he took as a scalp as if wiping dog sh*t onto grass.