10 Worst Babyfaces In WWE History
6. Diesel
Diesel completed an improbable run to the top of professional wrestling on 26 November 1994 when he defeated Bob Backlund to win the WWE Championship in a near-record eight seconds. The fans in Madison Square Garden erupted, adding genuine excitement to a moment that very much felt like the coronation of the company's next big thing.
What started red-hot descended into mediocrity rather quickly before bottoming out nearly a year after it started.
First, it proved difficult to convince fans to throw their support behind a superstar the size of Diesel when he should have realistically had no trouble beating half of the roster's bad guys at that point. Second, it proved difficult to drum up consistent fan support when it was clear Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker were all far more beloved than Big Daddy Cool ever would be.
Perhaps most damning was the complete and utter lack of quality heels with whom Diesel could work.
King Mabel, Henry Godwinn, Sycho Sid, Jeff Jarrett and the aforementioned Backlund were not strong or credible enough heels to pose a legitimate threat to Diesel. As a result, he cruised through a year-long title reign. When he did face competent opposition, such as Hart or Michaels, it became abundantly clear that one of those two men should be champion.
Not the seven-foot-tall superstar whose height and demeanor were his claim to fame.
As the heel bodyguard of Michaels, he was imposing. As a cocky, unflinchingly anti-authority bad guy near the end of his WWE run, he introduced the wrestling world to the persona that would lead him to his greatest success in WCW.
In between, though, he was a massive failure through very little fault of his own.