10 Wrestlers Who F***ing Doubled Down On Your Hate

A decade or so before Dave Bautista experienced some inevitable push-back following on from a stint in the Hollywood landscape, The People's Champion found himself faced with a rather unexpected turn of events back in 2002.

After it became public knowledge that The Rock was set to leave the world of wrasslin' behind for a spell to pursue a career in acting, the once-universally adored Rocky started to feel the heat from his devoted faithful. And by the time he'd done the favours to Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2002, The Great One undoubtedly knew it was time for a change in response to the persistent negativity.

Sure enough, when he did finally re-emerge in early 2003, the hero of the people Rock was out. And in was the Hollywood Rock persona that arguably made him the hottest character in the industry overnight once again.

Instantly iconic Rock concerts designed to inspire even more abuse than he was already organically provoking, doubling down on the entitled movie star visual fans had already formulated in their minds, and the sort of excessive entrance that screamed "I'm better than you", this Rock was now consistently cookin' up the hatred and plainly relishing the smell.