10 WWE Sidekicks Who Were A Total Liability
4. Vickie Guerrero
This is a case of someone doing their job just too damned well. Eddie Guerrero's widow Vickie should, by rights, have been impossible to boo: her husband had been one of WWE's most popular superstars, and his untimely death had devastated people all over the world. Vickie and Eddie were one of those love stories you only usually read about, and everyone knew it. Surely a heel turn was the worst possible use of her talents?
It turned out that, just as someone as fascinatingly ugly as Kane should never have worn a mask, and someone as verbose and mouthy as Bradshaw should never have played a laconic cowboy, so too someone capable of being as shrill and obnoxious as Vickie Guerrero should never have played a babyface. She had a genius for playing the hateful villain, and the accidental discovery of her excuse me! catchphrase was the cherry on top. Vickies timing was almost impeccable, her facial expressions classic: subtle enough for TV, broad enough for live work.
She was over like clover people actively loathed her, and weren't shy about letting her know. And there was the problem: there were some times, in some cities, where Vickie could barely get a word out, so loud was the crowd against her. With live episodes of RAW timed out, all the important buttons in a segment had to be hit, and there was often so much heat in the air that the other performers could barely get a word in edgewise, if you'll excuse the pun.