8 Exact Moments WWE Fans Turned On Popular Wrestlers

It didn't matter that UFC crossover Ronda Rousey had enjoyed one of the most impressive rookies runs of recent memory, putting on incredible albeit heavily ordained matches belying her inexperience from night one. WWE's process of Romanising their most culturally relevant property was inevitably, unfairly, going to result in a backlash.

At Survivor Series 2018, it did - and in the most unjust circumstances. After starring in a complete stormer opposite Charlotte Flair, her unbeaten record protected with a disqualification victory, the losing party continued the assault, laying a vicious, ultra-convincing beatdown on Rousey. Despite being visibly wounded from the war - a worked work of art - fans in attendance at LA's Staples Center showered the supposed sympathetic babyface with boos. This was clearly not intended.

Rousey, who'd proven preternatural at the work in her first nine months, wasn't selling as she vented her fury walking up the ramp. She'd given her all since stepping through the door, but WWE's famously fickle fans had arbitrarily rejected her. It wasn't necessarily the worst development; the heel glove fit Ronda like a, well, a glove.