6. Bray Wyatt Is, Above Everything Else, A Wrestler
The most beloved wrestlers are those who realize that everything must end in the ring. Heels are effective because they'd prefer that things NOT end in the ring. Wyatt's character may be that of a vaguely spiritual cult-like figure, but he's not going to cast a spell on you like Papa Shango (who was a heel). Instead, he wants to beat you to either a) shame you in front of the fans who foolishly have supported you for so long, or b) in order to reach a final resolution on the matter of whether or not his spiritual quest for righteousness is a just cause. In never backing down from a fight, Bray Wyatt is courageous. In being courageous, he's displaying a trait that is worth supporting. This is, again, something that stands in the way of pro wrestling's time-honored traditions. of heels not acting in such a manner.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
