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« on: May 10, 2007, 12:26:13 AM »

For the wrestling fans here, thought I'd start this little thread to discuss our favorites all time heels of the industry. Sure, there are hundreds of bad guys to boo, but for me the ones that come right to mind are...

Rick Rude - the embodiment of arrogance and douche baggery, Rude thought he was God's gift to women, wore airbrushed tights to the ring, and topped it all off with a bad porn mustache and a white man Jerhi Curl!

Shawn Michaels - when he turns heel and kicked Rockers partner Marty Jennety through the window of Brutus Beefcake's barbershop, man, I'll never forget that.

Demolition - two big freaky man monsters who dressed like extras from The Road Warrior. How can you go wrong?!

Shane McMahon - unlike his father who's just an ego, Shane's got cocky youthful exhuberance and actually has the wrestling skills to back it up! He's had some crazy matches over the years, not the least of which include his classic street fight with Kurt Angle and a disturbing match with Steve Blackman where both men took flying leaps from the top of the Titantron... insane.

Roddy Piper - always did his best work as a bad guy, whether it was sucker punching Hulk Hogan or cracking a coconut over Jimmy Snuka's skull. The man who made wearing a kilt and being a total dickhead cool.
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2007, 02:24:51 AM »

I always regarded the Nasty Boys as the Heel Variant of the Bushwhackers, especially the Trademark Move "pit Stop" whereby the enemy is confronted with the sweaty armpit was pure genius.

And I'm tied between Mankind and Vader. The Later physically more impressive, the first with an ultrahigh Pain endurance.

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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2007, 08:20:13 AM »

For my money, most of the best heels are/were members of the power stables back in wrestling's glory days.  Groups like The Four Horseman, Money Inc., The Faces of Doom (w. Sullivan), and, of course, the late great NWO.  Nothing built up a hero character like taking on an entire "family" of douchebags who, most times, held all the titles and power anyway.

That said, one of the best in recent years has to be Edge, who always appears to be the smartest guy in the room - his recent title win (at a house show no less) should be proof enough that he is the preeminent heel in wrestling today.

Too bad his "brother" Christian (now with TNA) and and his old pal Chris Jericho aren't around to see it...
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2007, 09:22:55 AM »

Undertaker - In his prime or when he was new. he was the best bad guy!
Rick Rude - had some good battles with the Ultimate Warrior. super rude.
Mr. Perfect - Had the Perfect Plex! Great Wrestling skills.
Earthquake - The big bad guy. He was that. Put Hogan away for some time.
Demolition - The bad Tag Team. Hard to forget them.
Roddy Piper - I dont need to tell you why. This guy is a Legend.
Ted DiBiase - The Million Dollar Man! He IS forever a heel.
Randy Macho Man Savage - when he was a bad guy he was Great at it!

Wrestling In the 80's was the BEST time EVER! Now today you got big cut prettyboys with no skills and are easy to forget.

REST IN PEACE! *note* See that belt? thats when he kicked Hogans ass. Yeah yeah I know Hogan beat him later on Tuesday in Texas 1991. Hogan had to cheat tho. We will always remember Prime UNDERTAKER. Good topic! tombofanubisdotcom
Also did you know Undertaker put the great Ultimate Warrior in a body bag once? I have that match. heres some trivia for you TOMB do you remember why Undertaker turned good? back in the day? I do. hint - Something to do with Randy Macho Man Savage.



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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2007, 03:29:03 PM »

Some of them were so good at being bad they were popular.

The Fabulous Freebirds
Kevin Sullivan
Greg Valentine
Don Muraco
Superstar Billy Graham
Jesse Ventura
Mr. Fuji
The Shiek
Brusier Brody (So bad he was good)
Abdullah The Butcher
Stan Hanson
The Masked Superstar (who later became part of Demolition)
The Anderson Brothers (Gene & Ole)
The Sheepherders
The Iron Shiek
Sgt. Slaughter (early years)
Raven
Mankind
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2007, 04:09:59 PM »

Also did you know Undertaker put the great Ultimate Warrior in a body bag once? I have that match. heres some trivia for you TOMB do you remember why Undertaker turned good? back in the day? I do. hint - Something to do with Randy Macho Man Savage.

I do indeed Venom: when Randy Savage and his then vallet Miss Elizabeth got married, Jake "the Snake" Roberts had enlisted the help of the Undertaker to make Savage's life a living Hell. It's gotten a little foggy in my mind as it happened so long ago, but I remember the Undertaker turning on Roberts either because he felt that The Snake had gone too far or because Jake had turned on him at some point. I want to say it was because Jake trapped him in a pit full of snakes at one point, but I just realized that happened to the Ultimate Warrior, not the Undertaker.

I'm reading Mick Foley's second book "Foley is Good"  right now, and though I've always enjoyed Foley as a performer, I respect the hell out of him as an author. His writing style flows so well that I've burned through 100 pages before I know it and his life's so interesting both in the ring and outside of it that it's impossible for me not to like him.
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2007, 05:03:40 PM »

 Your half right and theres more ... Later Randy Savage started to be really mean to Miss Elizabeth. Show after show It got really bad. I forgot who Undertaker was fighting at the time maybe Jake ... Later after the show , In the back Savage was fighting with Miss Elizabeth again this time Randy Macho Man Savage had a steel chair in his hands ready to hit poor Miss Elizabeth. Now I forgot how clear this happened but when Randy started to swing the chair Undertakers arm came into screen! grabbing the chair
saving Elizabeth.
I will never forget that part. Later Undertaker started fighting heels I think the Berserker was the 1st "hussss -  hussss" the crazy Viking remember Him? Also Miss Elizabeth Just passed away some time ago rip.
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2007, 06:27:41 PM »

Vince McMahon is the biggest heel in today's wrestling which shows just how sad it's gotten and how much it's fallen from its glory days. The real heat machines of yesteryear had fans ready to riot they riled up the fans so much. Some great heat getters in wrestling were:

The original Sheik
The Iron Sheik
Kevin Sullivan (especially his devil-worshipping gimmick)
The Four Horsemen
Greg "the Hammer" Valentine
Nick Bockwinkel
Ray "the Crippler" Stevens
Ken Patera
Killer Kowalksi
Mad Dog Vachon
Baron Von Raschke
Fritz Von Erich
Gorgeous George
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2007, 09:43:59 PM »

You have some good taste in your bad guys JaseSF. I haven't seen FRITZ VON ERICH in his hay-day, but the others that I didn't mention are some of the greats.

Nick Bockwinkel
Ray "the Crippler" Stevens
Killer Kowalksi
Mad Dog Vachon
Baron Von Raschke
Gorgeous George

The AWA has some good ones and the whole Kevin Sullivan in Florida years where the ultimate. Without him I don't think you would have seen THE UNDERTAKER years later. Waiting for someone on Youtube to put up a video of Sullivan raising Mark "Purlple Haze" Lewin from the sea and when Sullivan come up from underneath the center of the ring during a Dusty Rhodes cage match. Sullivan was actually banned from Catholic High School wrestling events in Florida during that time.





Here you see a younger Jake Roberts with Kevin Sullivan. It's said that Jake Roberts actually went crazy during his time with Sullivan.
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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2007, 09:53:11 PM »

Scott Thats a good rare pic of Jake.  Thumbup JaseSF Yes Ken Patera and Greg "the Hammer" Valentine. Also great heels!
and dont forget this heel , the Honky Tonk Man. and please dont forget Kamala and Sika.
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« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2007, 10:02:47 PM »

I actually met HONKY TONK MAN in Atlantic City. Another fan wanted to shake his hand and he said "I'm not shaking your hand. I don't know where its been". His real name is Wayne Ferris I believe.

Afa and Sika were one of my all time favorite tag teams. Sika was hampered in later years with an ankle injury leaving Afa to do all the work till they stopped. Back in the 70's The Samoans where also know as the Islanders like their children and relatives in more recent times.



The Sheepherders were also great "bad guys" at one time. Causing riots in the arenas and being arrested for real.


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« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2007, 10:10:29 PM »

yes I really mis Capt Lou Albano and the Wild samoans!  Bluesad

The good old days!
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Oh yeah and dont forget Blackjack Mulligan ... remember the red X the tv screen when he did his claw move? I guess to block out the blood lol. thats like the late 70's
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« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2007, 11:53:59 AM »

How could we have gotten this far and not yet mentioned "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert? His feud with Jerry Lawler is stuff of legend. He was able to truly rile up fans like few others in both Memphis and the Mid-South/UWF. Also how could one forget Tommy Rich, Paul E. Dangerously and Austin Idol's  scheme to rob Jerry Lawler of his Southern title and shave his head bald in Memphis? I honestly wonder how they got out of there alive.
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« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2007, 08:49:56 PM »

The first time I saw Eddie Gilbert was about 1982 when he had a brief stint in the WWF and he even teamed once in a while with a very young Curt Henning. Later caught him in the UWF (Mid-South/Louisiana region) when he seemed to have mastered his craft and I loved those flying falls when he would get punched which was a real trademark for Tennessee style wrestling.



"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert in the UWF with Sting, Rick Steiner?. and a younger looking Jim Ross.

First saw Tommy "Wild Fire" Rich on Georgia Championship Wrestling around 1980-81 when he made his return to Georgia, helped save Junk Yard Dog, and later won the NWA title from Harley Race. Actually got to see him in person around 2000 in Atlantic City during an ECW show where he was managing the FBI (Full Blooded Italians). It was really something seeing Tommy Rich in person 20 years after his biggest year in Georgia. I was never a big fan of his back then, but always remembered how much the crowd cheered him. He was never really a star outside Georgia and Tennessee.

Austin Idol is another one who never ventured out of the Tennessee/Georgia area. Only saw him once on Georgia wrestling and he gave quite an interview. Later I watched a few videos of him and he really wasn't that great.

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« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2007, 02:31:53 AM »

How can you say heels and not mentioned the dirtiest player in the game.  The stylin', profilin', limo ridin' Ric Flair (in his years with WCW), Triple H, "Psyco" Sid Vicious, The Dudley Boys (when they made busting though wooden tables famous on WWE), and Mr. Chip-on-his-shoulder himself, Chavo Guerrero to name a few.
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