The Most Pushed Down Your Throat Heel

[Pay Per Ghost]

Ain't talking about paying to see a heel getting his ass kicked. Not talking about waiting till he gets him comeupance. I mean that villian who you would pay not to see and hope a freak kayaking accident would would tear his larynx making him useless, ye that bad.

For me J flippin BL. Oh my, him saying put his name on the marquee and MSG sells out at ONS epitomizes the fact that I had no idea why he was pushed to the sun. His promos were meh, but it was his ring-work that truly turned my stomach fierce.

 

[Leakee]

CM Punk in his old Smackdown straight edge days of 2009. He was feuding with Jeff Hardy at the time and when he beat him and finished his career on Smackdown, I was devastated. He then went and rubbed it in everyone's face by doing this:
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It pee'd everyone off as Jeff Hardy was the face of Smackdown at the time. You can tell by the faces of the audience after they realised who it was.
The most depressing thing was this:
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EVERYONE hated him; but that's what a heel is supposed to do, I guess.
On the contrary; he was just doing his job of being a heel. He was doing it well, also.

 

[sanefan_har]

momentarily I felt the same about Jerry Lawler during his feud with the hitman in 1993. I felt Most of his promos were just ridiculing the people at the arena and never actually built any heat for himself. I couldn't hate him for his gimmick but he was just pathetic. He improved later on though!

 

[Broski_of_the_week]

I'd say at the moment the worst heel for being 'pushed down your throat' would be Jack Swagger. IMO he has zero charisma, is poor on the mike and although hes technically good in the ring (i.e performs moves safely and efficiently) he seems to have no idea of how to put these moves together into an exciting match in any way. How many times do we see the same Swagger splash off the ropes attempted in the same match? and every ankle lock just gets rolled out of... it loses all suspense and excitement in his matches, as he (and i suppose his opponents to an extent) lack the creativity to think of any other spots for him to perform. But yet he STILL gets PPV matches thrown at him like the match v Sheamus at TLC and has been teamed up with the biggest heat gainer in the WWE atm in Vickie and the much more talented Dolph in order to keep Swagger relevant and in peoples minds, despite the fact he gets no reaction from crowds and puts on below par matches. I know hes young but he really needs to pick up quickly if hes to create a career in this sport.

 

[joshtheo]

JBL hated is in ring work he looked like a flabby old man and made me turn over every time he came on the screen he offered nothing and was kept as a top heel champion for far to long

 

[NotoriousWWE]

Ezekial Jackson, was an extreme failure especially since he has an IC title reign to his name. He completely sucks on the mic and when he begun feuding with Christian on ECW I stopped tuning in. Terrible gimmick to start with also (Kenderick's bodyguard)

 

[IHW]

Del Rio for me.
I completely hate this guy. He Is BORING!
I do not want to see a champion Del Rio, nor Rio in the title picture constantly.

 

[leemurf]

Michael F*ing Cole! i swear to god i am sick of listening to him insult JR and mock his freaking health issues, and all the dead mother jokes earlier in the year were unbearable. And now he's a hypocritical coward who says shit about people he doesnt like and praises the people he does like for example when the Miz gets a cheap win over someone cole admires and praises him for the win but if the roles were reversed and someone beats miz in an unclean way well then they cheated and should be punished.

AND THIS GOES ON EACH AND EVERY WEEK! I'm just sick listening to him

 

[legendkiller1979]

Definitely JBL. This was a guy who was in a tag team that was less than insignificant at the time. (Let me stress AT THE TIME. the APA was great in years past) Then he turns heel and nobody cares. JBL is living proof that there's no quicker way to get someone over as heel than to put a belt on him. I don't think there was anybody that expected him to beat Eddy Gurrero for the belt. Why would they? He was a tag team wrestler that had nothing to show for his career than a couple of short tag title reigns and a week long reign as european champion.

Then he won the title. This was the most shocking title win to date and possibly ever.
I'm not here to debate who had the most shocking win, I'm just making a point. For nine moths we were forced to endure this nobody walking around with the WWE belt.
I was never so excited for a title change as I was for Cena beating him and mania 21.
I would put his title reign on par with Jack Swagger. Neither guy had any business in a title match, let alone wearing the belt. The big difference being that the WWE put Swagger's run out of it's misery quickly. We weren't so lucky with JBL.

 

[longlivetheBrood]

I'd have to go with Alberto del Rio as well. To me his music is almost as annoying as John Cena's (high-pitched, ear splitting), he's unintelligible to me when he speaks-I have to strain to understand what he's saying, and the whole "I'm rich so you are all peons" thing is soooooo overdone (Ric Flair in his Horseman days, Ted DiBiase, JBL). Most heels I say to myself "I can see myself cheering for this guy if he turned face" such as with Punk, Swagger, Miz, Cody Rhodes, Ziggler. Not del Rio though I just wish he'd disappear for a 'welness violation'.

Close 2nd: R-Truth and I ALMOST got my wish.

 

[akrassikauda]

Oh I have a few I'll start with AWA - Colonel DeBeers. Ok we get it everyone is upset with South Africa now all of a sudden America hates Apartheid.

WCW- SID. No talent,just a body couldn't do squat in the ring not even a powerbomb which was his finisher,all of his attention should have went to Mean Mark. I hated him even more after the Arn Andersen incident.

ECW- Simon Diamond. Talk about a channel changer. Ok ok Simon has a problem yeah he's boring.

WWF/WWE - JBL was listed he was good in a tag team but singles AH I wanted to shoot myself the whole wrestling god thing I would say pissed a lot of people off.

Lex Luger. The Narcissist was just boring plain old boring then they turn him face even more boring.

Well that's all I have for now.

 

[Miz_Mark]

Ain't talking about paying to see a heel getting his ass kicked. Not talking about waiting till he gets him comeupance. I mean that villian who you would pay not to see and hope a freak kayaking accident would would tear his larynx making him useless, ye that bad.

Triple H. He was shoved so far down our throats he came out the other end.

For me J flippin BL. Oh my, him saying put his name on the marquee and MSG sells out at ONS epitomizes the fact that I had no idea why he was pushed to the sun. His promos were meh, but it was his ring-work that truly turned my stomach fierce.

Couldn't disagree with you more. JBL was awesome. I wish he could still go today. Granted, he was no technical savant, but he was a solid power wrestler and could brawl with the best of them, and in his main event run he showed he was a master of heel tactics in ring as well. And on the mic, epic. Back when he was in the APA, I never would have guessed, and I was as shocked as everyone when he first got his singles push, but he showed he belonged at the top with his excellent promo skills. JBL makes the cut in the WWE Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century DVD, and he damn well deserves it. Great heel champion, and of course a WRESTLING... GOD!

 

[TheSaintSays]

Michael Cole. Heel announcers can work if they are NOT the play by play guy, but they also must be somewhat funny, like an old school Heenan or even early 90's Lawler. But the PBP guy should really worry about getting the talent over in the ring. There are times where I literally want to stop watching all together because the commentary is so bad, or in some cases, non existent in relation to the actual match. I don't even see where they are going with it, I thought it would be over after Lawler beat him, but it seems like heel Cole is going to be around for a while and it makes me sick.

 

[PaigeLovesCenton]

F'n Alberto Del Rio. Once he won the RR, he's been shoved down our throats ever since. He doesn't have the best mic skills, and he's BORING. UGH.

 

[multiverseman.com]

Triple H.

The pushed Triple H so damn hard that people were like fuck it, we may as well get behind him because he ain't going anywhere.

His work ethic and studying of the business is/was inspiring, but if he wasn't a politician, he'd never have gotten where he got.

 

[Juvenal]

Michael Cole! Ever since they turned him into a heel commentator...all he's done is whine & bitch! It gets freaking annoying to the point you just want to change the channel. I have no idea why WWE still has him as Heel. All he does is glorifies himself and the heels, but to the point where he is literally on his knees and...well u know.

But if it has to be a wrestler...it will be Triple H. The only reason I hated him was after he was shove down our throats from 2002-2005. He pratically buried everyone with his politics and having to be world champion. I just hate how he has backstage power where he will squash anyones thunder...recently...CM Punk.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

Currently Ziggler. I don't understand why so many on the internet get behind him. Nothing about him is above average. He has had some good competitive matches but all that against his inability on the mic and his douchy look make him nothing more than an internet darling who ends up in multiple PPV matches. I never see him as someone worth my emotion, just someone who makes me want to change the channel.

All time I have to go with Honky Tonk Man. He held the IC title for way too long using a gimmick that got tired really fast. Jeff Jarrett is a close second to HTM.

 

[The Brain]

Most heels I say to myself "I can see myself cheering for this guy if he turned face" such as with Punk, Swagger, Miz, Cody Rhodes, Ziggler. Not del Rio though I just wish he'd disappear for a 'welness violation'.

Doesn't that make him the best heel of all? You're not supposed to be able to see yourself cheering for a heel. I guess I understand the point of this thread but it doesn't really make sense to me. People here are expressing a strong dislike for certain guys which means they are/were an effective heel. If you simply didn't care about somebody you wouldn't have feelings toward him one way or the other. The way I see it if you've taken the time to express such hatred for him, the heel has done his job and you're not even aware of it. You just don't realize they've worked you. There's no shame in being a mark sometimes. Job well done JBL and ADR.

 

[NthDegree23]

Michael Cole. Michael Cole. Michael Cole. Michael Cole. Michael Cole. Michael Cole. Michael Cole ad infinitum.

Seriously, there's nothing wrong with a heel commentator, but a heel commentator who makes big moments all about himself (everything with the new champs on Raw, D Bryan's cash ins) and is the LEAD ANNONCER on BOTH shows? Absolutely horrendous. And what's worse is that no one challenges him. When Jerry Lawler was the heel commentator, JR would easily out argue him and show him to be an idiot. Nobody challenges Cole. It makes for an oppressive, hateful atmosphere and it confuses the kids who watch. Although at first he helped Daniel Bryan's popularity, Cole is now a large part of the reason that DB is not more over.

Second to Cole, I'd say Jeff Jarrett in TNA's early years. Nepotism and wrestling are almost always a recipe for disaster.

 

[Pay Per Ghost]

I don't think this threas has been understood by all.
I'll try

Someone is ok on the mic- The Miz, he is now pushed to the moon. He is below average in the ring, his promos are just above ok yet we are to believe that he will stay the top heel for years.

Ziggler, I find good enough in the ring but someone more complete and exciting than him is Cody Rhodes, yet Ziggles is the one having match after with match with the top guys which is funneling the idea that he belongs in the echelon rather fistingly.

 

[Zangash]

I know it's been said before, but Michael Cole. He, current;y, is everything that is wrong with the WWE product. Not only that, but as the lead announcer he is far worse than ANY boring/generic wrestler you may find unenjoyable. Why? Because no matter what the match is, no matter what's happening, he is there, ruining the product with his garbage. Last Raw he almost popped a blood vessel in his neck from clearly fake, yet somehow absolute rage at CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, and Zach Ryder, merely for being champions. Then, his fake-rage escalated just because they came in through the crowd. I understand he's in character, but come on, I just want to enjoy the show, now listen to Cole bitch about how Daniel Bryan is a "Hypocrite" (In quotes because Cole's use of the word is not correct).

Last year I kind of copped out on my year-end Cole write up and just wrote something basic like "f*** this guy." And while that simple statement surprisingly encapsulates so much, 2011 gave a level of Cole monstrosity like nothing any of us could have ever predicted. He had a match at WrestleMania (plus several PPVs after that) and was thrust into the forefront like never before. He went from just being a heel-ish announcer that we could all unite against, to being the one single, rotten thing that totally destroys all levels and layers of possible enjoyment any of us could possibly get out of the WWE product. And while the WWE might love the fact that we all hate Cole and talk and write (and TWEET!) about how much we hate him, I don't think they are able to fully grasp just how deep our misery is. Yes, he's playing a character, and yes most of his lines are fed to him, but he literally has made watching the WWE an excruciating experience.

Spoken by IGN's Matt Fowler. This man is, simply put, the worst part of wrestling and the sole reason wh I refuse to buy any PPVs besides the occasional Wrestlemania.

 

[JETER123]

Triple H from mid 2002 to mid 2005. And it's not even close. It's so funny how fans nowadays talk about that time period and say how Triple H was an awesome heel to watch, but those of us who watched week after week throughout those 3 years know the true story. Everybody hated HHH, and not because he was "such a great heel", but because he was CONSTANTLY IN THE MAIN EVENT, constantly cutting 20 minute promo's to start every Raw with the same old schtick. It was so boring and redundant, it was really hard to watch.

 

[Mengaone]

By an extremely large margin, Michael frickin Cole!! His voice goes through me like a bad dose of the squits!

I agree with a previous poster, Heel commentators are fine, I loved Lawler during the attitude era with his support of mcmahon/helmsley etc but you had JR on play by play giving a bit of positivity and keeping things in balance but Cole does not work on PBP, everything is about what he hates and who he doesn't think deserves wins/opportunities etc, he completely spoiled the start of raw this past week with DB/Punk/Ryder and the end of the main event also. If a heel ends a show on top you want to hear what a S.O.B he is and damn him etc and if a face wins you want to hear the positive end to the show. I want to turn the channel at times watching Raw.

 

[Miz_Mark]

I don't think this threas has been understood by all.
I'll try

Someone is ok on the mic- The Miz, he is now pushed to the moon. He is below average in the ring, his promos are just above ok yet we are to believe that he will stay the top heel for years.

And this proves the inherent flaw in this thread. You think the Miz is someone who is pushed down our throats, you think he's only ok on the mic and below average in the ring. I, along with countless other people, could not disagree with you more.

I think Miz is outstanding on the mic and very very good in the ring, I think he has earned everything that he's gotten and he absolutely deserves to be in the main event scene for years to come.

One man's "guy who has been pushed down my throat" is another's "hugely talented star who is finally getting what he deserves."

 

[cm ben]

Triple H from mid 2002 to mid 2005. And it's not even close. It's so funny how fans nowadays talk about that time period and say how Triple H was an awesome heel to watch, but those of us who watched week after week throughout those 3 years know the true story. Everybody hated HHH, and not because he was "such a great heel", but because he was CONSTANTLY IN THE MAIN EVENT, constantly cutting 20 minute promo's to start every Raw with the same old schtick. It was so boring and redundant, it was really hard to watch.

Yeah. This.

I actually stopped wrestling around this time. I was like 12 or 13 and starting to understand the politics and all that. There was no more ECW or WCW to fall back on anymore. Maybe it was a little short-sighted of me, because Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit and all them were still doing their thing, but, I don't know. I don't feel inclined to watch poor television more or less based around one dude's ego.

Currently, I don't feel like there's any glaring answer to this question. Yeah, ADR is a little one-dimensional, but he doesn't take up too much TV time (and also, I get a real kick out of Ricardo). Other big-time heels, like Henry or The Miz, are actually entertaining to watch--I still don't like them (that is, they're doing their job)--but they don't make me re-think my relationship as a consumer to the company.