Top 15 Bad Guys In Pro Wrestling History

Always jealous to the point of near insanity, The Macho Man tried to keep his girlfriend and later wife Miss Elizabeth on a short leash. Savage's success as a heel hinged strongly on the premise that he was out of his mind and often evil, while she was the paragon of virtue who stood by his side no matter how poorly she was treated. This made him look that much worse in comparison.

The humongous and usually gentle giant from France was often lovable and heroic, but with the wrong person in his ear, he could be beyond destructive. When aligned with the likes of Ted DiBiase and Bobby Heenan, the sky was the limit for what he could do. What made him so effective was that gentle nature, as it was obvious that he was being manipulated and didn't ever realize it was happening.

He claims to be "The Best in the World at What I Do," per his own words, and Jericho is certainly up there with the greats. The amount of times he has been able to successfully reinvent himself alone deserves a commendation. He was the flashy and whiny heel in WCW, and continued on to the WWF as a brash braggart.

The Million Dollar Man was the definition of how corrupt and evil one can be when one has the power of money. Whether it was paying off other wrestlers to do his bidding or taunting and humiliating kids from the live audience, DiBiase was cruel simply because he could be. His maniacal laugh was also something that set him apart from much of the pack as a true super villain.

He started out as a gothic lackey and rose to stardom as one half of one of the greatest tag teams in his generation. When he and Christian broke up, he enjoyed average success as both a heel and babyface, but it wasn't until a real-life incident that he could truly be called a big time bad guy. He had an affair with Matt Hardy's fiance Lita, their dirty laundry was aired, Edge became a star and never looked back.

Cocky, confident, and classic 80s with his big hair and thick mustache, Rude was the classic narcissist. His biggest claim to fame in the WWF is his feud with Jake The Snake Roberts.

He was loud, cocky, brash and just did not care. Roddy Piper is the quintessential loudmouth heel who does what he wants whenever he wants, and never apologizes for anything. He became so hated that people wanted to kill him, and then be became even more of a bad guy to the point where it was impossible not to love him.

Whether he is proclaiming that being straight edge makes him better than you, or that he was the "Best in the World," CM Punk was given the gift of gab and has always used it to perfection. He became a straight edge savior and ran Jeff Hardy out of WWE by expertly making people hate him for wanting to protect their children from modeling their lives after an addict. That is proper heel work.

The Dirtiest Player In The Game was able to bring a mixture of nuance and over-the-top braggadocio that made people love him when he wanted to be loved, and hate him when he wanted to be hated. The leader of the legendary Four Horsemen knew how to hold the audience in the palm of his hand and created magic every time he laced his boots or grabbed a microphone.

He broke out as the cocky, confident, uncaring and overall arrogant character that became his trademark. Just when people fell in love with that guy, he pulled it away and started directing his attitude toward them, and kept moving forward as a hated foil for the beloved good guys.

Heyman is hated for many different reasons. You hate him because he was the leader of ECW. You hate him because his ineptitude killed ECW. You hate him because he's a loudmouth jerk who almost never gets what is coming to him. Maybe you hate him because even more so than Triple H, he always wins in the end, and he is smarmy and gross and has a grin that even his mother wants to punch off his face.

Simply put, the guy is despised. Whether it's the internet crowd or the live audience, everyone has an opinion on him. As a true heel in the ring, he is a master at getting the crowd to react how he wants, and he can be the meanest guy ever or sickeningly snobbish.

The Weasel is the manager of managers. He was over the top and could use the same mannerisms to somehow play for comedy and seriousness depending on the situation. He led some of the greats to the ring. Heenan did the talking for some, and provided one more infuriating piece of the puzzle for others.

It's not an easy task to do a complete 180 and play the exact antithesis of the character you played for so many years, but Hogan certainly did it. Starting in 1996, he was the most hated man in the business. Hogan helped spark a huge boom in the 1980s, and then helped spark a second one in the 1990s after the initial one burned out. That sure is something special.

Vince was the man behind the man who helped spark the 80s boom for the WWE. Then he became the man who went on camera and was an integral part of the company's popularity in the late 90s. That's quite a combo. Mr. McMahon became the personification of evil, and was able to keep the fans hating him no matter how many times he got his comeuppance.