07-24-2003, 04:07 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Flock of Moosen
This one completely baffles me. Why is Eddie Guerrero all of a sudden one of the most popular wrestlers on Smackdown these days?
Don't get me wrong, he is a tremendous wrestler, but he's been a classic heel more times than a face and frankly he's better at it as the \"bad guy\". Now that he is \"supposed\" to be a heel, the fans are going nuts for him.
Now I just read the latest Smackdown results and once again the fans went crazy for him. Hell, it was even listed that he got the biggest pops of the night. Then when he and Benoit had a segment together, it was Benoit that got booed.
Maybe one of you can explain this, because I just don't get it. :confused:
Remember back around, oh, mid-to-late 90s, WWF tried like crazy to make Steve Austin the most hated man in the organization. Instead, his charisma and "fuck you" manner caused fans to embrace him, baffling Vince & Co. till they finally said "Screw it" and allowed Stone Cold to become one of the most popular figures in WWF/E/whatever history.
Eddie's behavior, for now, seems to run more along the lines of comedic heel rather than bad-ass. If WWe wants to make him a true heel, he'd have to do something more heinous than beating up his partner or pulling cutesy little cheating moves. Then again, WWe fans would probably still love him; no one wants to be spoonfed on how to react to a wrestler.
(sorry if I rambled, I'm too exhausted for coherency)