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It is often said that WWE babyfaces make poor choices.
This is true. The evidence does not lie.
WWE babyfaces are easily manipulated by heels, and always betrayed by those that they consider close friends, despite the fact that the entire audience can see said manipulation or betrayal from a mile away.
But what about WWE heels?
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They are usually the ones doing the manipulating and betraying, and so are extremely smart. They bend the rules, take every unfair advantage that they can get, and abuse all the power they have.
This is the standard heel template, and most follow it. The job of the heel is to antagonize the babyface, and the audience. This is achieved through the character portrayed; what they say and what they do, how they think and how they act, and their motivations for their behaviour.
However, there are certain heels that are so dastardly, so scheming, so conniving, that they make the average heel look decidedly that; average.
This list includes current WWE heels, and so includes Superstars from the past such as 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase. Furthermore, current actions have been taken into account; the likes of Braun Strowman and Kevin Owens have been conniving in the past, but their current actions leave a lot to be desired.
Selections have been made upon the basis of what the heel has done, why it is conniving, and how such scheming has benefited their career.
This list includes a wannabe movie star, a man obsessed with reading from children's books, a part-time fighting machine, and a current Champion.
Agree? Disagree?
#4 The Miz
The Miz is currently embroiled in a bitter feud with Daniel Bryan, but has outsmarted The Beard at every given opportunity.
It would be too lengthy to list every single devious thing that the Miz has done, so let's cover the broad strokes.
He pretended to throw his own child at Daniel Bryan, in order to catch him off guard and beat him up. He has used Andrade 'Cien' Almas and Zelina Vega to shield himself and his wife, Maryse, from Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella. He was slipped brass knuckles by his wife, Maryse, at SummerSlam, which he used to knock Daniel Bryan out and win the match. He has stolen all of Daniel Bryan's signature moves, and regularly taunts him by using them.
I could go on, but it wouldn't matter.
The Miz is as devious as they come.
#3 Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe has crossed every line possible in his feud with A.J. Styles.
Involving Styles' family has been nothing short of reprehensible.
But, it has also been quite brilliant.
An angry fighter is a sloppy fighter. Styles has been emotionally thrown by these attacks, and Joe is living rent-free inside his head.
Joe's reward? Three successive WWE Championship matches, the last of which is a no disqualification match. Joe not only has another chance to win the WWE Championship, he has the license to beat A.J. Styles senseless whilst doing so.
#2 Dolph Ziggler
Dolph Ziggler's current character could be straight out of a high school movie.
He is the annoying kid in the class who struts around because he is hanging out with the bullies. You desperately want to wipe the smug look off of his face, but know that to do so would be to give his bully friends an excuse to beat you up. So you keep your mouth shut. He knows this too. So he runs his mouth.
Dolph Ziggler was absolutely floundering on Smackdown Live. He was traded to RAW, and many expected him to continue to flounder. Instead, he thrived. His secret? He befriended the returning Drew McIntyre. This relationship has been extremely beneficial; McIntyre helped him win the Intercontinental Championship, helped him retain it on several occasions, and is the sole reason that Dolph Ziggler is a RAW Tag Team Champion.
But Dolph didn't stop there.
His next ploy was to align himself with the hulking Braun Strowman, and due to this alliance has suddenly become a main-event player.
And if that wasn't enough, he curried favor with the corrupt General Manager of RAW, Baron Corbin, and has used this relationship to gain the help of every single heel in the locker room.
Dolph Ziggler has very smartly aligned himself with three of the biggest, baddest men in the whole of the WWE, and it has paid dividends.
#1 Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar negotiated a contract that allowed him to work very few, very lucrative dates, and return to the UFC for a potential Heavyweight Championship match-up against Daniel Cormier.
He was told that he would have to wait a very long time to get a rematch for his Universal Championship, so what did he do?
He interfered in the Universal Championship match at WWE Hell in a Cell, and promptly got a rematch at WWE Crown Jewel; one of the most lucrative paydays of the year.
He was told that he wouldn't get a rematch due to the fact that he never showed up, and not only engineered a rematch, not only ensured another fat pay-day but also likely isn't showing up until said rematch.
Bravo.
