Wade Barrett talks about the dichotomy of good guys and bad guys.
Wade Barrett was a top heel throughout his days in WWE. While he would develop a friendly relationship with fans as "Bad News Barrett," Wade always enjoyed being the villain.
During a recent interview with AceOdds, Barret was asked about any heels that excited him. He had bad news as he revealed his feelings on the oxymoron of exciting heels.
"Exciting heel to me is an oxymoron," he said. "The problem with exciting heels is that people jump up on their feet and start cheering the second they walk out at which point they're no longer heels. They're getting cheered. They're the good guy now. They're the baby face. We've seen that over the years with several people. We saw it with the rock in the late nineties. I'm an old school fan and remember sitting at home watching the rock was trying his best to come out and insult towns and audiences, do the most heinous things and people would explode because they are so excited about seeing the rock and being entertained by him."
Wade Barrett also used LA Knight as a good example of how heels can turn into babyfaces with the right audience engagement.
"I think more recently, if you look at an LA Knight, I think the original game plan was that LA Knight was going to be an antagonist. He was going to be mean to people but again, he was so exciting and everyone got electrified and buzzed the second he was on the screen. Hey, you aren’t the heel anymore, pal," he said. "Those are two classic examples of the pitfalls of being an exciting heel, which they both turned into their benefit, of course. They sell a lot of T-shirts as a result. But yeah, exciting heels don't last long. They become exciting babyfaces instead."
Wade Barrett also recently discussed The Bloodline storyline in WWE. Read his thoughts here.
Wade Barrett also opened up about returning to the ring. Read his thoughts on that hypothetical scenario here.
Thanks to the team over at AceOdds for sending the above quotes.
