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10 Wrestlers fans just can't stand

Sean
Sean "123 Kid Syxx X-Pac" Waltman

There's an old adage in journalism that everyone might demand the truth, what they really want is to cheer and boo.

While that's certainly true in pro wrestling as well, sometimes there are wrestlers who just don't click with the audience, and are unable to form a connection.

Worse, sometimes those same wrestlers turn out to be annoying, or unskilled, or just plain so boring that fans don't hate the character--they hate the man playing him. Here are ten wrestlers who the fans just couldn't stand.


#10 Renegade

Renegade, aka Rick Wilson, RIP
Renegade, aka Rick Wilson, RIP

The Renegade is what happens when you get the fan base's hopes up, only to dash them utterly to Earth.

For weeks leading up to WCW's Uncensored event, Hulk Hogan teased an "Ultimate Surprise" and showed a silhouette of a man who bore a striking resemblance to Jim "Warrior" Hellwig.

It should have been called the Ultimate Con because when the PPV rolled around instead of the Ultimate Warrior, fans were treated to the Renegade, a cheap knockoff with half the muscles, perhaps twice the talent, but none of the charisma of Hellwig.

The Renegade flopped, and not even Arn Anderson could carry him to a good match. Fans resented Renegade because of who he wasn't, not because of who he was.

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