I write a wrestling column every Monday and Friday for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. It can be found online at TribLIVE.com.
The latest column talks about WWE fans needing to stop "outsmarting" themselves when it comes to heat toward heels. The following is an excerpt:
In the entertainment world of professional wrestling, heat is heat.
Heat is the term referred to as people not liking you.
I'm sick of hearing about how there is such a thing as good heat and bad heat. Meaning, there is heat that is legitimate and heat that says someone is annoying.
Nonsense.
Some fans in wrestling feel smarter referring to such as “X-Pac heat.” A term named after the famous wrestler indicating a performer gets negative reaction only because people don't care about them, are annoyed by them or don't respect them.
There might be no greater of an example of fans outsmarting themselves.
It's not hard to figure it out. I've come to this conclusion — there are four reactions possible in professional wrestling.
You can get cheered. You can hear boos. You can get silence. You can have people leaving their seats to go to the bathroom or concession stands.
Those last two reactions everyone wants to avoid. Silence or people getting up or changing the channel.
No better example of this “intelligent” fan misguidance is with the new main roster heel, Rusev.
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