I recall the term X-Pac heat getting thrown around a lot when he had the X-Factor group in the Invasion era. He was supposed to be a face because he was on team WWF, but everyone booed him because they hated him.
X-Pac really wasn't bad by any stretch. If anything, I'd say he was a solid worker and a great seller. The problem came in how he never was involved with anything meaningful yet constantly got wins despite that. No matter how good someone is in the ring, the audience's patience can onto last for so long before it they stop expecting anything meaningful from them. Same thing happened to Ziggler. He peaked when he cashed in Money in the Bank, and from there he meandered in bad storyline after bad storyline, not even coming close to world title gold, and eventually it put him in a death spiral where no one was able to buy into him as a contender for any push or title.
The exact same thing happened with Roman Reigns, now that I think about it. If you want him to evolve from The Shield, maybe you should have him coming out wearing the gear and sporting a bootleg version of their theme.
That’s not as interesting or unique as it once was. He works backstage these days, he’s on shitty A&E shows, he’s an agent when they do AAA shows he helps train at the PC he’s often at NXT etc. They basically just said uh Mark and Shawn are already here so that’s who you’re getting.
The UK has regressed more than any country that's ever existed.
That's been the case for as long as I've been watching wrasslin'. Lita had a serious case of trannyface even though I always thought she was hot. Obviously, Chyna did too, but her Playboy spreads were sexy as hell.
