In professional wrestling, a heel is a wrestler who portrays a villain, "bad guy", "baddie", "evil-doer", or "rulebreaker", and acts as an antagonist to the faces, who are the heroic protagonist or "g
Foreign heels The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff and manager Freddie Blassie taunt an American crowd at Madison Square Garden in the 1980s.
With his flamboyant gimmick, Gorgeous George became one of the most famous wrestlers of his era.
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John Felix Anthony Cena is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, and former rapper. He is signed to WWE as a brand ambassador. Cena wrestled for WWE for 24 years, becoming a record-setting
Heel (professional wrestling)
…to cheer for heels and boo babyfaces. In "local" wrestling (e.g., American wrestling) it was common for the faces to be "local" (e.g., Hulk Hogan, John Cena, and Stone Cold Steve Austin) and the heels to be portrayed as "foreign" (e.g., Gunther, Alberto Del Rio, Ivan Koloff, The Iron Sheik, Rusev/Miro…
Cena at the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con
Cena facing Crash Holly at an Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) show in 2000
Cena with his customized United States Championship belt in 2005
Cena facing off against Edge at a house show in 2006