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* While in [[ECW]], [[Mick Foley]] invoked this during his "anti-hardcore" gimmick, making real points about the fans (who were hungry for more and more risk-taking and violence by the wrestlers that would get to be too much) and still being considered a villain. He'd also invoke this trope when he "quit" as Cactus Jack while in the WWF, citing that he and Funk had been beaten pretty badly and the audience didn't seem to care once they heard uber-popular Steve Austin was in the building and started chanting his name.
* When [[Stephanie McMahon]] turned heel for the first time by betraying her then-face dad and marrying top heel [[Triple H]], she cited earlier in the year when her dad covertly arranged her own kidnapping from the Undertaker (and various other things that made her fear for her life) in an overly complicated [[
* Sometimes, a heel will hate a face for some pretty solid reasons and still be a heel nonetheless. An example would be when [[Chris Jericho]] had a feud with [[Shawn Michaels]] in 2008. Most everything Jericho said about the fans being hypocrites for supporting HBK (Michaels) were pretty much true—except that it wasn't long before Jericho began calling the fans hypocrites for pretty much ''any'' reason.
* [[Smug Straight Edge]] [[CM Punk]] frequently called out [[Jeff Hardy]] over his past drug use during their 2009 feud. Hardy's lame excuses (like that he's just "living in the moment" or that he's not perfect), combined with the fact that he never admitted fault for his past, caused more than a few fans to turn against the supposed face. Of course, this didn't at all justify Punk's cheating or using cowardly sneak attacks.
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* On NXT Season 5, Rookie Byron Saxton wants nothing to do with his pro Yoshi Tatsu due to the latter's courtship with Maryse rather than being his pro. While the viewers are supposed to be sympathetic towards Yoshi, the fact that Yoshi's infatuation with Maryse has interfered with mentoring his rookie (To the point where it cost him a match) makes Saxon appear more sympathetic.
* The number of people who have turned heel for no other reason than because they had the audacity to be angry after being attacked and/or bullied by Stone Cold Steve Austin for no apparent reason is pretty high. Prominent examples include Ric Flair during the initial brand split who was attacked despite doing everything he could to get on Austin's good side, and arguably Vince McMahon himself, who started a nearly five year feud simply by asking Austin to be a bit less anti-social.
* Bobby Roode, since [[Face Heel Turn|turning heel]] to take the [[TNA]] World Heavyweight Championship, has seen the bad side of new authority figure [[
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