Strawman Has a Point/Professional Wrestling: Difference between revisions

 

* 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.

* 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.

* Bobby Roode, since [[Face Heel Turn|turning heel]] to take the [[TNA]] World Heavyweight Championship, has seen the bad side of new authority figure [[Sting (wrestling)|Sting]]. Sting has tried to punish Roode for his outright [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|cheating tactics]] and [[Jerkass]] tendencies including taking advantage of injured ex-partners and practically shooting them [[In the Back]], using [[Pointy-Haired Boss|Dixie Carter]] as a shield and spitting in her face, among other assorted tactics, by making life hard for him as the champion. However, Sting in the process has taken to forcing Roode into repeat title defenses the ''Impact'' after certain pay-per-views as well as physically involved himself in world title matters. Roode is a [[It's All About Me|selfish traitor]] with no redeemable social qualities whatsoever, but he's got a point about Sting's zeal for screwing with him to get a more virtuous champion - he's even recently [[Batman Gambit|exploited that to recreate an old Bret Hart title defense]].