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PWINSIDER Q&A: GREATEST HEEL OF THE LAST 20 YEARS, HULK HOGAN VS. JOHN CENA AND MORE

Answered on 4/19

In your opinion, who is the greatest heel in the past 20 years?

That would go back to 1987 then.  I would put Randy Savage and Ric Flair up there, but in the end, I think Rick Rude was the best at being a pure heel. 

Do you think that the rabid anti-Cena sentiment among European fans in WWE's latest overseas tour might have less to do with how the fans feel about Cena as a wrestler and more to do with the fact that Cena's character currently has a military theme to it, at a time when pretty much everyone outside of the U.S. has a very dim view of America's foreign policy and our military?

I highly doubt fans that are buying tickets to go to WWE shows are booing John Cena because of some sort of slight connection to the U.S. military.  I think it is far more likely that they, like many fans in the U.S., just don't like Cena. 

I read recently that there was a Japanese version of the NWO. If this is true, who were the members, and which of their feuds standout if I wanted to get my hands on some of their best matches?

The leader of the NWO Japan faction was Masahiro Chono, and other top stars that were members include Keiji Muto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Scott Norton.  Like the WCW version, there were also lesser wrestlers that were part of the stable, and of course WCW stars like Michael Wallstreet and NWO Sting were regularly part of the Japanese contingent.  Kevin Nash and Scott Hall even came over on occasion.  Their main feud in 1997 was against the top members of the New Japan army, which at the time were Kensuke Sasaki, Shinya Hashimoto and Manabu Nakanishi. 

Simple question: Would Hulk Hogan job to John Cena?

No.  (Okay, I'm sure for some large sum of money, he would, but I'm still sticking with my answer)

I'm not sure I want the answer to this question but here goes. When I think of Sandman, Ballz, Al Snow, Stevie Richards, and other guys that are good wrestlers and have been around forever but have never really been the top dude in the business I think of what the person behind the character is like. What happens to them after their in-ring life is over? How do they live? Do they have homes and families? I don't want to believe it is as sad as them living in small apartments and still living paycheck to paycheck. What happens to non WWE created guys when they are to old to go somewhere else or don't have a name like a Kurt Angle or Hogan?

Being a wrestler is like any other profession where you have a "prime", like being a pro baseball player or a professional actor.  If you plan for your future and take care of your finances during your prime years of working, you can be ready for the future when you aren't earning as much.  For those that never make "big money" in wrestling, they need to face the reality that they are going to need to supplement their income, or possibly go into another field.  Some wrestlers adapt well to life after their in-ring years are over, and some, well, don't.  

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