Bully Ray comments on heels in wrestling and how some fans love to hate them.
In all forms of entertainment, many people will often find redeeming qualities in the bad guy and/or villain of a story. This is also true for professional wrestling. For example, the New World Order, a villainous faction, is looked at by many fans as the most popular wrestling faction of all time. Furthermore, Ric Flair, who played the role of a bad guy for the majority of his career, is looked at by many fans as one of the most popular wrestlers of all time.
While speaking to Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Bully Ray talked about his status in the industry and stated that he thinks he's the best in the world at eliciting the emotion of hatred.
“It goes back to giving my all, investing in what I’m doing. If you’re gonna hate me, I’m gonna be the most hated guy in the entire industry. There are maybe three or four really good heels in wrestling right now and I would put my name in that group. When I’m on my game, I don’t think there is anybody in this industry that can elicit the emotion of hatred, of pure disdain more than I can. You know, some guys go there and the fans love to hate them. If people are loving to hate you, then there’s an emotion of joy involved. When I go out there, nobody loves to hate me. They just fucking hate me.”
When asked his opinion on MJF's place in the business as a top heel, Ray said that people love to hate on the AEW World Champion.
“See, everybody wants to talk about Max, ‘Oh, he’s the best heel.’ But people love to hate Max. When Max comes out for his entrance, there are a lot of people smiling. There’s a lot of people going ‘Oh my god, what is he gonna say? I can’t wait for the zinger?’ When Bully comes out, nobody is smiling. There’s worry. I love Max to death, I am his biggest supporter and biggest fan and he knows it. But, it would be very easy for Max to go out there to a sea of boos, but also to a standing ovation. If they love you that much, then they can’t hate you that much.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Ray talked about a possible reunion with D-Von Dudley. To learn more, click here.
MJF is set to defend the AEW World Championship against Bryan Danielson at Sunday's AEW Revolution pay-per-view. To see the updated lineup for the show, click here.
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