Top 50 Greatest Wrestling Heels of all time

16. Jim Cornette

During his days in Jim Crockett Promotions, there was nothing about Jim Cornette that fans did not despise.

He was a mamma’s boy, wearing his colorful suits, carrying his tennis racket and spewing his spoiled rich-kid venom for the whole world to hear. He was totally funded by his mother, who wanted her boy to lead his wrestlers to championship gold, and he delivered every time.

Cornette was one of the most hated men that never performed on a full-time basis in the ring. His heat with the crowd rubbed off on the men he managed, most notably The Midnight Express. Jim was the mouthpiece of the team, and brought a level of credibility and hype to a duo who were very good in the ring. His character was simply just an amplification of what was already there.

Jim Cornette is a great example of the classic heel. He was greedy, grandstanding, vile with his words and his work as one of the most hated managers of all time will go down in wrestling history. He is definitely one of a kind.