15 Wrestling terms which you may not know till now
14.X-Pac Heat
It’s good for a heel to have heat with a crowd. When the fans in attendance are booing the bad guy, then that means he’s good at his job, right? Well, not exactly. Sometimes – and this is becoming more and more common in the Reality Era – when a performer is booed by the fans, it is because they genuinely don’t like him. They’re not booing the character, they’re booing the man portraying him.
Such a negative reaction from the crowd has been dubbed “X-Pac heat,” as the former member of D-Generation X would be booed out of the building by fans who just didn’t like him as a person. Roman Reigns has received a similar reaction from crowds across the world. For most fans, however, the problem with Reigns is that he was pushed to the main event ahead of guys like Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler. Had his rise to the title picture been more natural, it is likely the fans wouldn’t have been so negative towards him.
The term “X-Pac heat” is used to this day, though it might be necessary to change it to “Eva Marie heat” in the coming weeks and months.