Heels acting like heels...

I've really gotten into podcasts just lately, with JR's, Steve Austin's and Chris Jericho's being the top of my list. After listening to several from the last few months, I'm finally catching up and will be up-to-date with the latest ones in the next couple of days!

Today I finished JR's chat with Lance Storm from last week. I only really saw Storm in the WWE (from 2001 onwards) so am unfamiliar with his work in ECW and WCW, but from everything that you hear or read, he seems a great 'student of the game', as JR would say. This podcast was really interesting and brought up two excellent points. The first is one that JR repeats every week on his podcast, but is such a great point and more relevant now than ever before:

Heels acting like heels
I completely agree with JR's take on heels. For him, heels should cheat to win (at times) and portray the bad guy at every turn. He and Lance point out that Bray Wyatt's 'He's Got The Whole World In His Hands' being sung by the audience or Cesaro's Swing (or, for me, Swagger and Coulter having the audience participate in the 'We The People') are detrimental to what they should be trying to achieve - being a hated figure.

Storm points out that if the audience join in with a song, such as Wyatt's situation, then that part of the act should be changed immediately.

Bottom line is, if the heels are being cheered, even a little, then the babyface isn't going to be rooted for as much as he should. If the heel is hated, as should be the case, then the audience will want nothing more than to see them get their comeuppance. The payoff will be that much sweeter.

Wrestling schools
Throughout the podcast, JR plugs Storm's wrestling school several times. This pleased me greatly. I've done a couple of articles on the subject of training and the importance of it, and this furthered that point and, hopefully, pointed some youngsters in the right direction. Storm's school is in Canada, so a little far away for most in the UK. There was also mention of Booker T's school in Texas and The Dudleys' school, too. I'm not sure where others are in America, but it seems that, if you really want to be in the business, there are plenty of REPUTABLE places that you could go to learn your trade.

I hope that the UK can boast the same one day. We do have some schools that are worth your time if you're serious about becoming a well-trained, SAFE wrestler, but there are also the shoddy, should-never-be-touched places that lead youngsters to believe that they are receiving the 'right' kind of training. I get that money can be an issue in this scenario, but don't settle for second (or third or fourth) best - get the best training possible from guys that have been places and know their stuff.

@jimmosangle