Why was Xpac hated by fans?

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jadillac said:
X-Pac was like that 4th dude in an R&B group who never really did anything. It was cool at first while the other dudes did all the singing, but then ppl realized he was just there and they had no reason to cheer or boo him
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Has it's own tvtrope section : http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XPacHeat

"Heat" is a term used in professional wrestling to describe any reaction to a wrestler and his gimmick/character. Face and heel heat can make or break a character, while not getting any heat is the kiss of death in the industry.

Then there's X-Pac Heat. This is when the audience boos and insults a wrestler not because they hate the character, but because they hate the performer. It can be because they've been pushed too hard, they have political power behind the scenes, or because they're terrible performers. For wrestlers, this often refers to guys who have poor matches (or actively wreck the pushes of others) and become overexposed despite crowds not caring for them one way or the other (either as heroes or as villains). This is not a heel, a villain whom fans want to see punished; an X-Pac is someone fans don't want to see at all. It's a very specific form of breaking kayfabe by the fans and happens to be quite rare.

Note: "Not the right kind of heat" is an alternative meaning to "X-Pac Heat" that can, but does not always, intersect with it. It's more of a "we are sick of this character and don't want to see him anymore" reaction than a "we want this character to get his comeuppance" reaction (which is the impression you want the fans to have). This is more or less the equivalent of a villainous Scrappy, but has its own page.

Normally, it is possible to correct an unfavorable response by altering a wrestler's character or shifting their position in the company. It is significantly harder to overcome X-Pac Heat; unlike the Scrappy, the audience is reacting not to an annoying character, but to a bad or overexposed performer.

In short: if you love to hate the character, it's heel; if you just hate the character, it's the Scrappy; if you hate the performer, it's X-Pac Heat.

Note that the live audience in professional wrestling is considered to be in-universe because it is such a major part of the show. When the reaction is obvious and on-camera, examples involving it can be considered objective, unlike those involving the viewers at home or other media.
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The Trope Namer is Sean "X-Pac" Waltman. He was part of the New World Order and D-Generation X stables in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and was actually a popular performer during this time. Several years and a heel turn later, DX was long since over and X-Pac hadn't evolved his character in any significant way. Despite not getting pushed or doing much of anything, he was still booked on just about every show, winning a disproportionate amount of matches against opponents who were often more interesting than he was. Fans soon started regarding X-Pac matches as a safe time to take a bathroom break.

Both the X-Pac persona and Waltman himself, due to his membership in The Kliq, soon became really grating, as he gyrated and gestured around and acted like a petulant little tool, making the crowds who were supposed to find him rotten hate him on a personal level instead of a kayfabe one. The vicious combination of declining performance due to years of injuries, a stale personality (to put it mildly), and a reputation for attaching himself to a hot act, losing to them, but then squashing them cleanly with a rematch to ensure he captured more attention, caused wrestling fans to start chanting "X-Pac sucks".

Unfortunately for those who were sick of X-Pac, "[Wrestler name] sucks" chants are frequently the result of regular heel heat (i.e. "Rocky Sucks"), so X-Pac's push continued, to the point where he received his own stable (X-Factor) comprised of himself and the similarly-hated Justin Credible and Albert. The hatred for X-Pac eventually reached a point where fans would chant "X-Pac sucks" when there was nothing else to chant, even when Waltman wasn't booked on the show. In the end, Waltman ended his tenure with the company with an awful reputation amongst fans and wrestlers. One that would continue to deteriorate due to domestic violence charges during his relationship with Chyna (along with a very disgusting videotape the two released) and a crystal meth addiction that got him fired from TNA after botching a match with AJ Styles. To this day, the phrase "X-Pac Heat" is given to performers who "aren't getting the right kind of heat".
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Keeping up with the DX schtick long after the group was broken up was the biggest cause IMO. He just came across like one of those dweebs who doesn't know when a joke has run it's course, and continues to drive it into the ground.
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This is what did it for me.

I can't really remember when DX officially disbanded or if they even ever had an official disbanding (My recollection is that Trips ended up kinda outgrowing the group and moved on to the ME scene but my memory is a little fuzzy). But I do recall seeing Xpac coming out to the same music, and ring attire, well after the "moment" had passed....even still rocking that black/neon-green color palette and shyt.

He was a good hype man, I'm not gonna act like I never cheered for him, but his shyt became stale and he wasn't capable of evolving....:yeshrug:
 
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Heelish said:
He never switched it up. Plus X-Factor was one of the WOAT stables :scusthov:

During the Attitude Era, X-Pac, Chyna, & Road Dogg were the most over DX members:wow: But they were all C+ players in the end :smughhh:
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X-Factor was such trash. :scusthov::scusthov:

And that X-Factor theme song was WOAT.
 
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Final Boss said:
He stood out for looking like a dirtbag in an industry that's filled with them. Never had an ounce of the charisma other members of the Kliq had yet always managed to worm his way into their mic/screen time and tarnish some great moments.

He also has one of those faces that for whatever reason you feel like punching. :yeshrug:
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Wait. When did Billy Gunn have charisma? :patrice:
 
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mrken12 said:
Wait. When did Billy Gunn have charisma? :patrice:
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When the new age outlaws became a problem, dumping cactus jack and terry funk off the stage and doing all that hardcore shyt.



I gotta agree with the x pac sh1t, I remember Jericho sonned him on the mic before a cage match on some ppv, then edge the next year "Hey x pac! 1997 called they said theyre getting sick of you so feel free to join us in the year 2001." he had me heated for screwing over kane.
 
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I was a fan from his 1-2-3 kid days up til after DX disbanded. He never seemed to recover after the DX split.....

After all the talent/charisma that he was surrounded with dipped, he wasn't as good as many fans thought :manny:

Not saying he wasn't a good worker, but he just wasn't as good as the other guys on the roster at that time. He never evolved and got worser within time


X-Factor was one of the WOAT stables ever....X-Pac leading a faction? :scusthov:

I still say that as the 123 kid was when he was at his best. His match against Bret Hart :wow:
 
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he wasnt all that bad in the ring for a good portion of his career..he just got staler than stale. i actually started disliking him when he went to wcw and in the nWo as syxx. shyt was weak.

i think del rio is on the verge of getting that pure x pac heat
 
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