Raw Guest Hosts: 5 Heel Hosts I'd Like to See

When Jesse Ventura hosted Raw he brought something most celebrities probably wouldn't be willing to bring: The willingness to be hated.

This added a lot to the show that even some of the heel general managers couldn't bring. But can we find heels outside of wrestling who would be good at the role? I think I've found a few.

I tried to avoid thinking of just people I don't like. I want people who, even if I might not care for them, can do a decent job. Which is why Hillary Clinton didn't make the cut. Easy to hate: absolutely. But this is a speaking position, and nobody wants to listen to her. Any others?

George Steinbrenner

Quick! Book him while he's still alive. Sure, he's retired. But he's still synonymous with everything that's wrong in traditional sports (buying championships, ignoring rules designed to create level playing grounds, treating people like dirt, overlooking contemptible behaviors in favor of playing abilities and following it up with the phoniness of insisting on players "look respectable" even when their actions aren't, etc.).

Also he's an old friend of Vince. That should make him easy to book.
Besides, maybe he'll help them finally buy Samoa Joe.

Dick Cheney

Unapologetic. Inconsiderate. Arrogant. Self-serving.
Has there ever been a more natural heel? I'm not trying to get a right vs. left thing going, I'm not trying to get any cheap shots at the Bush administration (we all know Bush himself couldn't cut a promo).

I sincerely believe DC would make a great heel, although he might have to tone down the language a little.

HBK, you want a title shot? Dick has three words for ya' ...

Metallica

Lars Ulrich once said (way back during the Napster controversy), "Sometimes it's nice to be hated."

A sentiment I've always agreed with. And at least if they're hosting Raw it's one more night that they're not working on another one of their recent style albums.

Brett Favre

Sure he'll quit, but then he'll come back and also host Smackdown... and ECW... and Impact...

Promo skills: he did okay in Something About Mary, maybe not the strongest of the lot, but I can see him doing the insincere "Happy to be here, I respect you all" schtick in Green Bay.

Lorne Michaels

Another a-hole friend of Vince, and one with a different approach to those XFL memories since it was his show that was being preempted.

Of course, if there's one thing Raw needs less of it's bad comedy sketches.