WWE: 10 Performers With The Best Heel-Work of 2018

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3. Shayna Baszler 

While Ronda Rousey has been running Monday Night Raw as Raw Women’s Champion, her Four Horsewoman counterpart Shayna Baszler who has been running roughshod all over NXT as the brand’s first two-time NXT Women’s Champion.

While Rousey’s rookie run has been surprisingly impressive due to her lack of experience, Baszler had a couple years of wrestling under her belt prior to getting signed by WWE last year. While she did impress on the indies, the former MMA star seems to be in the midst of her peak as a professional wrestler; particularly when it comes to her character work. Through NXT, Baszler has refined herself not only as a tremendous athlete, but as a Superstar with a horrifying aura.

The sickening grin that spreads across her face as she’s dishing out punishment and breaking arms is unsettling.

The bully-like approach that Baszler takes to warding off her opponents and the delight she takes in causing pain makes her a scarier individual. It makes her out to be a far more imposing adversary than most main roster antagonists. Yes, that would include Brock Lesnar.

Now with her Horsewomen buddies Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir joining her in NXT as her sidekicks, she feels like an even bigger threat than she was before.