History SmugSnake / ProfessionalWrestling

* Wrestling/PaulHeyman is one of the most smug, conniving asshats in the wrestling business since Wrestling/BobbyHeenan. He loves to shoot his mouth off bragging about how brilliant he is and how dangerous his "clients" are, taunting male babyface wrestlers and creeping on female wrestlers. Much like "The Brain", Heyman can usually get away with this because his clients tend to be very large men with HairTriggerTempers who double as his bodyguards. And, much like Heenan, when those clients are out of the way or they turn on him Heyman often turns into a blubbering DirtyCoward who's reduced to begging for mercy.

* Wrestling/PaulHeyman, BIG TIME.

* Wrestling/{{Edge}} as a Heel.

* Wrestling/AdamCole lobbied for Kyle O'Reilly to enter the Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark Ballroom first on ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Supercard Of Honor X]]'' night 2 on the grounds Cole should be entering as champion since he was 2-0 against O'Reilly. Every facet of this argument was InsaneTrollLogic but in the end, it was simply so he could attack O'Reilly from behind before the bell rang.
* Wrestling/TaelerHendrix, for all her effort researching/stalking other wrestlers, frequently fails to take very basic details about her targets into account, eventually forgets her entire mission for being in ROH over a self destructive hatred of Mandy Leon, and though she gives a lot of impressive speeches, she at one point had a worse WOH record than DirtyCoward Wrestling/VedaScott and remained in the shadow of Wrestling/KellyKlein long term. The aforementioned SCOH X is also where she had to manage The House Of Truth in Wrestling/TruthMartini's [[PresentAbsence absence]], which in hindsight hastened the downfalls of Daddiego, Wrestling/JayLethal and the HOT foothold in ROH beyond herself.

* Veda Scott herself is a good example. She does commentary on her own matches, sometimes grabbing a microphone before they're even over to congratulate herself on winning.

* Several wrestling managers such as Wrestling/BobbyHeenan, Wrestling/JimCornette and Wrestling/JimmyHart fall into the trope quite well as being managers, they have to rely on their mouths to do the talking. And they do that well.

* [[Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan The Honky Tonk Man]] as well. He really bought into his own hype of being "the greatest Intercontinental Champion in history", though this only came despite his lack of technique as a wrestler. He relied on some underhanded tactics, [[DirtyCoward weaseling out of losing the belt by count-outs]] or Jimmy Hart lending a hand when Honky got into hot water. His defeats at the hands of 'Wrestling/HulkHogan' and then [[SquashMatch losing the belt in 30 seconds]] against the 'Wrestling/UltimateWarrior' only served to highlight this trope.

* Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield spent his entire main event push as this. Despite being WWE Champion of almost a year (a fact he reminded everyone of constantly), the man couldn't win a match cleanly to save his life. Nevertheless, JBL constantly weaseled his way out of title matches via underhanded tricks whenever he couldn't beat the guy... which was everybody he fought. It finally took Wrestling/JohnCena to take the belt from him.
* Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis, with his smugness especially elevating when he got a position of power and became the General Manager for both Raw & [=SmackDown=]. His supposed mantra of "People Power" is an extended excuse for Laurinaitis to abuse his power and to crush those he feels are plotting against him, and he proclaims his role in the WWE with great pride ("Executive Vice President of Talent Relations & General Manager for Raw & [=SmackDown=]). In fact, CM Punk even explicitly called Laurinaitis out on this during one occasion.

* Wrestling/TheMiz, Even if he's a face, he's smug.

* Coming off of reDRagon's ''loss'' of the [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling IWGP]] Junior Heavyweight TagTeam titles, Kyle O'Reilly offered to buy Wrestling/RoderickStrong a beer so he could drown his sorrows knowing he'd by O'Reilly's first opponent as a former champion.
* Wrestling/AdamCole lobbied for Kyle O'Reilly to enter the Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark Ballroom first on ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Supercard Of Honor X]]'' night 2 on the grounds Cole should be entering as champion since he was 2-0 against O'Reilly. Ever facet of this argument was InsaneTrollLogic but in the end, it was simply so he could attack O'Reilly from behind before the bell rang.
* Wrestling/TaelerHendrix, for all her effort researching/stalking other wrestlers, frequently fails to take very basic details about her targets into account, eventually forgets her entire mission for being in ROH over a self destructive hatred of Mandy Leon and though she gives a lot of impressive speeches she at one point had a worse WOH record than DirtyCoward Wrestling/VedaScott and remained in the shadow of Wrestling/KellyKlein long term. The aforementioned SCOH X is also where she had to manage The House Of Truth in Wrestling/TruthMartini's [[PresentAbsence absence]], which in hindsight hastened the downfalls of Daddiego, Wrestling/JayLethal and the HOT foothold in ROH beyond herself.

* Adam Cole lobbied for Kyle O'Reilly to enter the Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark Ballroom first on ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Supercard Of Honor X]]'' night 2 on the grounds Cole should be entering as champion since he was 2-0 against O'Reilly. Ever facet of this argument was InsaneTrollLogic but in the end, it was simply so he could attack O'Reilly from behind before the bell rang.

* Wrestling/VickieGuerrero nonstop. She brags about how she was right about some things. And when someone gets in pain (and if she's the one doing it) she lets out [[HellIsThatNoise the most]] [[EvilLaugh annoying evil laugh]] ever.
** Though recently, she's toned it down, and her mean side is rarely brought up.

* [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] tended to waver between Smug Snake and MagnificentBastard, depending on how cartoonishly evil he was booked.
* Wrestling/TripleH calls himself the Cerebral Assassin, and usually tries really hard to come off as a MagnificentBastard, but in full Heel mode, he's always a Smug Snake. He respects nobody, he always loses it whenever he's not in control, and tends to react erratically when things don't turn out the way he plans them. Combine that with the fact that fans believe he uses his RealLife pull to always have things go his way, plus his idolization of the truly [[MagnificentBastard magnificent]] Wrestling/RicFlair, just accentuates his smugness.
* [[Wrestling/StevieRichards Dr. Stevie]], who uses every trick in the book to either hurt Abyss, or try to turn him into his puppet. While slightly effective, his big flaw is that he keeps pissing off the ''wrong'' people. For example, he bribed Wrestling/KevinNash $50,000 to attack Abyss. Nash succeeded, but Dr. Stevie [[TooDumbToLive refused to honor their deal]]...
* Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield spent his entire main event push as this. Despite being WWE Champion of almost a year (a fact he reminded everyone of constantly), the man couldn't win a match cleanly to save his life. Nevertheless, JBL constantly weaseled his way out of title matches via underhanded tricks whenever he couldn't beat the guy... which was everybody he fought. It finally took Wrestling/JohnCena to take the belt from him.
* Wrestling/WadeBarrett from Wrestling/TheNexus slipped into this Trope more and more as he lost control of his own stable.
** With The Nexus long gone, Barrett would try to recreate it on [=SmackDown=] with "The Corre", a stable where everyone was supposedly equal, with no leader figure present. However, Barrett's ego again brought an end to the stable, as his fellow equals in The Corre had enough of him.
* Several wrestling managers such as Wrestling/BobbyHeenan, Wrestling/JimCornette and Wrestling/JimmyHart fall into the trope quite well as being managers, they have to rely on their mouths to do the talking. And they do that well.
* Wrestling/{{Edge}} as a Heel.

* Wrestling/TheMiz, Even if he's a face, he's smug.
* Wrestling/MichaelCole, since his FaceHeelTurn. The crux of his character now is that Cole is a braggadocio, often trumping his superiority and victories (one of them being at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' against fellow announcer Wrestling/JerryLawler[[note]]Though that was from meddling by the Anonymous RAW GM...[[/note]]), as well as being "The Voice of The WWE". However, Cole ends up being humiliated spectacularly in various ways by superstars like Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/CMPunk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/JimRoss.
* Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis, with his smugness especially elevating when he got a position of power and became the General Manager for both Raw & [=SmackDown=]. His supposed mantra of "People Power" is an extended excuse for Laurinaitis to abuse his power and to crush those he feels are plotting against him, and he proclaims his role in the WWE with great pride ("Executive Vice President of Talent Relations & General Manager for Raw & [=SmackDown=]). In fact, CM Punk even explicitly called Laurinaitis out on this during one occasion.

* Wrestling/VickieGuerrero nonstop. She brags about how she was right about some things. And when someone gets in pain (and if she's the one doing it) she lets out [[HellIsThatNoise the most]] [[EvilLaugh annoying evil laugh]] ever.
** Though recently, she's toned it down, and her mean side is rarely brought up.

* Hollywood Wrestling/HulkHogan. He will tell people how awesome he and the Wrestling/{{n|ewWorldorder}}Wo are, and yet when Sting, The Giant (Wrestling/BigShow), or other big face somehow managed to get the upper hand on him, he will go on full panic mode before someone saves him or he gets the upper hand again.

* Veda Scott herself is a good example. She does commentary on her own matches, sometimes grabbing a microphone before they're even over to congratulate herself on winning.

* Wrestling/TaelerHendrix, for all her effort researching/stalking other wrestlers, frequently fails to take very basic details about her targets into account, eventually forgets her entire mission for being in ROH over a self destructive hatred of Mandy Leon and though she gives a lot of impressive speeches she at one point had a worse WOH record than DirtyCoward Veda Scott and remained in the shadow of Kelly Klein long term. The aforementioned SCOH X is also where she had to manage The House Of Truth in Martini's [[PresentAbsence absence]], which in hindsight hastened the downfalls of Daddiego, Wrestling/JayLethal and the HOT foothold in ROH beyond herself.

* Taeler Hendrix, for all her effort researching/stalking other wrestlers, frequently fails to take very basic details about her targets into account, eventually forgets her entire mission for being in ROH over a self destructive hatred of Mandy Leon and though she gives a lot of impressive speeches she at one point had a worse WOH record than DirtyCoward Veda Scott and remained in the shadow of Kelly Klein long term. The aforementioned SCOH X is also where she had to manage The House Of Truth in Martini's [[PresentAbsence absence]], which in hindsight hastened the downfalls of Daddiego, Wrestling/JayLethal and the HOT foothold in ROH beyond herself.

* Hollywood Wrestling/HulkHogan. He will tell people how awesome he and the Wrestling/{{n|ewWorldorder}}Wo are, and yet when Sting, The Giant (Wrestling/TheBigShow), or other big face somehow managed to get the upper hand on him, he will go on full panic mode before someone saves him or he gets the upper hand again.

* Taeler Hendrix, for all her effort researching/stalking other wrestlers, frequently fails to take very basic details about her targets into account, eventually forgets her entire mission for being in ROH over a self destructive hatred of Mandy Leon and though she gives a lot of impressive speeches she at one point had a worse WOH record than DirtyCoward Veda Scott and remained in the shadow of Kelly Klein long term. The aforementioned SCOH X is also where she had to manage The House Of Truth in Martini's [[PresentAbsence absence]], which in hindsight hastened the downfalls of Daddiego, Wrestling/JayLethal and the HOT foothold in ROH beyond herself.

* Adam Cole lobbied for Kyle O'Reilly to enter the Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark Ballroom first on ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Supercard Of Honor X]]'' night 2 on the grounds Cole should be entering as champion since he was 2-0 against O'Reilly. Ever facet of this argument was InsaneTrollLogic but in the end, it was simply so he could attack O'Reilly from behind before the bell rang.

* Hollywood HulkHogan. He will tell people how awesome he and the nWo are, and yet when Sting, The Giant (Big Show), or other big face somehow managed to get the upper hand on him, he will go on full panic mode before someone saves him or he gets the upper hand again.

* Hollywood HulkHogan. He will tell people how awesome he and the nWo are, and yet when Sting, The Giant (Big Show), or other big face somehow managed to get their upper hand on him, he will gone on full panic mode before someone saved him or he got the upper hand again.

* Hollywood HulkHogan. He will telling people how awesome he and nWo are, and yet when Sting, The Giant (Big Show), or other big face somehow managed to get their upper hand on him, he will gone on full panic mode before someone saved him or he got the upper hand again.

* HollywoodHulkHogan. He will telling people how awesome he and nWo are, and yet when Sting, The Giant (Big Show), or other big face somehow managed to get their upper hand on him, he will gone on full panic mode before someone saved him or he got the upper hand again.

* Wrestling/PaulHeyman, BIG TIME.

* Several wrestling managers such as Wrestling/BobbyHeenan, Wrestling/JimCornette and Jimmy Hart fall into the trope quite well as being managers, they have to rely on their mouths to do the talking. And they do that well.

* Dr. Stevie, who uses every trick in the book to either hurt Abyss, or try to turn him into his puppet. While slightly effective, his big flaw is that he keeps pissing off the ''wrong'' people. For example, he bribed Wrestling/KevinNash $50,000 to attack Abyss. Nash succeeded, but Dr. Stevie [[TooDumbToLive refused to honor their deal]]...

* The Honky Tonk Man as well. He really bought into his own hype of being "the greatest Intercontinental Champion in history", though this only came despite his lack of technique as a wrestler. He relied on some underhanded tactics, [[DirtyCoward weaseling out of losing the belt by count-outs]] or Jimmy Hart lending a hand when Honky got into hot water. His defeats at the hands of 'Wrestling/HulkHogan' and then [[SquashMatch losing the belt in 30 seconds]] against the 'Wrestling/UltimateWarrior' only served to highlight this trope.

* Wrestling/MichaelCole, since his FaceHeelTurn. The crux of his character now is that Cole is a braggadocio, often trumping his superiority and victories (one of them being at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' against fellow announcer Wrestling/JerryLawler[[hottip:*:Though that was from meddling by the Anonymous RAW GM...]]), as well as being "The Voice of The WWE". However, Cole ends up being humiliated spectacularly in various ways by superstars like Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/CMPunk, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], and Wrestling/JimRoss.

* PaulHeyman, BIG TIME.

* Wrestling/VickieGuerrero nonstop. She brags about how she was right about some things. And when someone gets in pain (and if she's the one doing it) she lets out [[HellIsThatNoise the most]] [[EvilLaugh annoying evil laugh]] ever.