Heath Slater is a loser, and it takes skill and heart to lose as often and as well as he does.
Climbing the respectability ladder in WWE is predicated by winning. Every rookie advances to the midcard by winning. Every midcarder advances to the world title picture by winning. But if someone’s winning, that also means that someone else is losing. And for years, Heath Slater has been that someone. He’s the sturdy, foundational bottom of WWE’s pecking order, supporting the weight of everyone else’s push.
And like the foundation of any building, invisible to the public but doing what it’s supposed to do, Slater has a thankless, unglamorous purpose.