Here Bawlmer the WWWF was our home circuit, and the long-reigning king was Bruno Sammartino and some of the popular "white hat" wrasslers included one Eye-tie who called himself "Gorilla Monsoon" and another Eye-tie who wrassled as "Indian Chief Jay Strongbow", The Ricans had Pedro Morales, who was the "world champ" for a few years in the early 70s between the two reigns of Bruno Sammartino.
Frankly, the heels were better showman and their managers, The Grand Wizard of Wrestling (some five foot short Jewish guy), Captain Lou Albano and Classy Freddie Blassie (when he was visiting the WWWF circuit) put on the best show on the circuit.
The only recent wrassler who matched them with a compelling story-line was Mick Foley. Aside from Foley and The Rock, Vince, Jr. IMO has failed to create believable characters and has allowed the WWE to become a technologically supercharged caricature of the three old circuits.