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Which Wrestlers can't work as a face and a heel?
« on: January 12, 2010, 06:52:12 pm »
Obviously I don't mean at the same time, that would be a tweener of sorts  :P

Point is, which guys only thrive in one role and have never gotten over as both.

Randy Orton springs to mind straight away.  His face turn was a complete mess, so much so they haven't even tried since, one of the main reasons being, the guy is naturally unlikeable, his character was basically the same when he turned, and the basis was his other "Heel" friends turned on him, its not like he even decided to do the good deed and turn on them.

MVP and John Morrison also come to mind, the guys are nowhere near as over as they were as heels and the main reason is their characters are essentially the same (aside from MVP's I did my time in prison and am a better person for it).  MVP and Morrison are arrogant, cocky, all about fancy clothers, being rich and all that, it works as a heel, but as a face, the question is, are these guys incapable of being good faces or is it simply WWE's fault for not tweaking the characters enough?

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Re: Which Wrestlers can't work as a face and a heel?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2010, 02:36:40 pm »
Two similar charaters really,

Triple H - he's the worlds most boring face. Play to your strengths - in real life he's a devious chap after control, and that makes for a colourful wrestler

Vince McMahon - he is a horrible person, as a face nothing seems sincere, u just wait for the betrayal. People like to boo him - don't squander that

 
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Re: Which Wrestlers can't work as a face and a heel?
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2010, 09:38:31 pm »
strangely Chris Jericho.... just doesn't work as well as a face even though he is such an amazing wrestler.
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Re: Which Wrestlers can't work as a face and a heel?
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2010, 11:58:12 pm »
strangely Chris Jericho.... just doesn't work as well as a face even though he is such an amazing wrestler.
True, he's definately not the worst of faces, but compared to his heel characters.

You think great Jericho you think the heel who mocked Goldberg, the cocky Y2J who debuted interupting The Rock, his team with Christian and his current role now.

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Re: Which Wrestlers can't work as a face and a heel?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2010, 12:18:07 am »
Same with Christian.. he is ok as a face but a classic heel


this is why Hulk Hogan should get more credit... as popular as he was as a face, he was as great a heel.

I don't think anyone has ever come close to pulling that off like he did.
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Re: Which Wrestlers can't work as a face and a heel?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2010, 10:45:54 am »
No doubt Jeticho can be a great heel - but right now he's doing a poor CM Punk impression
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Re: Which Wrestlers can't work as a face and a heel?
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2010, 07:15:01 pm »
No doubt Jeticho can be a great heel - but right now he's doing a poor CM Punk impression
He's been doing this schtick since before Punk was being Punk though, although admittedly Punk is a better talker, although Punk's character has evolved and changed that bit further, they are similiar fan hating heels, but Punk focuses on trying to change and save them, Jericho just can't stand them, they both retain that feeling of superiority over the fans, but heck don't all heels?