JLAJRC
Don Corleone
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Post by JLAJRC on Mar 19, 2011 14:12:11 GMT -5
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Randy Orton's recent face turn. He turned because the fans started cheering for him, nothing more.
I'm still not sure why Paul Bearer hates Taker. First with the turn in 95, and then his turn last year.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Mar 19, 2011 14:27:38 GMT -5
I'm still not sure why Paul Bearer hates Taker. First with the turn in 95, and then his turn last year. One doesn't forget being buried in concrete.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Mar 19, 2011 14:52:28 GMT -5
I'm still not sure why Paul Bearer hates Taker. First with the turn in 95, and then his turn last year. One doesn't forget being buried in concrete. Normally I would agree, but this is WWE we are talking about.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Mar 19, 2011 15:01:10 GMT -5
What caused Mickie James to go from psycho lesbo to cheery, hopping face?
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Totorob101
Hank Scorpio
Glob Glob Glob
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Post by Totorob101 on Mar 19, 2011 16:47:18 GMT -5
Is Tamina a face? Shes with Santino and teams with faces but her whole attitude and personality is the same as when she was a heel,seems like shes face only by who she associates herself with.
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MolotovMocktail
Grimlock
Home of the 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time 5-time Super Bowl Champion 49ers-and Wrestlemania 31
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Mar 19, 2011 18:21:57 GMT -5
Undertaker when he decides to save Savage and Elizabeth from Jake, and then says he's no longer on Jake's side on the Funeral Parlor.
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Post by jadison on Mar 19, 2011 18:58:52 GMT -5
John Morrison when he was drafted to Smackdown in 2009. Randomly wrestles heel Shelton then fights Jericho backstage. That was explained. Miz gave Morrison a "Reality Check" the night he was drafted. This reality check showed Morrison the errors in his ways and pointed him in a more virtuous direction. WWE's just too deep for you guys...
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Big L
Grimlock
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Post by Big L on Mar 19, 2011 19:10:02 GMT -5
Yeah the Bellas turn is stupid IMO seems like majority of the divas are heels now
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PKO
King Koopa
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Post by PKO on Mar 20, 2011 12:43:04 GMT -5
Most of the divas around that time turned heel/face with next to no explanation. Other than Beth, who suddenly showed up as a heel, I don't actually remember anyone else who that's the case for. Candice randomly turned face during a match when she was special referee. Mickie's face turn was pretty much non-explained (basically, the fans like her, now she'll face heels rather than faces). She was still playing a heel after shaking hands with Trish in her last RAW match. Kristal turned heel during an interview with Ashley with little explanation. Jillian randomly turned heel (via screen-within-a-screen) before a match with Ashley Michelle McCool randomly turned face to confront Jillian. Layla became a heel one week when she had a match with Kelly. It still happens now. Alicia went from being the heel wedding planner, to the face dancing valet, to the heel protege of Michelle McCool with no explanation as she went from one to the other.
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Post by FailedGimmick on Mar 20, 2011 13:31:11 GMT -5
Yeah the Bellas turn is stupid IMO seems like majority of the divas are heels now While I agree that the Divas' face/heel numbers are overwhelming in favor of the heels, I thought the Bella twins' turn itself was very logical. They both had a crush on Daniel Bryan, who it turns out actually had a girlfriend and had actually been stringing them along because he pitied them because they have no more guest hosts to hang around with. Actually, I have to question how they became the heels in this...
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Sajoa Moe
Patti Mayonnaise
Did you get that thing I sent ya?
A man without gimmick.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Mar 20, 2011 14:10:51 GMT -5
We could explain our heel turn... ...but we won't.
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Post by abenja1 on Mar 20, 2011 14:39:58 GMT -5
Carlito: One week on RAW, his brother called him a "jerk." The same week on Smackdown they teamed together turning Carlito face. Edge's heel turn last year. Why? Because it was so awkward. "I used the fans to get what to Chris Jericho" ??
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 20, 2011 16:52:00 GMT -5
Or the Bellas for that matter (no, "we're mad at Gail Kim" is not a valid reason for people to suddenly go from happy-go-lucky to bastions of hostility). Also Mark Henry. Turns face simply by laughing and wagging his finger at Randy Orton. That's different. That was the fans turning Henry by siding with him over the bigger heel in the ring. That's the kind of thign promoters shoudl listen to.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Mar 21, 2011 3:46:51 GMT -5
We could explain our heel turn... ...but we won't. I think it was implied that Haas and Viscera were mad that Lilian didn't want either as a boyfriend, so they laughed when Viscera inadvertently Samoan Dropped her. However, I will give you that the promo "explaining" it was laughable.
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Post by VINTAGE GRIDLOCK! on Mar 21, 2011 8:11:24 GMT -5
Nathan Jones
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Post by chunkylover53 on Apr 19, 2011 11:17:41 GMT -5
When Hogan returned to the WWF in 1984, was it ever explained why he became face(he was a heel in his previous stint)?
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Post by -Lithium- on Apr 19, 2011 11:57:08 GMT -5
What caused Mickie James to go from psycho lesbo to cheery, hopping face? I was going to post Mickie James' face turn "reason". One day, she came out on RAW and JR said: "I don't think Mickie's crazy, King, I think shes just having fun". ...and that was it. One sentence...
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Post by baresolid on Apr 19, 2011 12:17:32 GMT -5
Most heel returns are unexplained face turns.
Jericho's return in 2007 - he left as a grovelling heel in 2005. The Rock's brief return for his match at WMXX - he was the Hollywood heel when he jobbed to Goldberg.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Apr 19, 2011 15:36:41 GMT -5
Most heel returns are unexplained face turns. Jericho's return in 2007 - he left as a grovelling heel in 2005. The Rock's brief return for his match at WMXX - he was the Hollywood heel when he jobbed to Goldberg. To add to that, Triple H's 2002 return. He was out with an injury for 8 months, but just prior to that, he was a sadistic heel(especially when alligned with Austin) and beat people(and women) with chairs. I guess a long injury makes you a sympathetic face.
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Post by James McCloud IS John Godot on Apr 19, 2011 15:37:48 GMT -5
When Hogan returned to the WWF in 1984, was it ever explained why he became face(he was a heel in his previous stint)? Backlund had shown him the errors of his ways was the explanation given.
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