Would you like to see heel Goldust?

[Essential1]

I feel with the great performances he's put on and the push they seem to be giving him that a heel run could be very interesting. Not since 1996 has he had a serious heel run. The others he was just an afterthought in the Attitude Era and a cup of coffee in 2002(although he pulled it of better than 99 version) so I actual miss that version of the character. He would be alot more than a normal guy emulating his old bizarre behavior and could have a quieter killer instinct with of course the mind games. They wouldn't allow him to do the gay stuff but if they let him do it mildly I could imagine him having some form of bizarre infatuation with John Cena. He could openly represent the entire WWE audience by showing affection and then suddenly showing hate/bitterness in a mind games scenario.

[MolotovMocktail]

Goldust has to be up there with Kane and the Big Show for sheer number of turns.

[Essential1]

Been too long though.

[Deleted]

I think he'd do a good job with it, but he's so good as a babyface right now. I don't to mess with that.

If he stays around for a couple more years, I could see a good heel run happening for him. IF he's just doing the short run through WrestleMania, definitely keep him face.

[Boo!]

I'm not sure it would work. You couldn't have him seek to grope and opponent and have it described as "bizarre" without probably coming across as a bit homophobic.

[Heartbreaker]

I don't wanna see him grope his little brother.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Dec 8, 2013 3:21:53 GMT -5 Heartbreaker said:

I don't wanna see him grope his little brother.

You've put the idea out there. It's done.

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

Not really.

[Kayfabe FAN don't want none]

I wanted Goldy to win the title from Alboro and defened it successfully for a few months, and at RR he faces Cody and take the cheap way out of the match saying that this is the first he held a big title and he wants to keep it, therefore turning heel. and at Mania, Cody beats him and wins the title and they bro-hug after the match but oh well :/

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Dec 8, 2013 1:21:39 GMT -5 Boo! said:

I'm not sure it would work. You couldn't have him seek to grope and opponent and have it described as "bizarre" without probably coming across as a bit homophobic.

I know what you mean, and that's probably what would happen. There were complaints back in the mid 90s. There would be complaints now, and with WWE being publicly traded and complaints having a louder voice due to social media, it would likely be a problem. But, if they could put it across as just Goldust being depraved, and not representing the entire homosexual community, it could work. There'd just need to be a "normal" gay character, that is 'out' but doesn't grope people and use it as a psychological advantage, as a contrast. D. Young, perhaps?

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Heel goldust would need the crowd to boo him for being homosexual. Anything else would be secondary.

WWE isn't interested in that.

[Hit Girl]

He's too awesome. No one would boo him.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

No way. He is so over as a face. Too often WWE thinks turning a megaface heel makes a megaheel. I don't want them pulling a Ryback with Goldust.

I don't want the Cody/Goldust match to have a face and a heel. I want it to be two faces, wrestling over respect and who is the better man.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Not at all, plus he's in the 'legends who the fans refuse to boo' category. It would be Cheap Heat Punk all over again, with even less success.

If anything, Goldy needs a bigger face push. I think most people would agree he's genuinely never been better than he is right now.

[TGM]

Dec 8, 2013 1:21:39 GMT -5 Boo! said:

I'm not sure it would work. You couldn't have him seek to grope and opponent and have it described as "bizarre" without probably coming across as a bit homophobic.

Not liking being molested is homophobic?

[Juice]

What made Goldust unique and bizarre in the mid 90's isn't either any longer. A corporate sell out Goldy ala Kane perhaps. But the Bizarre one is long and over. Just a product of changing times really.

[rnrk supports BLM]

He's done great work as a heel in the past, but right now everything's come together so perfectly for him after over a decade of misuse and wasted potential that I don't want any changes that might jinx it.

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Dec 8, 2013 8:18:00 GMT -5 Juice said:

What made Goldust unique and bizarre in the mid 90's isn't either any longer. A corporate sell out Goldy ala Kane perhaps. But the Bizarre one is long and over. Just a product of changing times really.

Yeah I think it's inevitable that Goldust turns heel with the premise that he sees the writing on the wall, that his time in WWE is coming to an end and he has to appease the Authority by doing their bidding, to stretch his time out more. Goldust's pseudo gay act was groundbreaking stuff at the time but to bring it back would just be another case of WWE relying on old haunts instead of trying anything new. It's just a matter of WWE not being able to build up their current guys I just don't find it fair to use revived 90s acts to fill the card when it's just neglecting their real problem.

I really do wonder though how Goldust working heel now will even look considering how high energy his in ring work has gotten as a face.

[Amazing Kitsune]

Dec 8, 2013 8:11:17 GMT -5 TGM said:

Dec 8, 2013 1:21:39 GMT -5 Boo! said:

I'm not sure it would work. You couldn't have him seek to grope and opponent and have it described as "bizarre" without probably coming across as a bit homophobic.

Not liking being molested is homophobic?

No, not at all. However, the whole scenario would be construed that way by people who are looking for excuses to be offended.

[Starshine]

No. IMO the guy really hasn't had a good heel run since his debut.

Remember Black Reign, or The Artist?