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Post by wildojinx on Feb 22, 2019 16:56:47 GMT -5
What's the longest sustained run for a wrestler to be a face or a heel? This includes if a wrestler leaves an organization as a face/heel and goes to another company with that same alignment. Dusty Rhodes has to be the winner as he turned face in the early 70s and was a face until his heel turn in 1998, though Hogan (face from 82-96) Tito Santana and Ricky Steamboat (who NEVER worked heel AFAIK) are probably up there as well. As for heels, Harley Race is a safe bet, as he was heel since the 70s and I dont recall any face turns (the match with Haku at Rumble 89 was basically heel/heel), and did Shane Douglas ever have any face runs either during or after his ECW run? If not, he qualifies as well.
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Post by Honeybear Lyder on Feb 22, 2019 17:16:19 GMT -5
Douglas was a face in WCW for about fifteen minutes.
Cena, perhaps? He's been a face since 2003.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Feb 22, 2019 17:58:47 GMT -5
What's the longest sustained run for a wrestler to be a face or a heel? This includes if a wrestler leaves an organization as a face/heel and goes to another company with that same alignment. Dusty Rhodes has to be the winner as he turned face in the early 70s and was a face until his heel turn in 1998, though Hogan (face from 82-96) Tito Santana and Ricky Steamboat (who NEVER worked heel AFAIK) are probably up there as well. As for heels, Harley Race is a safe bet, as he was heel since the 70s and I dont recall any face turns (the match with Haku at Rumble 89 was basically heel/heel), and did Shane Douglas ever have any face runs either during or after his ECW run? If not, he qualifies as well. Race was a babyface in his home territories. Also worked as a face in some other territories, depending on who he was defending against.
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Post by BorneAgain on Feb 22, 2019 18:02:13 GMT -5
I wanna say the Sheik but my knowledge of his career is spotty so assuming his run in Michigan was uninterrupted and not with occasional babyface periods could be dead wrong.
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Post by chronocross on Feb 22, 2019 18:06:26 GMT -5
I think Greg Valentine was a heel from 1984-late 1990 in the WWF.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Feb 22, 2019 18:11:23 GMT -5
I wanna say the Sheik but my knowledge of his career is spotty so assuming his run in Michigan was uninterrupted and not with occasional babyface periods could be dead wrong. I'm only aware of him turning face late in his career. Wanna say late 70s, when Detroit was dying. That said, he'd been a heel since '49 so we're talking just shy of 30 years straight.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 22, 2019 18:32:42 GMT -5
Did Pedro Morales ever work heel? The dude was a face for as much as I can remember of his career.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Feb 22, 2019 19:00:00 GMT -5
Did Pedro Morales ever work heel? The dude was a face for as much as I can remember of his career. As far as I know, Pedro's only heel work was in Japan in '79.
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Post by Talent Name on Feb 22, 2019 19:22:54 GMT -5
TNA tried to turn Ricky Steamboat heel
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 22, 2019 19:53:02 GMT -5
TNA tried to turn Ricky Steamboat heel Yeah by playing the race card, typical Russo bullshit. Was the Sheik ever a face?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 20:22:56 GMT -5
RVD was a face throughout his entire WWE run. I don’t count the Invasion as a “heel” run.
It’s a shame cause back in 2014, when they had a bunch of Heyman Guys (Cesaro, Ryback, Axel), I was hoping we would get a heel RVD return to feud with CM Punk. I think this could have been awesome... Unfortunately we got Curtis Axel instead... sigh.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Feb 22, 2019 21:21:31 GMT -5
Was the Sheik ever a face? Four posts above yours
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Feb 22, 2019 21:27:02 GMT -5
Douglas was a face in WCW for about fifteen minutes. Cena, perhaps? He's been a face since 2003. Depends if you count his stellar ONS 06 heel performance or not.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 22, 2019 21:31:50 GMT -5
Has Tiger Mask IV been a heel?
Beyond him, guessing there have been a few technicos in Mexico who have never gone heel, or if they have, it'd have been early or something. Thinking guys like Atlantis.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Feb 22, 2019 21:35:12 GMT -5
Has Haku/Meng ever officially been a face? Maybe during his late 90s WCW run? I'm oddly having a hard time placing allignment for a lot of his career.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Feb 22, 2019 21:35:44 GMT -5
Not sure about his early career, but I'm pretty sure Santo has never been a heel and he had a 50 year career.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Feb 22, 2019 21:49:43 GMT -5
Has Haku/Meng ever officially been a face? Maybe during his late 90s WCW run? I'm oddly having a hard time placing allignment for a lot of his career. He was a face during his solo run in the WWF as King Tonga, and the Islanders started out as babyfaces.
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Post by deezy on Feb 22, 2019 22:51:45 GMT -5
Rock and Roll Express. But I believe they were heels in WWE during the NWA Invasion. i could be wrong.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 22, 2019 23:00:57 GMT -5
Was the Sheik ever a face? Four posts above yours Thanks I missed it, it’s weird that the guy who’s recognized as the original heel, actually was a hero for a short while. I mean Kevin Sullivan said that every heel ever has stolen from Farhat. That Sheik apparently invented the valet concept and even wearing a suit to the ring.
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Post by fw91 on Feb 22, 2019 23:02:06 GMT -5
Mysterio?
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