Longest sustained run as a face/heel?

[wildojinx]

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.

[Honeybear Lyder]

Douglas was a face in WCW for about fifteen minutes.

Cena, perhaps? He's been a face since 2003.

[Joe Neglia]

Feb 22, 2019 16:56:47 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

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.

[BorneAgain]

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.

[chronocross]

I think Greg Valentine was a heel from 1984-late 1990 in the WWF.

[Joe Neglia]

Feb 22, 2019 18:02:13 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

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.

[darbus alan]

Did Pedro Morales ever work heel? The dude was a face for as much as I can remember of his career.

[Joe Neglia]

Feb 22, 2019 18:32:42 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

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.

[Talent Name]

TNA tried to turn Ricky Steamboat heel

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Feb 22, 2019 19:22:54 GMT -5 Talent Name said:

TNA tried to turn Ricky Steamboat heel

Yeah by playing the race card, typical Russo bullshit.

Was the Sheik ever a face?

[Deleted]

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.

[Joe Neglia]

Feb 22, 2019 19:53:02 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Was the Sheik ever a face?

Four posts above yours

[Mister Pigwell]

Feb 22, 2019 17:16:19 GMT -5 Honeybear Lyder said:

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.

[Mozenrath]

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.

[Mister Pigwell]

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.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Not sure about his early career, but I'm pretty sure Santo has never been a heel and he had a 50 year career.

[Jumpin' Jesse Walsh]

Feb 22, 2019 21:35:12 GMT -5 Mister Pigwell said:

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.

[deezy]

Rock and Roll Express. But I believe they were heels in WWE during the NWA Invasion. i could be wrong.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Feb 22, 2019 21:21:31 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Feb 22, 2019 19:53:02 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

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.

[fw91]

Mysterio?