Talk:Face (professional wrestling)

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Types of Face

1. Juggernaut. Crowd favorite that is unstoppable in the ring, except its behavior and tactics are the opposite of the monster heel (although they may exhibit such tactics as a form of "returning the favor"). Examples include The Undertaker, Mick Foley (shortly after his face turn in late 1998, although this did not last long), Kane (at a time in 1999), Sting (early 1990s), Triple H, Hulk Hogan (1980s), Andre the Giant (late 1970s-early 1980s), Stone Cold Steve Austin (late 1997-mid 1999).

2. Underdog. One that frequently goes against much larger opponents, usually monster heels, and occasionally scoring upset wins via "Small Package" or some other move that surprises the opponent. Examples include Rey Mysterio, The Rock (early in his career), Rob Van Damn, John Cena (during his first run as face), X-Pac (1998-early 1999), Ric Flair, Hardy Boyz, Sabu (mid 2006).

3. Abandoned. A wrestler that gets booed or receives negative reaction despite the fact he/she is supposed to be a crowd favorite. This typically happens when they have to go against a Juggernaut, or has a behavior/move/promo set that the crowd dislikes. This sometimes will cause writers to turn them Heel or match them up with an more hated wrestler. Examples include Bret Hart (early 1997), The Rock (1997, and again in late 2002), John Cena (during his face runs), Kurt Angle, Hulk Hogan, Batista (early 2007 but only when he went against the Undertaker)

4. Regional Hero. In this case, the crowd usually ignores storylines and will cheer the wrestler, provided that wrestler is from that geographic area (whether or not they are a face in the storylines). Examples include any Canadian wrestler whenever the WWE is in Canada (i.e. Edge), certain wrestlers that compete in a certain state (i.e. Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Von Erich family anywhere in Texas). Sometimes the storywriters use a Regional Hero vs Foreign/Traitor Heel feud but this has rarely been used. The regional hero can backfire for a wrestler from the geographic area they're from in real life sometimes, as in the case for John Cena (during his feud with Edge, he was jeered during a PPV in Boston) and William Regal (during the latest European tour).

5. Technician. Although the true form is rarely used in professional wrestling today, the technician tends to follow the rules, and literally uses every move in professional and greco-roman wrestling to take out opponents. Their in-ring actions require them never to tap out to any submission methods, and kick out of any pinfall attempts. Usually this type of face is reserved to the role of a wrestler that been in the business for several years, primarily due to the fact fans want to see entertainment. Sometimes there will be a feud between two technicians although these feuds are kept short (i.e. John Cena vs Shawn Michaels and Batista vs Undertaker in early 2007; Kurt Angle vs Undertaker; Undertaker vs Sid in early 1990s) and only used around important PPV like Wrestlemania or Summerslam. Examples of technicians include Bret Hart (mid 1990s), Sycho Sid, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Kurt Angle, Triple H, Batista (2006), John Cena, Chris Benoit. Although certain heels will also display technician tactics as well, the fans widely disapprove such behaviors like "showboating" or refusing to cover opponent after using certain high-impact moves.

6.(Still trying to come up with a word that describes this kind of face.) This type of a face shows the will to win and to compete at their best in the ring. Also, will problably use moves that he/she never has done before. The wrestler is this kind of face form will problably have the least experience than his/her opponent(having problably years of experience). In most cases, whether the wrestler wins or loses, will gain the crowd's approval and eventually or at the end of the match, the crowd will applaud the face for giving it all he had Examples: John Cena(rookie/champion) Vs. Triple H(veteran/challenger) for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 22, Kurt Angle(champion) Vs. Chris Benoit(challenger) for the WWE Championship at Royal Rumble 2003. Kurt Angle Vs. Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 21, Eddie Guerrero(challenger) Vs. Brock Lesnar(champion) for the WWE Championship at No Way Out 2004, and Chris Benoit(champion/veteran) Vs. Randy Orton(challenger/rookie) for the World Heavyweight Championship at Summerslam 2004.

Kimmy78 07:48, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. It needs to be sourced to put it in the article. Croctotheface 10:27, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Working on a final version for the article itself. Kimmy78 (talk) 13:39, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

neutrality

"The Rock, who initially wrestled as Rocky Maivia, was depicted as a classic babyface, but the fans despised him."

This is not only not neutral, it is plain wrong. The Rock was probably the most popular superstar when he was around and the only time i have ever heard the fans boo him is when he was put against legends like Hulk Hogan. I'm removing it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.33.32.254 (talk)

Why? In his initial 1996/1997 run in the WWF as "Rocky Maivia" that's EXACTLY what happened. He was pushed as this clean cut, wholesome babyface and then when Steve Austin began his climb to fame as the badass anti-hero in late 1996 the fans started to boo Rock's whole "cleancut babyface" routine. Go back and watch tapes of the era, if you don't believe me. Th 2005 04:33, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, this is correct. While there should be a source, it's unquestionably true that the fans turned on him in a serious way during his first babyface run. He cut this promo on the fans when he finally turned heel and joined the Nation of Domination. I'm going to readd the material with the video as a source. Croctotheface 04:59, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Haven you seen the video's of rubbish and stuff getting thrown at The Rock when he was a face wrestler as Rocky Maivia. He turned heel as The Rock and was loved by the crowd Jake 09:52, 7 December 2007

face announcers?

Most announcers root faces (JR, Michael Cole). Does this deserve to be a category of face? Myname100 (talk) 02:32, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Triple H?

Shoudn't Triple H also be a rejected heel. You can see some hhh sucks videos on youtube (even one saying motherfuck hhh, but it's a "duet" (finger thing) with cena). I edited that into the rejected face examples a few weeks ago and it was deleted. --Wikistonecolddragon (talk) 23:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Not really. He' snot rejected nearly to the level of Cena. He consistently gets more cheers than boos and it's really just the internet community that dislikes him. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 00:31, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

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