| Faces that should have kept some heel tendencies
Hello, relatively new to this board, so I apologize if this has been discussed before...
Seems like a pattern now... WWE introduces heel, fans begin to warm up to the heel, WWE decide to cash in on this new found popularity and turns the heel a face, but then this newly-face drops all of his/her heel characteristics, and becomes a generic happy and ultra perky face that everyone is supposed to cheer just because s/he smiles a lot.
Victoria definitely falls into this category. I was really starting to dig her heel, psycho character (remember when she stood up to Scott Steiner?) with the Tatu entrance. When she was slowly turning face, I was expecting her to maybe turn into a Mankind-ish babyface. But what happened, she became a completely different person. All the dancing, and playing to the fans has just killed all the interest I had in her. And, I think my views are somewhat reflected in the amount of reaction she gets now (not much at all). Really, I think if she had kept some of her past heel tendencies, she'd be much more successful right now.
Right off the top of my head, I can think of a couple other faces that really should have been kept a kind of a 'tweener - John Cena, and Randy Orton. Agree or disagree anyone? |