Hi everyone. This is my first thread, so, as everyone always prefaces before their first thread, I hope I'm "doing it right," you know.
In a bunch of threads lately, I've been reading about how X Superstar could never be a heel, because their style wouldn't match: Bourne wouldn't fit in the SES, Kofi wouldn't be over with a heel turn, etc.
I see where this logic comes from--people like to cheer for impressive moves, and whatnot--but I'm not convinced that fans couldn't cheer impressive moves while still booing the character himself, especially if the wrestler in question were good enough on the mic to generate some real heat.
What do you think? Do you think fans can judge a character independently of his moveset, or are high-flyers always doomed to be eternal faces?
I'm thinking of some examples from the past...
-Essa Rios turned heel after breaking up with Lita
-The Hardy Boyz turned heel, I think, when they teamed up with Gangrel?
-Edge and Christian are arguably high flyers? And they were both heel when they were vampires, and directly afterwards, when they did their pausing for photo-op thing.
Were these people over as heels? (When these exapmles occured, I was 7-9 years old, so I'm legitimately unsure) Do any examples of effective past heel high-flyers come to mind?
Thanks guys. Hope my thread doesn't sux
In a bunch of threads lately, I've been reading about how X Superstar could never be a heel, because their style wouldn't match: Bourne wouldn't fit in the SES, Kofi wouldn't be over with a heel turn, etc.
I see where this logic comes from--people like to cheer for impressive moves, and whatnot--but I'm not convinced that fans couldn't cheer impressive moves while still booing the character himself, especially if the wrestler in question were good enough on the mic to generate some real heat.
What do you think? Do you think fans can judge a character independently of his moveset, or are high-flyers always doomed to be eternal faces?
I'm thinking of some examples from the past...
-Essa Rios turned heel after breaking up with Lita
-The Hardy Boyz turned heel, I think, when they teamed up with Gangrel?
-Edge and Christian are arguably high flyers? And they were both heel when they were vampires, and directly afterwards, when they did their pausing for photo-op thing.
Were these people over as heels? (When these exapmles occured, I was 7-9 years old, so I'm legitimately unsure) Do any examples of effective past heel high-flyers come to mind?
Thanks guys. Hope my thread doesn't sux