I hope people remember that the reason why Triple H was a face in the first place, was because of the hatred for John Cena.
John Cena in early 2006 was still very raw as a wrestler, his mic work was average, the ring entrance seemed unfitting and very amature-like, and he was a total babyface beginning his feud with Eric Bischoff. Triple H even admitted to telling him after a RAW episode that his theatrics after a match, "sucked" after Cena asked him "how did I do?".
Therefore, Trips feuding with him in leading weeks to wrestlemania 22, made Trips popular. When Cena or Triple H exchanged punches, the kids and females screamed for Cena while obviously the WWE's "still left" older teens;young adults, boo'd Cena. Triple H was still heel but occasionally had funny segments and teased a DX reunion. It wasn't until DX actually reunited Trips was acknowledged as a face.
Now, nothing really changed. Triple H is supposed to be a heel, but he isn't. Him returning from injury and the WWE deciding not to reunite DX still kept him as a face for some odd reason. Trips had his share of "funny" segments with Vince but nothing really went anywhere after that as he entered a feud with Orton.
With the history lesson over, Triple H to this day, has the heel gimmick but a face outlook. He has already achieved babyface status and its too late to change him. Just hope he stays out of title scene occasionally instead of all year and I'm fine.
I'd rather have Batista as a heel, simply, because it's something new and the WWE needs new faces too.
John Cena in early 2006 was still very raw as a wrestler, his mic work was average, the ring entrance seemed unfitting and very amature-like, and he was a total babyface beginning his feud with Eric Bischoff. Triple H even admitted to telling him after a RAW episode that his theatrics after a match, "sucked" after Cena asked him "how did I do?".
Therefore, Trips feuding with him in leading weeks to wrestlemania 22, made Trips popular. When Cena or Triple H exchanged punches, the kids and females screamed for Cena while obviously the WWE's "still left" older teens;young adults, boo'd Cena. Triple H was still heel but occasionally had funny segments and teased a DX reunion. It wasn't until DX actually reunited Trips was acknowledged as a face.
Now, nothing really changed. Triple H is supposed to be a heel, but he isn't. Him returning from injury and the WWE deciding not to reunite DX still kept him as a face for some odd reason. Trips had his share of "funny" segments with Vince but nothing really went anywhere after that as he entered a feud with Orton.
With the history lesson over, Triple H to this day, has the heel gimmick but a face outlook. He has already achieved babyface status and its too late to change him. Just hope he stays out of title scene occasionally instead of all year and I'm fine.
I'd rather have Batista as a heel, simply, because it's something new and the WWE needs new faces too.