Spent their entire career as a heel

[Rollermacka]

I remember awhile beack when somebody did a topic about people who spent their entire careers as a face, how about the oppposite? Who are some of the wrestlers that have spent their entire career as a heel? Some of the wrestlers I can think of would be The One Man Gang, Kevin Sullivan, and Ivan Koloff. A couple of tag teams I could thing of would be The Destruction Crew and The Texas Hangmen.


Side note, I always like the Texas Hanngmen when I was younger. They were kinda a cross between Demoltition and badass Texans with the spiked hoods, nooses and the leather jacket/ chaps. If I do become a wrestler I'm gonna rip off the gimmick, Texas Hangman Rollermacka... yea, maybe I should work on the name

[VSG]

Scott Hall was always a heel whether you choose to believe it or not.

[dingdongyo]

that's a tough list to come up with. wasn't the one man gang a face as "akeem"?

[Gertner]

Older wrestlers like the Sheik and Bruiser Brody must have been heels their entire careers I'm guessing.

I'm pretty sure the Iron Sheik was never a face as well.

[Seth82]

Older wrestlers like the Sheik and Bruiser Brody must have been heels their entire careers I'm guessing.

I'm pretty sure the Iron Sheik was never a face as well.

nah Brody was a hugely popular face in WCCW in the 80's

[Seth82]

I'm pretty sure the Iron Sheik was never a face as well.

He was a face early on his career as Ali Vaziri in the AWA

[Gertner]

I completely forgot that about Brody and I wasn't aware of that about the Iron Sheik

[Rammsteinmad]

Hogan was never a face. In my eyes anyway.

[Rollermacka]

that's a tough list to come up with. wasn't the one man gang a face as "akeem"?

I wanna say Akeem was heel with Slick. As part of the Twin Towers with Bossman, and after when he feuded with the him

[RP]

Dino bravo

[NormanSmiley]

Akeem stayed hell after the twin towers split BBM went face. & Rammsteinmad hit the nail on the head!

[Seth82]

Dino bravo

Bravo was a heel in the WWF in the late 80's up til 1991

[erickman]

maby piper he was more of a heel that people cheered, on that list i may put rick flair, i guess bobby the brain the only true heel for life.

[Seth82]

maby piper he was more of a heel that people cheered, on that list i may put rick flair, i guess bobby the brain the only true heel for life.

Piper was a face in his late 80's run thru the early 90's

as well as his WCW run

and Flair was a huge face in the early 80's before he was in the Horsemen

He even feuded with Tully Blanchard

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Rick Rude

[Seth82]

Rick Rude

nope he was a face early on in his career in the old Mid South territory

[Seth82]

Killer Khan and Duke Keomuka

[Innovator]

Miz?

[Jordan]

Bobby Heenan?

[Jordan]

Maybe going way back but Gorgeous George.

[Jordan]

I'm sure Ted was a babyface initially but The Million Dollar Man was a constant heel.

[Seth82]

I'm sure Ted was a babyface initially but The Million Dollar Man was a constant heel.

yeah Ted worked as a hugely popular babyface in Mid-South as well as Georgia Championship Wrestling

[Seth82]

Bobby Heenan?

correct

Heenan was never a face

[Cuse8]

Miz?

when miz first started as the host on smackdown he was a face..he didnt get much of a reaction and basically was annoying, but the heel persona didnt come till after that

[Rollermacka]

Miz?

I was kinda thinking of wrestlers who have had much longer careers. It would be like saying Kofi Kingston has spent his entire career as a face

[Mjdiesel]

Bad News Brown/Allen

Iron Sheik

Shit,this is harder to envision than I thought?

Was Blassie always a heel manager back in the day?

[Seth82]

Bad News Brown/Allen

Iron Sheik

Shit,this is harder to envision than I thought?

Was Blassie always a heel manager back in the day?

Blassie was actually a wrestler in the 60's and 70's

and usually always a heel and a nasty one at that

[seapig4]

Earthquake?

[Cuse8]

Earthquake?

earthquake alone was a heel..initially when he teamed up with tugboat/typhoon as the natural disasters they were heels, but they had a face turn and fueded with money inc and the beverly brothers

[DLVH84]

I remember awhile beack when somebody did a topic about people who spent their entire careers as a face, how about the oppposite? Who are some of the wrestlers that have spent their entire career as a heel? Some of the wrestlers I can think of would be The One Man Gang, Kevin Sullivan, and Ivan Koloff. A couple of tag teams I could thing of would be The Destruction Crew and The Texas Hangmen.


Side note, I always like the Texas Hanngmen when I was younger. They were kinda a cross between Demoltition and badass Texans with the spiked hoods, nooses and the leather jacket/ chaps. If I do become a wrestler I'm gonna rip off the gimmick, Texas Hangman Rollermacka... yea, maybe I should work on the name

Ivan Koloff was briefly a face in 1988, after breaking away from Paul Jones.

[Jordan]

Wild guess, The Honky Tonk Man. King Kong Bundy, Kevin Sullivan

[Gertner]

The Honky Tonk Man I'm pretty sure was a face when he debuted in the WWF.

[MoFo]

James Mitchell / Sinister Minister

[Gertner]

Tajiri/Whipwreck was a face tag team in ECW and Mitchell was their manager, even though they'd be heels in practically every other wrestling company.

[erickman]

Blassie was actually a wrestler in the 60's and 70's

and usually always a heel and a nasty one at that

yea i forgot about blassie. on the mannagers list we have a good list of heels bobby the brain, blassie, james michel, an i will add paul-e, i would add cornett and eric bischoff but they played faces a few times.

[Razzamajazz]

abdullah the butcher

[Jordan]

I was thinking Abby too, how about Harley Race?

[Anybody Thrilla]

earthquake alone was a heel..initially when he teamed up with tugboat/typhoon as the natural disasters they were heels, but they had a face turn and fueded with money inc and the beverly brothers

Not to mention, he was a face as Golga of The Oddities.

[Rollermacka]

earthquake alone was a heel..initially when he teamed up with tugboat/typhoon as the natural disasters they were heels, but they had a face turn and fueded with money inc and the beverly brothers

Not to mention, he was a face as Golga of The Oddities.

and when he was a man not a fish in WCW

[Cuse8]

Not to mention, he was a face as Golga of The Oddities.

ah yes good call..an excellent angle

[D Mac]

Haku

[Seth82]

Wild guess, The Honky Tonk Man. King Kong Bundy, Kevin Sullivan

Bundy was a face in WCCW as an ally of the von erichs but later turned on them

Sullivan was a face from the early 70's up til his satanic gimmick in the early to mid 80's in CWF Florida

[Seth82]

I was thinking Abby too, how about Harley Race?

Harley was a face several times in the old Central States promotion

[MoFo]

Haku

Wasn't he a face for a bit when he came back at Royal Rumble 2001?

I remember a segment when HHH was going to attack Rikishi in the locker room w/ a fire extinguisher then Haku came out the shower and was like "hey yo wat r u doing" and HHH shat brix.

[DLVH84]

Wasn't he a face for a bit when he came back at Royal Rumble 2001?

I remember a segment when HHH was going to attack Rikishi in the locker room w/ a fire extinguisher then Haku came out the shower and was like "hey yo wat r u doing" and HHH shat brix.

Haku was a face around 1998-2001 in WCW as Meng.

[Seth82]

wasn't Haku a face as King Tonga as well?

[Jordan]

Nobody in WCW will qualify for this.

[Seth82]

Pak Song was a heel his entire career

http://www.wrestleprints.com/zc/images//wrestleprints/PakSongPosed70s.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Nobody in WCW will qualify for this.

Would Vince Russo count even though he wasn't a wrestler but played a character on tv?

[jthrottle]

Brooklyn Brawler? As far as I recall was always a heel

[jskinnyg]

I think Killer Kowalski was pretty much a heel his entire career...

[jskinnyg]

And maybe Cowboy Bob Orton?

[Seth82]

And maybe Cowboy Bob Orton?

pretty sure Orton was a face early on in his career in the early to mid 70's

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

Iron Mike Sharpe?

[Seth82]

Iron Mike Sharpe?

He was a face before his WWF stint in Georgia Championship Wrestling

[Gertner]

Heely Heelerson.

[jthrottle]

Harvey Wippleman , even when he won the womens title as Hervina

[Seth82]

Harvey Wippleman , even when he won the womens title as Hervina

always a heel

he was a manager in the 80's in Memphis as Downtown Bruno

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Brooklyn Brawler? As far as I recall was always a heel

He was a face when he got a fluke win over Triple H at some point around 1999 or 2000.

[erickman]

Would Vince Russo count even though he wasn't a wrestler but played a character on tv?

yeah i don't think he has ever been a face and he still gets heel heat for screwing up tna.

[seapig4]

Repo Man?
Raven?

[Seth82]

Repo Man?
Raven?

Raven was a face when he came back to ECW in late 1999 and even teamed with his old rival Tommy Dreamer

He also most likely was a face in his many incarnations before the Raven character

Repo Man was a face as part of Demolition as I know they did have a face run in like 1990

[BigDaddyCool]

No, Raven was never a face.

[Cuse8]

zeus!

[Jordan]

Muhammad Hassan

[Jordan]

Jessie Ventura?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Grand Wizard of Wrestling.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

No, Raven was never a face.

Wrong. He was a face tag team with Perry Saturn in his last days in WCW. They won the tag team titles.

Also briefly helped Dreamer be tag team champions in ECW before turning on him again. Also he lent Saturn money when they were in elementary school so he was a face then.

[jskinnyg]

Wrong. He was a face tag team with Perry Saturn in his last days in WCW. They won the tag team titles.

Also briefly helped Dreamer be tag team champions in ECW before turning on him again. Also he lent Saturn money when they were in elementary school so he was a face then.

:yes::yes:

[Chavo Classic]

Ted DiBiase perhaps?

[daimoniac]

gotta bust the one man gang / akeem theory:

chikara king of trios as part of team wwf that time when he was tagged up with demolition, team wwf worked as face against chikara established heels. 2009 i believe.

he was in the one man gang garb, and there was someone in the audience that dressed as akeem - gang borrowed his hat for a jive soul bro dance off with larry sweeny in a classic segment.

[Aguakate]

abdullah the butcher



In this video of Abdullah fighting One Man Gang in Puerto Rico, although the narration is in spanish, at 4:54 you can see a face Abdullah The Butcher dancing LOL:

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[daimoniac]

that fella who played bane in batman "the ultimate solution" or whatever thinly veiled holocaust reference he went by - i cant say i remember him being a face

how bout the berzerker? or "cheex" from tna's early days?

[DLVH84]

wasn't Haku a face as King Tonga as well?

Yes.

[DLVH84]

Kim Duk

[djoutcry]

Jack Thwagger.

[Gertner]

gotta bust the one man gang / akeem theory:

chikara king of trios as part of team wwf that time when he was tagged up with demolition, team wwf worked as face against chikara established heels. 2009 i believe.

he was in the one man gang garb, and there was someone in the audience that dressed as akeem - gang borrowed his hat for a jive soul bro dance off with larry sweeny in a classic segment.

Yeah, indy wrestling doesn't count because nobody gives a flying fuck about 40 fans watching a match in a high school gym.

[Tom Guycott]

Would Vince Russo count even though he wasn't a wrestler but played a character on tv?

... didn't he come out as ("world famous") "The Masked Heel" to screw someone out of a title? I don't recall the angle too well, or if that were him or not, but I remember it involved Russo being in at least one match.


Also, Raven was face at at least one point in TNA as well, but since it's a fun game not to count TNA for anything around here, I guess that comment will go unnoticed.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Ted DiBiase perhaps?

Face manager of the Steiner Brothers led them to the WCW Tag team titles after getting kicked out of the nWo. Also a face in the WWWF and was the North-American Champion which was a precursor to the IC belt.

[Seth82]

Face manager of the Steiner Brothers led them to the WCW Tag team titles after getting kicked out of the nWo. Also a face in the WWWF and was the North-American Champion which was a precursor to the IC belt.

yep and as I said before, He was a hugely popular face in the old Mid-South territory

[Dante69]

The Barbarian
The Warlord
The Great Muta

[Road Warrior]

Pretty sure Tully Blanchard was a heel his whole career.

[Seth82]

Pretty sure Tully Blanchard was a heel his whole career.

nope he was a face briefly for his father's promotion Southwest Championship Wrestling

[Grablot]

Was Mordecai/Kevin Thorn ever face?


I mean he didnt get any reaction as a heel but I THINK he was supose to be a heel. Ariels big boobs getting reaction doesnt get counted as a face right????

Hmph.

[Road Warrior]

nope he was a face briefly for his father's promotion Southwest Championship Wrestling

Well fuck, how about Outlaw Ron Bass ?

[daimoniac]

that'll be a no on the warlord and barbarian - the powers of pain were a face team before the "double turn" at survivor series 88

[daimoniac]

Yeah, indy wrestling doesn't count because nobody gives a flying fuck about 40 fans watching a match in a high school gym.

maybe, but this one got a worldwide dvd release (admittedly not a wwe scale one) and was at the old ECW arena/new alhambra/whatever the fuck they call it this week.

[Gertner]

Wow! Worldwide! So if I film my cat chasing it's tail and somebody from China buys it, is it a worldwide release?

[311]

Rick Rude?

[Lara Emily]

Wow! Worldwide! So if I film my cat chasing it's tail and somebody from China buys it, is it a worldwide release?

Last time I checked entire career includes more than just the big feds. Independent feds still count as part of one's career

[Haze]

Andy Kaufman :shifty:

[Lara Emily]

Rick Rude?

Briefly a face in ECW

[BigDaddyCool]

Kevin Sulliven?

[Gertner]

Last time I checked entire career includes more than just the big feds. Independent feds still count as part of one's career

Wrestling in front of 20 people doesn't count. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it, did it happen.

[DaveBrawl]

If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it, did it happen.

I'm gonna say yes.

[Lara Emily]

Wrestling in front of 20 people doesn't count. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it, did it happen.

Did it fall? Of course it did! iI was once standing and it is now down, hence it fell. It doesn't mater how many people witnessed it, it still happened. Much like One Man Gang being a face

[Lara Emily]

Fuck though all of this talk doesn't matter anyway One Man Gang was a face very early in his career bit in Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling, where he was Crusher Bloomfield

[DLVH84]

The Barbarian
The Warlord
The Great Muta

Muta was a face during his brief stints in WCW between 1992 and 1995.

Barbarian was also a face in WCW around 1993, due to his affiliation with Cactus Jack.

[Lara Emily]

The Barbarian
The Warlord
The Great Muta

Keiji Mutoh had several face and heel runs (hell he was once both at the same time ace under his real name heel under Muta gimmick)

[Seth82]

Kevin Sulliven?

Sullivan was a face from the early 70's up til his early 80's satanic gimmick in Florida

[Seth82]

Rick Rude?

was a face early on in his career in the old Mid-South territory

[Jordan]

Jessie Ventura? Seth what do ya know?

[Seth82]

Jessie Ventura? Seth what do ya know?

not really sure about Ventura as most footage I've seen is from AWA and he was a heel there

have not seen his run in Portland where he might've been a face

maybe someone else knows?

[DLVH84]

Keiji Mutoh had several face and heel runs (hell he was once both at the same time ace under his real name heel under Muta gimmick)

I remember that clearly. It was around 1997 that he did that.

[Lara Emily]

not really sure about Ventura as most footage I've seen is from AWA and he was a heel there

have not seen his run in Portland where he might've been a face

maybe someone else knows?
He had a face run in Portland feuding with Buddy Rose

[Jordan]

So is Ricky Steamboat the only guy to only play one side of the coin his whole career?

[Seth82]

So is Ricky Steamboat the only guy to only play one side of the coin his whole career?

there were plenty of guys who never worked heel actually

Verne and Greg Gagne
Magnum TA
Mil Mascaras
Bruno Sammartino
Jose Lothario
Pedro Morales
Rocky Johnson
Jerry Jarrett
Mike Von Erich
Tito Santana

many others I will list later

[voncouch]

My knowledge of the old territory days isn't pristine, but the three that popped in my head when I read this were Bobby Heenan, Kurt Henning and Ted Dibiase. As far back as I can remember (80's WWF and beyond), I don't think these three ever worked face.

Also, if you want to add managers, Mr Fuji.

[Juan]

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[Seth82]

My knowledge of the old territory days isn't pristine, but the three that popped in my head when I read this were Bobby Heenan, Kurt Henning and Ted Dibiase. As far back as I can remember (80's WWF and beyond), I don't think these three ever worked face.

Also, if you want to add managers, Mr Fuji.

Like it's been said many times now

Dibiase worked face in WCW as manager of the Steiners

and in Georgia Championship Wrestling as well as Mid-South

Hennig worked face in AWA

[Shisen Kopf]

King kong Bundy?

[Jordan]

Don Callis?

[Lara Emily]

King kong Bundy?


started his career as a face in WCCW

[Lara Emily]

Don Callis?

Started his career as a face according to his Slam! Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame profile

[Jordan]

Mr. Fuji?

[parkmania]

Pretty sure I remember Akeem splitting away from Slick and being face for a while.

[Emperor Smeat]

Mr. Fuji?

He might have been a face after reuniting with Yokozuna when Yokozuna turned face in his last year in the WWF.

Its around the same time as Vader arriving to the WWF and after the brief time of Cornette as Yokozuna's manager.

[Tom Guycott]

there were plenty of guys who never worked heel actually

Verne and Greg Gagne
Magnum TA
Mil Mascaras
Bruno Sammartino
Jose Lothario
Pedro Morales
Rocky Johnson
Jerry Jarrett
Mike Von Erich
Tito Santana

many others I will list later

Technically, Tito turned heel a couple months ago via he and Chavo Classic backing/praising Alberto Del Rio. It was a one off, but still a heel turn.

[Rollermacka]

Technically, Tito turned heel a couple months ago via he and Chavo Classic backing/praising Alberto Del Rio. It was a one off, but still a heel turn.

Did he really turn heel or does he work as a chauffeur now and was at work that night?

[Lara Emily]

He might have been a face after reuniting with Yokozuna when Yokozuna turned face in his last year in the WWF.

Its around the same time as Vader arriving to the WWF and after the brief time of Cornette as Yokozuna's manager.

Correct when Yoko went face Fuji turned too, he started waving the American flag around instead of the Japanese fkag

[parkmania]

there were plenty of guys who never worked heel actually

Tito Santana



Didn't he debut the El Matador character as a heel?

[Vox Populi]

Dino bravo

Babyface on multiple occasions.

[Lara Emily]

Didn't he debut the El Matador character as a heel?

nope

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Well fuck, how about Outlaw Ron Bass ?

Briefly was a face in NWA. Had a match against his former tag team partner Black Bart with a stipulation of getting a five-minute match with JJ Dillion. It was a part of Starrcade 1985.

Won the match against Black Bart but lost the 5 minute match cause Bart interfered.