Thread: QUESTION - If everyone "acted" heelish (and let the fans react however they wanted)..
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Old 12-01-2007, 02:27 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Jeritron View Post
There are still, today and in recent years, a few exceptions of stars who get over as pure faces. This is more indicative of other things concerning those wrestlers however, and not the trends with fans over the past 10-12 years. Jeff Hardy is over huge, but he's been over huge for a while and it's not really anything to do with whether hes a heel or face. There are also a few others over the past years, but people don't want a hero who eats their vitamins and says their prayers. They resent them. They want an edge to them.
Good point. One reason why I think Jeff Hardy got over in the way that he did (i.e. a pure face), is because....

1) He stayed true to himself all these years. Jeff was himself, and the fans respected that.

2) He had a little mystique and intrigue to his character (which helped the fans care somewhat about Jeff Hardy).

3) His aerial abilities.

4) He never once kissed the fans' ass.

I'm very proud of Jeff for being in the position that he's in today. Hopefully, he takes the ball and runs with it.
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