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Really tough round this time.
1. Jerry Lawler
Great at both. Regarded by many of his peers to be one of the best workers and successes in wrestling as either a babyface or a heel. He and Bill Dundee would trade face/heel dispositions to keep things generating money in Memphis, but I think overall I give the nod to King being a better babyface, just because most of his classics involved him as the hero of Memphis wrestling.
2. Hulk Hogan
That back-scratching, woman-stealing, Sid-arm-grabbing Hogan was always a heel. Just because a guy is popular doesn't mean he's a true babyface.
3. Sgt. Slaughter
I can't really comment on this one. He was pretty over as both, but I never really watched at the time, so I can't attest to his overall performance.
4. Steve Austin
Face. Austin turning heel jumped the shark in WWE he was such an effective babyface. Maybe he was more of a morally ambiguous persona, but his popularity alone gets him the face nod. And no, this doesn't contradict my Hogan answer.
5. Brock Lesnar
He's the big boss; the dragon at the castle. It's a testament to his ability that he was able to play a babyface at all in late 2002 and 2003, and even now as an ass-kicking monster. If there were a true babyface on the rise in WWE, Brock Lesnar would make the perfect heel opponenet for them at WrestleMania though, and that speaks loudly about his worth as the top heel even now that he's the top face.
6. Eddie's early work in Mexico as a heel was amazing. His heel work with Los Guerreros in 2002 and 2003 led to him being too popular to keep the in the heel role, and he eventually became a beloved babyface act, until he found even more new life after re-inventing himself as a heel in 2005 with the Rey Mysterio storyling. They could never get people to hate him for long, but his heel work was sublime. His face work was very, very over though. You could easily make a case for both.
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