"To be a great babyface, first you have to be a great heel"

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Originally Posted by KIRA I recall John Morrison was really cool heel but as a face he just seemed lost and a little bland on the mic. As a heel he was a douche,cocky and at times funny. R-Truth is a dancing uninteresting somewhat stereotypical moron as a face. He was AWESOME as a heel and the WWE was too stupid to run with it. Yes I know I'm doing the reverse

This isn't about comparing whether people were better as heels/faces.

Originally Posted by CSL but either way, no. It's simply just a lot harder to be a top or even a good babyface than it is to be a heel.

Nor is it about where he it's easier to get over as heel (though there is an element of that involved in the conversation).

Originally Posted by Narcissus Hogan was consistently a babyface before his NWO run, right? He became an incredible heel, but I don't think he was ever heel before he became the biggest face in the history of mankind. I could very well be wrong. At the very least, if he was heel before Hulkamania, you don't hear about it much.

Originally Posted by Narcissus Alright. Did he have any meaningful heel run, though? Or was it just for a few appearances here and there?

Hogan was a heel in the AWA I believe, and his first first WWE run (prior to Rocky III). Vince, Jr bought him back and launched Hulkamania.

Either way, this was 30 years ago.