[Tombstoned]

My first thought was "Undertaker is a face even when he is meant to be a heel, and he is certainly up there with the other names on that list"

MVP could have been an awesome face if they didnt totally kill his gimmick. Just imagine how famous the Rock would have been if he stayed calling himself Rocky Maivia.

 

[muttgeiger]

Cena plays a great heel? We don't really know that. Also what about Sting, he plays a shit heel, and is a hell of a lot more legendary than Y2J. And I love Y2J.

 

[Gingermadman]

OP is wrong. Not even going to come up with an argument why, going to let everyone else come in here and prove him wrong.

 

[Zombiekid29]

Who exactly is rko?

Also Cena, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Chris Jericho are hardly legends at this point...

 

[STALKER]

What about the Dragon (Ricky steamboat)? He was never a heel but is one of the greats.

 

[NoGimmicksNeeded]

What about the Dragon (Ricky steamboat)? He was never a heel but is one of the greats.

'Ricky' and 'Steamboat' were the two words I came in to post. Unless OP doesn't consider him a legend, in which case he's wrong in a whole new way.

 

[ultimatekrang]

jericho.
santino.

 

[Mr Nice Guy]

Cena plays a great heel? We don't really know that. Also what about Sting, he plays a shit heel, and is a hell of a lot more legendary than Y2J. And I love Y2J.

Well he was pretty good as a heel when he was doin his Thuganomics gimmick. A lot of that hasn't really changed in his character. He just toned it down and doesn't speak in Rhyme anymore.

 

[Hiplop]

completely untrue.. theres tons of legends who could only play one

 

[Geeee]

Ric Flair?

 

[Hart Break Kid]

i agree somewhat with your post, but take triple h off that list, he sucks as a face and really cringe worthy, i believe theres a lot of guys who never got the chance to see if they could pull off both and then theyre are guys that one or the other coems so naturally that they cant be taken serious as the other and are still legends.

I would never buy Ric flair as a face, he looks,talks and just his whole aura screams heel, same with triple h he looks like a bad man lol.

 

[Mister Hands]

Yeah, you just have to utter the word Steamboat in hushed and reverential tones to prove that theory wrong. Plus, Hogan would have gone down as a legend for Hulkamania alone. No one gave a shit whether he could play a heel.

 

[OwenRocky]

Ric Flair said something similar like that when talking about Steamboat. He said that he would have been the greatest wrestler ever if he had played a heel at least once in his career.

 

[Edgehead 26]

Ricky Steamboat? Ted DiBiase Sr? Ric Flair? Rey Mysterio Jr?

 

[Mr. 305 Blaze]

My first thought was "Undertaker is a face even when he is meant to be a heel, and he is certainly up there with the other names on that list"

MVP could have been an awesome face if they didnt totally kill his gimmick. Just imagine how famous the Rock would have been if he stayed calling himself Rocky Maivia.

This. MVP couldn't even reinvent himself at all as a babyface character cause WWE didn't give him a chance due to them just letting MVP float around in the under-card when he is technically one of their top most accomplished wrestlers. The only time we see MVP in his new character at a full time high was during the epic promo which he shared with the Miz earlier this year. Just look at the Rock for example, when he turned Face, absolutely nothing changed about him just now his comedy target was more towards the Heel wrestlers then Faces.

The highest paid athlete gimmick could of just worked as good as it was when MVP was a Heel. For crying out-loud it was the reason how MVP was getting cheered in the first place due to his cocky, arrogant attitude and the aura that he just brings.

 

[just1988]

LOL at you using MVP as an example when talking abut legends.

 

[Mr. 305 Blaze]

LOL at you using MVP as an example when talking abut legends.

and that's another thing I meant to mention. As a massive fan of MVP, I don't know why he is being used as an example, Montel can only dream of being in the leagues of those legends, he is not even close to Orton league and I don't even like Randy.

 

[sharkboy22]

Bullshit. I don't agree with that statement at all.

 

[AmericanGangster]

LOL at you using MVP as an example when talking abut legends.

Was not referring him as a legend man i was just using hi as an example that he is a great heel, but cant play a face. Also its ignorant to say (not you) that HHH and wrestlers alike arent legendary status. He is a cer for hall of fame and will go down as one of the best OF ALL TIME.