Face VS. Heel: Which Is Better?

Sting was much better as a babyface vs The short lived heel turn in late 99.

Bayley is a better heel imo that's what finally made me a fan.

Off the top of my head, I think Alexa Bliss is MUCH better as a heel. She has such a character and personality and every time she is face I feel like she loses her personality entirely. Not really a knock on her, but the writing for her.

Charlotte Flair only good as a heel in my opinion.

Dexter Lumis/Sam Shaw. The heel persona in Impact did wonders for the character but the WWE babyface run has been nothing but cringe. Again, mainly on the writing though and not him.

This might be controversial but Triple H. I think he is only good as a heel and I think he is a pretty bad/not believable babyface.

I’d go with Mr Perfect. Much better as a heel than a face. Whilst it wasn’t the worst, I was never fully invested in his late 92/93 face turn.

Nikolai Volkoff as well. I get the Cold War ended so the Soviet gimmick was redundant but his face run just didn’t fit him at all.

Powers of Pain much better as heels, same for the Nasty boys.

There’s probably loads of others but all I can think of off the top of my head

Perfect-Way more natural as a heel

Piper-Entertaining as a babyface no doubt but man nothing tops him as a heel in the 80s

Sid/Vader-Both better in the monster heel role

Ricky Morton-What were they thinking turning em heel in 91?


Just off the top of my head here. I'll also say that I'm more partial to the heels.Big reason why I got into wrestling all those years ago. Always rooted for em over the faces

Honky Tonk Man - way better as a heel, how Vince ever thought that Honky could be a fan favorite is beyond me
Ken Patera - much better as a heel
Paul Orndorff - good as a babyface, but much better as a heel
Natural Disasters - better monster heels

Seth Rollies baby. For whatever reason besides him being in The Shield he never came across as a good face. He's just not believable especially on the mic. Seth is just a natural heel imo and he plays that role perfectly. Every heel version of Seth was great imo, the chicken crap heel, The Messiah, The Visionary... Roman as well, the John Cena gimmick that Vince was forcing him to do didn't work. As a face, Roman needed to be one of those silent killers that only spoke when needed. I believe when he does turn face again, he should be more of an antihero.

I'll add Christian to the better as heel category but he wasn't a terrible face.

Sasha definitely better as heel.

The best face character has fire. A great face worker conveys vulnerability. Heel characters are dastardly. Great heel workers are menacing. Both can get away with a lot if they're likable


Flair was a much better face. I thought he was an above average heel on his very best day. He's dastardly but only insofar as he's amusing to watch. I never took him as dangerous. A lot of casuals think the same way

Bret Hart was a way better heel than face. As a face, he lacked a lot of fire.

Hulk Hogan balanced the two face aspects probably better than anyone I've ever seen. He could send people home happy going against someone like Honky Tonk Man and still sell that he was vulnerable. He could have done both as a heel. I think his age in WCW, being an old guy well past his prime, has his heel work below his face work. In his prime, Hogan would have been an awesome heel

Mr. Perfect was overrated in all departments. I think why people push him hard is that he was likable. He was probably a better face than heel in theory, since his face work happened when he was past his prime (drugs mainly). As a heel, his offense was weak and his finisher stupid for what the audience expected. Though he was dastardly at points, I never thought his stuff was over the top enough to be enraging. Probably the most overrated worker of the last 40 years

Savage was a better face. Because of Savage's size, I think he looked less dangerous than he should have since he'd bump a lot. I think his style was never unhinged enough for what he was doing as a character. His face work conveyed a lot of vulnerability. Without Elizabeth from 1985-1992, he would have struggled to be a star. Elizabeth was a great foil to draw out his inner psychopath up until 1987. He couldn't really do the same with a harlot character like Queen Sherri.

Demolition was a much better face team.

Undertaker had a lot of fire as a face and had great timing when doing it

Shawn Michaels. Seriously the whole HBK persona screams heel and he was so damn good at playing the role. He always felt out of place as a face.

Ric Flair. I have never found him to be likable, so he fits the heel category.

The Dudley Boyz. While they were good heels, they were just more successful as faces. Their 2015 return was ruined by their heel turn.

Seth Rollins. As a face he's as generic as they get but awesome as a heel.