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The Lucha Libre equivalent is known as a ''técnico'' (or more rarely ''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS technico]]'') which is more about the method they take to win (técnicos are content to rely on valid wrestling techniques, whereas heels cheat or use brute force) but is the same in practice more often than not. To further confuse, in British wrestling (such as ''World of Sport''), the term used is "Blue Eyes."

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The Lucha Libre equivalent is known as a ''técnico'' (or more rarely ''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS ''[[InconsistentSpelling technico]]'') which is more about the method they take to win (técnicos are content to rely on valid wrestling techniques, whereas heels cheat or use brute force) but is the same in practice more often than not. To further confuse, in British wrestling (such as ''World of Sport''), the term used is "Blue Eyes."



* The Guerrero Family are always faces by default due to patriarch Gori forming The Atomic Pair alongside El Santo. Of Hector, Mando, Chavo and [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Gory]] there have been the most attempts to make Chavo a rudo/heel, but they never stick too long due to the love of the Guerrero name.

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* The Guerrero Family are always faces by default due to patriarch Gori forming The Atomic Pair alongside El Santo. Of Hector, Mando, Chavo and [[SpellMyNameWithAnS [[InconsistentSpelling Gory]] there have been the most attempts to make Chavo a rudo/heel, but they never stick too long due to the love of the Guerrero name.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"[[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins, be true to yourself and be true to your country]]... [[Wrestling/HulkHogan BROTHER!!!]]"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"[[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins, be true to yourself and be true to your country]]... [[Wrestling/HulkHogan [[VerbalTic BROTHER!!!]]"'']]
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Some fans draw a distinction between "face" and "babyface". It's argued that the latter should refer to the old-school, clean-cut, "eat your vegetables" type good guys, and the shortened version is simply anybody fans cheer for, including a wide variety of {{Antihero}}es, {{Nominal Hero}}es and {{Designated Hero}}es. Insiders in the pro wrestling business, however, use the two interchangeably. Some fans also call for the distinction of [[WildCard Tweeners]] for villains that receive a hero's welcome, though bookers and promoters themselves only slowly started embracing the concept in the late 1990s as, despite perceptions, most wrestlers wanted to be seen as pure face or heel for whatever show they happened to be working on.

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Some fans draw a distinction between "face" and "babyface". It's argued that the latter should refer to the old-school, clean-cut, "eat your vegetables" type vegetables"-type good guys, and the shortened version is simply anybody fans cheer for, including a wide variety of {{Antihero}}es, {{Nominal Hero}}es and {{Designated Hero}}es. Insiders in the pro wrestling business, however, use the two interchangeably. Some fans also call for the distinction of [[WildCard Tweeners]] for villains that receive a hero's welcome, though bookers and promoters themselves only slowly started embracing the concept in the late 1990s as, despite perceptions, most wrestlers wanted to be seen as pure face or heel for whatever show they happened to be working on.
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1. The '''[[IncorruptiblePurePureness Whitemeat]]'''. The hero who gets beat up constantly, before heroically and miraculously snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. The whitemeat places particular emphasis on morality and virtue. (Cheating heavily is part of being a heel.) We're told that they're fighting against all odds to win the titles they're striving for. They have a tendency to always trust wrestlers, no matter how many times they've betrayed him/her in the past: {{Wrestling/Sting}} had a history of joining tag teams or stables full of vicious backstabbers when he really should have known better (leading to the phrase "Sting-level [[GoodIsDumb dumb]]"). They exist mostly to carry out good deeds and make the kids happy.

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1. The '''[[IncorruptiblePurePureness Whitemeat]]'''. The hero who gets beat up constantly, before heroically and miraculously snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. The whitemeat places particular emphasis on morality and virtue. (Cheating heavily is part of being a heel.) We're told that they're fighting against all odds to win the titles they're striving for. They have a tendency to always trust wrestlers, no matter how many times they've betrayed him/her in the past: {{Wrestling/Sting}} had a history of joining tag teams or stables full of vicious backstabbers when he really should have known better (leading to the phrase "Sting-level [[GoodIsDumb dumb]]"). They As {{Lovable Jock}}s, they exist mostly to carry out good deeds and make the kids happy.



6. The '''AntiHero'''. Heels are allowed to be flawed people, and so are almost inherently more interesting than babyfaces. Solution? Be punk rock and go rebel. This guy is more of an anti-authoritarian, comedic dick, rather than a true hero. He stands up for himself against the bosses, calling legends like [[Wrestling/KevinNash Nash]] "Old and irrelevant", and does whatever he wants to whoever he dislikes and whenever he pleases. It's not "out of character" for him to do dickish things, since the entire point is that the heel made it O.K. to do. At the same time, he is a human with real human failings. That's why the Wrestling/AttitudeEra babies worked.

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6. The '''AntiHero'''. Heels are allowed to be flawed people, and so are almost inherently more interesting than babyfaces. Solution? Be punk rock and go rebel. This guy is more of an anti-authoritarian, comedic dick, rather than a true hero.LovableJock. He stands up for himself against the bosses, calling legends like [[Wrestling/KevinNash Nash]] "Old and irrelevant", and does whatever he wants to whoever he dislikes and whenever he pleases. It's not "out of character" for him to do dickish things, since the entire point is that the heel made it O.K. to do. At the same time, he is a human with real human failings. That's why the Wrestling/AttitudeEra babies worked.
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** By the end of his career, Wrestling/{{Edge}} was a face.

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** By the end of his career, Wrestling/{{Edge}} Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} was a face.
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A Face, short for Baby face, is a ProfessionalWrestling good guy. He's the guy the fans get behind, the one they cheer for. A face used to always be [[NiceGuy an upright do-gooder]], but nowadays, anybody the fans cheer for is generally classified as a face, regardless of personality or whether or not they play by the rules. The opposite of a face is a {{Heel}}.

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A Face, short for Baby face, is a ProfessionalWrestling good guy. He's a LovableJock, the guy the fans get behind, the one they cheer for. A face used to always be [[NiceGuy an upright do-gooder]], but nowadays, anybody the fans cheer for is generally classified as a face, regardless of personality or whether or not they play by the rules. The opposite of a face is a {{Heel}}.

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