Paid Members Ronnie Posted January 10, 2013 Paid Members Posted January 10, 2013 Which of these seven men was the best babyface last year?
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted January 10, 2013 Awards Moderator Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Cena, mainly for the Lesnar match. Of the other six, Sheamus and Park are probably the only other contenders. Jeff's too weird, Ryback only started gaining momentum in October (if said momentum continues apace without derailment, however, he could be a sure thing for next year), Santino still gets good reactions but is getting a little tired, and Rock wasn't ever particularly face-y when he was around, to my mind. (edit: didn't pluralise 'contenders'. It was annoying me.) Edited January 10, 2013 by HarmonicGenerator
Paid Members Green Posted January 10, 2013 Paid Members Posted January 10, 2013 This poll is always difficult as I have a perpetual hard-on for the heels, however I really enjoyed Ryback all year. I love squash matches and those big monster characters and he's really exceeded at both. Yeah he's only JUST got some real momentum but, aside from Park, I can't think of another face I was solidly behind all year.
Paid Members Jaffa Posted January 10, 2013 Paid Members Posted January 10, 2013 Good work on explaining all of your choices Green. It's good to read why people voted the way they did. I voted for The Rock because he's my favourite wrestler ever and I was so happy to see him back that I was cheering him on like it was 2000 despite the multiple weak promos and occasional heelish moment.
Sexy Dad Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 I'm going with Ryback, I haven't got behind a new face in years and Ryback has done a damn good job of playing to his strengths and getting the crowd behind him this year.
patiirc Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Cena, not only getting the better of The Rock in terms of the feud rather than the WM match, but also with Lesnar and so on, really stepped up to the mark
TheBigBoot Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Sheamus. Enjoyed Ryback from the start and Bryan was great fun throughout but was a heel half the time. I also don't think he was put in position to carry a show the way Sheamus was clearly booked as 'The Man' on the B-Show all year from winning the Rumble onwards and did it all as a face. Also credit where it's due, Santino has become a really good working babyface over the past couple of years. The closing moments of the Elimination Chamber had me hoping they'd give him a mini-feud over the World title at some point. Wasn't as keen on Cena and The Rock as in other years but they clearly deserve to be up there and I wouldn't argue with someone who did pick them.
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