A heel WWE legend has said his character could “easily” have turned babyface, and he had to work hard for that not to be the case.
Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in the class of 2020, JBL spent most of his time – especially during his most acclaimed run – as a heel, including a reign with the WWE Championship.
On the latest edition of Something To Wrestle, JBL was asked if he believes his heel character could have been a babyface, responding by saying it would have been very easy for that to happen, and he had to actively work against it happening organically.
JBL explained:
“He could have been a face easily I believe. No doubt about it. We had to work very hard to keep it heel at one point.
“Vince would give me all kinds of advice and a lot of times he would sit there and he’d tell me before I went out for a promo, ‘Do not be entertaining. Just be a heel.’
“Because there was a chance of the crowd starting to change. If you’re entertaining for too long, any old heel becomes a babyface.
“I think JBL could have been a babyface very easy. We had to be very careful for him not to be. I never wanted to be a babyface.”
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JBL recently returned to the fold on WWE programming as an English language announcer for AAA alongside Corey Graves and Konnan.
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