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Originally Posted by Desmond
It works alot better in the case of going face to heel than it does heel to face. In order for it to work very well in the latter case you need a really good established heel to work against as well as the proper motivation.
Just about the only mega heel on Raw besides Edge is Umaga, and I don't think that would work all that great.
The main problem with Edge since the Cena fued is that he had to serve as DX's whooping boy and lost alot of his, pardon the pun, edge.
In almost every big spot in that fued, DX went over, and even when HHH blew out his leg, he and Orton still across as goofs. Then Rated RKO started fighting among themselves and just looked more like goofs.
The whole reason Edge got over as much as he did last year was that even though in the end Cena walked away with the belt, Edge was allowed to be perceived as his equal (the title win and the win in Boston).
It'll be interesting to see what direction they go in when HHH comes back.
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Umaga, with a good mouthpiece will be an equally great turn to the face side equivalent to where he is on the heel side of the spectrum....assuming the WWE doesnt screw it up which is a big assumption.
Of course in any storyline there has to be motivation for a switch which is a writer's job (somewhat the director's and cinematographer's) but with the proper motivation a arc is almost foolproof.....almost yet Ive seen Vince blow it time and again. Vince loves to do the flip, and then give no time for the audience to absorb it.......
Umaga would be a great turn, Edge would, Cena would.....basically anyone who has gone far enough one direction on the heel/face spectrum.