Talk:Tweener (professional wrestling)

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[edit] Carlito?

I don't see how Carlito has been much of a tweener at any point in his career. Jman5 04:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Carlito generally fights heels, although he uses heel tactics to win matches. Also, his recent match with Matt Striker and his subsequent attack on Eugene could be used as the very definition of tweener behavior.--Ddsilver 19:34, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Road Warriors?

What about the Road Warriors back in the mid-80's when they first went to the NWA? They were still bad guys, but crowds loved them...

There would still be considered heels, regardless of how the crowd cheered them. Jman5 05:47, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] tweeners are an older concept

I think there were many cases of "tweeners" occuring in pro-wrestling before the 1990's. In 1980 on several episodes of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Kevin Sullivan, a tradional face at the time, enlisted the help of former foe Austin Idol to help him in his battle with the Fabulous Freebirds. Autin's character was still brash, arrogant and, rude, but the fans cheered for him because his character was fighting agaisnt the Freebirds, hated heels at the time.

I would also make the case for wrestlers like Johnny Valentine, Dick the Bruiser, the Crusher, Mad Dog Vachon as being "tweeners" before the term was ever used.

Zrazys 10:57, June 2006 (UTC)