noumenon
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I'm not going to go into a too much detail on why (because it just does)... but Edge's face character has just been a major turn off to me. The whole "SPEARSPEARSPEAR!" thing is possibly the most annoying thing to come about since "WHAT!?". His character simply changed a bit too much for my liking and he's almost in an awkward limbo between joke cracking E&C era Edge and Watered Down Superstar Edge. The crowd is into it, I won't argue that. I'm just personally not feeling it.
Orton's face turn on the other hand came on beautifully. The crowd essentially turned the guy face. All signs were pointing towards Legacy coming across as faces against Orton but the crowd really wasn't having. The fans chose Orton, and he wasn't forced down our throats. He's still in a bit more of a tweener mode than Edge is at the moment and it's yet to be seen if he'll really go full blown face. For all we know after Mania he could simply revert back to the way he was before. As someone else said Orton has pretty much been a lifer heel in the company and I think it would be a nice change of pace to see where this face turn could take him for a few months. His character essentially hasn't changed... in essence it's the character that turned him in a way. People want a bad ass they get behind, and Orton is one of the only ones right now.
Orton's face turn on the other hand came on beautifully. The crowd essentially turned the guy face. All signs were pointing towards Legacy coming across as faces against Orton but the crowd really wasn't having. The fans chose Orton, and he wasn't forced down our throats. He's still in a bit more of a tweener mode than Edge is at the moment and it's yet to be seen if he'll really go full blown face. For all we know after Mania he could simply revert back to the way he was before. As someone else said Orton has pretty much been a lifer heel in the company and I think it would be a nice change of pace to see where this face turn could take him for a few months. His character essentially hasn't changed... in essence it's the character that turned him in a way. People want a bad ass they get behind, and Orton is one of the only ones right now.