16 Purest Babyfaces In Wrestling History

While Junkyard Dog was never good at actually wrestling, he became a massive superstar on the strength of his all-surpassing charisma and indomitable heart. This reached its apex in WWE, as Vince McMahon chose to capitalize on these qualities and market JYD directly to his promotion's burgeoning kiddie demographic. After a match, the Dog would invite young fans into the ring to artlessly flap their knees in a vague approximation of his signature victory boogie.

Even before that, though, JYD wade his bones as a merry, good-hearted babyface. To put things in perspective: In the early 1980s, Junkyard Dog became the top star in the American deep south, working against the Fabulous Freebirds, who came to the ring to Lynyrd Skynyrd swathed in the Confederate flag. That's a sympathetic babyface.