5/14 or so - Natalya and Tamina have transitioned to babyfaces after feuding with Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler, becoming adversarial with Alexa Bliss and helping Bianca Belair fight off Jax, Baszler and Bayley on the 5/21 SmackDown. ** QUARTER 1 PREDICTIONS [FROM JANUARY 1] **, ** QUARTER 2 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [AFTER WRESTLEMANIA] **, ** QUARTER 3 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [JULY / BEFORE SUMMERSLAM] **, ** QUARTER 4 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [OCTOBER / BEFORE SURVIVOR SERIES] **, Vote on the 2023 Smark Madness tournament, List of WWE Heel and Face Turns for 2020 - Superstars Who Turned Babyface or Heel This Year. Jeff Jarret who was a heel all the time in the WWE, WCW and mostly TNA made his first TNA and wrestling face turn after Planet Jarret broke up, he started siding with his former enemies. 11/25 - PENDING: Is Sam Gradwell a babyface? WWE performers often turn babyface or heel to ignite various feuds. The Tribal Chief has carried the company for over two years and is arguably irreplaceable at the moment. Alexa turning heel and reverting back to her Goddess persona and blaming the fans for turning her into that creepy version would be perfect to establish her as a top heel again. Copyright 2009-2023: Smark Out Moment - a web branch off A Mango Tree, an Anthony Mango company. Who are the 5 AEW stars that would most benefit from a heel/face turn? However, Dakota Kai is still up in the air. 4/26 - Rhea Ripley is seemingly "whatever WWE wants her to be that week", meaning I'm not updating her as a heel/face constantly. Dakota takes issue with Mandy getting the headlines and after Mandy loses the NXT womens championship to Io Shrai, Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne join Dakota in attacking Mandy. The Ballin' Superstar has been at Omos' side since his heel turn on Bobby Lashley in April. Do check the Promotions tab if you cannot find it in the Primary Inbox. Putin took to the stage in Moscow today to deliver a mammoth national address *Uncle Howdy Hottie Hooper* HOOKsuke. For the 2020 list, click here. 4/8 - Candice LeRae seemingly turned heel by low-blowing Tommaso Ciampa on NXT. I see parallels to The Rock. WWE has booked Roman Reigns as its unbeatable heel champion for more than two years, but the ultimate goal of his unprecedented reign is to transform "The Head of the Table" into a fan favorite. February 14 - Drew Gulak turned heel by aligning with Charlie Dempsey and ditching Hank Walker, (PENDING) February 17 - Emma and Madcap Moss are likely heading toward a heel turn after their frustrations following Moss losing to Gunther and blaming it on the fans. 4/1 - Isla Dawn turned heel by attacking Emilia McKenzie to align herself with Kay Lee Ray. 10 WWE/WWE World Heavyweight Championship 4 World Heavyweight Championship 1 WWE Intercontinental Championship 1 WWE United States Championship 1 World Tag Team Championship (with Edge) 2 WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (with Riddle) 1 WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (with Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper - Freebird Rule) Ohio Valley Wrestling They'll remain tweeners for now. 6/10 - Damian Priest may be a face now as of NXT following TakeOver: In Your House. Not just because of the wrestling, but the storytelling and emotion and the connection with the crowd. As the card takes shape, this looks to be the last of the major shake-ups, but we will have to stay tuned to see if more curveballs are headed our way. 2/16 - Johnny Gargano turned heel by nailing Tommaso Ciampa with the NXT Championship and costing him his match at TakeOver: Portland. 6/7 - Io Shirai felt like a tweener to me on TakeOver: In Your House, but was cheered by the crowd with her title win and followed up those actions with some babyface stuff afterward. If it ends up being solidified, I'll go back and change this. 10 Becky Lynch "Big-time Becks" has become one of the top heels in wrestling. 1/27 - Charlotte Flair is at least starting to turn heel with how she's reacted to her Royal Rumble win. He came in as a babyface and the fans just didnt accept him so he turned heel. A heel turn would be good for the YouTube sensation as he is a natural heat magnet due to his controversial yet brave antics. Heroes are referred to as babyfaces, or simply faces, in pro wrestling, while villains are referred to as heels. Alexa Bliss and Asuka winning the tag titles further affirms that babyfaces are going to rule the red brand. As soon as RK-Bro formed, the countdown started on when Randy Orton would turn on Riddle. 8/28 - Alexa Bliss did a pretty heelish thing by smashing the mug she bought for Nikki Cross and flipping out at her. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler are definitely heels and not tweeners anymore. This shouldnt surprise anyone. The White Rabbit gets revealed at WWE Extreme Rules End of. Stay tuned for random updates to this page! They played off each other well in an effective segment. 11/25 - Toni Storm turned heel by feeding Ember Moon to Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell, Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez. And yet, Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard decided to go against the grain, swim against the tide, and turn her into a villain. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Alexa is a natural heel if she is in her Goddess persona. This is another one that I dont think many will be surprised to see. There you have it. We'll see in the coming weeks. Check here, Be the first one to comment on this story. I think her heel turn was designed to eventually get Bianca over as a bigger babyface which I think it has. Did I miss something? WWE continues to struggle for big names as heels and faces. After stints in The Nation of Domination and The Corporation, The Rock became one of the biggest stars in the history of the business when he turned babyface again because he finally found his voice. It was the second heel turn in the past few years as she also attempted in 2018. Current Heels & Faces List From Current RosterWWE Heel & Face Turns in 2022, Your email address will not be published. Ricochet came off the top rope and got a near fall. SmackDown Hotel notes that Nikki Cross has been a tweener since she shed her superhero costume. Unlike someone like Rey Mysterio, there is a heel in him waiting to break through. 4/6 - Big Show is a heel again. Somehow his babyface persona didn't really reflect his potential. Every WWE Pay-Per-View Buyrate. Your email address will not be published. 6/14 - Piper Niven (soon to be renamed, most likely) is now a heel after aligning with Eva Marie. That just doesn't mean it makes Banks a babyface by default. 9/7 - Cedric Alexander turned heel on Monday Night Raw, 9/8 - It seems Tehuti Miles is now a babyface and has received a name change as Ashante "Thee" Adonis. Here is a list of a few names from AEW whom Tony Khan should keep in mind for possible heel and face turns in the coming months. She'll likely keep swapping back and forth over the rest of the year per usual. (Update: Ashante "Thee" Adonis has been solidified as a babyface since he came out to help Isaiah "Swerve" Scott at NXT TakeOver 31 on October 4th). Every WWE Babyface Turn Of 2021. 10/25 - Tucker turned heel at Hell in a Cell by hitting Otis with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Bayley needs to come back and challenge The Queen to a series of matches that elevates the SmackDown Women's Championship. Suddenly, Dakota Kai, Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin show up to challenge Bianca and Mandy, but a newly-crowned Raw womens champion, Rhea Ripley stands with Bianca and Mandy, making it a 6 woman tag team match(a dejected former Raw womens champion Becky Lynch would be serving a suspension for her post-match actions, after losing to Rhea Ripley). Villains turning on villains does not make the beaten down person suddenly a hero, but the actions that come out of that dictate whether a turn happens or not. SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley Face-to-Face. Afterwards, Rhea, Bianca and Mandy stand with each other, raising their respective championship belts, then greeting the WWE universe fans!!! WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut. For some reason, the Dark Order have been nonplussed by the fact that Jay left the group and joined the Jericho Appreciation Society, but this should change sometime soon. Jayne vs Dolin, Breakker Trios Match Added to NXT Roadblock 2023, AEW Dynamite March 1, 2023, Match Card & Preview, WWE RAW March 6: John Cena, Logan Paul to Appear, More Matches Set, Brock Lesnar vs Omos Announced for WWE WrestleMania 39. 9/6 - Mustafa Ali has been on the babyface spectrum as a tweener for a while. #5. Copyright 2009-2023: Smark Out Moment - a web branch off A Mango Tree, an Anthony Mango company. 1/29 - Shinsuke Nakamura turned babyface after helping Big E and Daniel Bryan fight off Sami Zayn, Cesaro and AJ Styles on SmackDown. Granted, I feel that coming out of WrestleMania, this ship will right itself and Flair will be the heel and Rhea Ripley will be the big time babyface (while also distancing herself from Judgement Day . That "one lucky shot" might not be the end of Roman Reigns' historic title reign. 6 Face Turn: Anna Jay Anna Jay may have only just turned heel, but she was far better as a babyface. It also depends on The Rock. 1/6 - Drew McIntyre may be a face now. In WWE and in life, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Tony Mango is not just a pundit/analyst, but also a creative director/consultant, media manager and more. AJ Styles was part of the heel tag team with Omos last year. 9/21 - Dominik Dijakovic (T-Bar), Dio Maddin (Mace), and Mia Yim are now heels while Shane Thorne and Mercedes Martinez already were before RETRIBUTION even started. Win/Loss Records. 10/30 - Jey Uso turned heel by aligning with Roman Reigns and attacking Daniel Bryan after their match. 1/26 - MVP returned and played babyface (no idea if he was a heel in his last run in WWE). The Royal Rumble is in St. Louis, the hometown of Randy Orton. Copyright 2009-2023: Smark Out Moment - a web branch off A Mango Tree, an Anthony Mango company. WWE has done well in showcasing Lashley's extreme capabilities. We're keeping track of all the bad guys turned good in WWE in the year of 2021. Nobody compares. It seems inevitable that we are going to get Rey Mysterio vs. his son Dominik Mysterio at Wrestlemania in Dallas. All of this came from his feud against his partner and rival, Johnny Gargano. I'm not considering it a heel turn, as it's all goofy stuff, but he and Big Jordan and the other ninjas (yeah) are definitely the heels in that feud, at least. The Miz is a natural heel, however, he turned face in November of 2012. Charlotte Flair entered the ring and pointed at the WrestleMania sign. Roman Reigns will defend his undisputed WWE Universal title against Logan Paul. This is another one that never stays heel for very long. It is the culmination. Tournaments. The same is true of Lynch's real-life husband Seth Rollins. 1/27 - Randy Orton turned heel by attacking Edge. What theyre doing right now with Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman is some of the best stuff I have ever seen them do. On this week's SmackDown, Happy Corbin was scheduled to face McIntyre. Dave Meltzer's Star Ratings. All Rights Reserved. It turned out to be a pivotal change in direction for both competitors. I have come up with ten possible Heel and Face turns for the end of this year in the final thoughts and then as we head into 2022. February 18 - At this point, Elimination Chamber, I'm classifying Brock Lesnar as a perpetual tweener, and moving Bobby Lashley into that pending spot as well, as I think he'll turn heel soon. Every WWE Heel Turn Of 2020. 2/14 - Seems like Adam Cole just turned heel on TakeOver: Vengeance Day by superkicking Finn Balor and Kyle O'Reilly. 6/14 - Akira Tozawa's been positioned as the antagonist for The Viking Profits. Trident Digital Media Limited. @Puto_Takagi. 5/18 - Kairi Sane is a face as well as of Asuka's face turn. AJ Styles quickly emerged and accepted The Rated-R Superstar's challenge. . WWE wants that Rock vs. Roman Reigns match so bad. Vinci took Moss down. Listen, the WWE RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch may be a heel, but the crowds love her. Maybe the babyface character that he's played for so very long has run its course and now there's the need to evolve, to transform, to change into a vicious heel. If it fails at Crown Jewel 2022, expect the 49-year old star to ally with The Monster of All Monsters as a babyface. Tons of wrestlers had benefitted recently by making a heel turn, most notably Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, etc., have breathed new life into their characters by being able to be the bad guy. She's likely a face as of that point, if not a little earlier when she teamed with Rhea Ripley against Charlotte Flair and Chelsea Green. Theyre both in the later stages of their careers. promos like a heel. 5/31 - Alexa Bliss started being booked in a more babyface fashion from around this point onward. AJ has had a pretty good run with Omos as a heel. Which WWE stars will go over to the dark side and which ones will remain on the path of light, over the coming year? So instead of 200$ for the average seat for 10k viewers. Manage Settings I think Rey re-signed his contract last year so he could get Dominik ready for this moment. Knight is ready-made to take on a similar role to The A-Lister for SmackDown, playing the charismatic personality off top names. Considering that Bayley and Bianca Belair have been at each other's throats since last year, Crown Jewel 2022 might be the platform for their final showdown. 10 Best Face Turns In Wrestling History WhatCulture Wrestling 1.5M views 6 years ago Macho Man Randy Savage picks the Perfect Partner (11-16-1992) Kingdom of Madness 466K views 3 years ago. . She was already incredibly over when she returned at SummerSlam to a massive pop. Sure, they achieved a little success, but mostly theyve been stagnant. A world title run probably isnt in the cards for either so why not pair them back up? 2/19 - Chad Gable and Otis turned heel on SmackDown by attacking Rey Mysterio after their match. If they're going to bounce her around back and forth, it's not worth updating every time she's booked the opposite direction one week after the next (so don't bother asking about it haha). The feud would continue on the main roster, after Mandy teams with Bianca Belair and wins the WWE womens tag team championships from the condescending Carmella and the overbearing Zelina Vega. . All Rights Reserved. 4/13 - Rhea Ripley has already reverted back to being a babyface. Some are kind of obvious while some are risky picks. 3/5 - Buddy Murphy wants to align with Seth Rollins again, meaning he's back to being a heel. There has been a lot of shifting around the foundation of WWE as we head to the big event in Dallas. Cody Rhodes Should Turn Heel 1 of 6 Credit: All Elite. 4/26: Randy Orton is at least in tweener territory after teaming with Matt Riddle. Also, it's pretty official at this point that all members of The Undisputed ERA are babyfaces, so they're off the pending list. I think RK-Bro loses the tag team titles before that show. That may be a soft face turn or it could just be some random booking. Check out the running list of heel and face turns for this year here. Shotzi is somebody I thought was a natural babyface that shouldnt turn heel but then again, I also thought the same about Sami Zayn and hes been killing it as a heel for four years now. He's at least going to be the babyface in theory while feuding with Elias, at the least. Continue with Recommended Cookies. Are we going to get. ** QUARTER 1 PREDICTIONS [FROM JANUARY 1] **, WILL TURN HEEL: Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Asuka, August Grey, Brian Kendrick, Dave Mastiff, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Isla Dawn, Kenny Williams, Kevin Owens, Naomi, Ricochet, Sasha Banks, Tamina, WILL TURN BABYFACE: Alexa Bliss, Bobby Lashley, Bray Wyatt, Cedric Alexander, MVP, Natalya, Peyton Royce, Shelton Benjamin, WILL BOUNCE AROUND BACK AND FORTH: Akira Tozawa, Charlotte Flair, Drew Gulak, ** QUARTER 2 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [AFTER WRESTLEMANIA] **, WILL TURN BABYFACE: Bray Wyatt, Cedric Alexander, Omos, Raquel Gonzalez, Reckoning/Mia Yim, Seth Rollins, Shelton Benjamin, ** QUARTER 3 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [BEFORE SUMMERSLAM] **, WILL TURN HEEL: Andre Chase, Ari Sterling, Gigi Dolin, Jacy Jayne, Jaxson Ryker, Kevin Owens, Mandy Rose, Naomi, Randy Orton, Rhea Ripley, Shelton Benjamin, WILL TURN BABYFACE: Alexa Bliss, Doudrop, Indi Hartwell, Raquel Gonzalez, Seth Rollins, WILL BOUNCE AROUND BACK AND FORTH: Drew Gulak, Reginald Thomas, ** QUARTER 4 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [POST-DRAFT, BEFORE SURVIVOR SERIES] **, WILL TURN HEEL: Aliyah, Dominik Mysterio (maybe not until 2022), Keith Lee, Kevin Owens, Jaxson Ryker, WILL TURN BABYFACE: Mia Yim, Sasha Banks, Xia Li, WILL BOUNCE AROUND BACK AND FORTH: Akira Tozawa, Drake Maverick, Drew Gulak. This week, he was waiting in the ring for whoever was willing to step up. The violent side of Bobby Lashley has been seen in the past few weeks. To me, theyre the best tag team in the business. Timothy Thatcher seems to be a babyface after teaming with Tommaso Ciampa in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. It started in 2019 when he reunited with The Club and two years later, he is still a heel. Madcap Moss is on the verge of turning babyface. #5. 3/13 - Drew Gulak has forged an alliance with Daniel Bryan and appears to be a babyface now. | Home Current EVENTS Theyre too popular. The question now remains who will change and evolve over the following year. The Last Woman Standing stipulations are usually introduced to put an end to a feud. Heel Turns & Face Turns. Certain key players need for their characters to evolve interestingly so that fans are invested in them over the long haul. 10/21 - Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan turned heel when they aligned with Pat McAfee to screw over The Undisputed ERA and Breezango and become NXT tag team champions. Lets get to it. Billie Kay is all over the place. PENDING - Isaiah "Swerve" Scott appears to be heading toward a heel turn as of 12/9. 11/23 - Grayson Waller is now a heel, I guess. 2021 was a year of frequent face and heel turns in WWE with around 50 babyface and heel turns in the year. Chad Gable seems to be more of a babyface lately after partnering with Otis. There are tons of wrestlers that need to make that shift within the next year to propel their careers. On this page, you find the full wrestling profile of Sheamus, with his Career History, real name, age, height and weight, the Promotions he worked for, all the Face/Heel turns, the Championship Titles he won, his Finishers, Theme Songs, Tag Teams and Stables, his appearance changes through the years, and more.. Stephen Farrelly was born in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland on January 28, 1978, and he is . They changed his music and took away the Arrow pointing from his entrance which was always designed to get a pop. I think The Usos will ride the Bloodline train as long as they can until eventually, it is time to get off. The segment was actually between Charlotte Flair and Dominik Mysterio. In this list, we will look at three superstars who may turn heel and three who could turn babyface at Extreme Rules 2022. Read our Privacy and Data Policy. At the beginning of this year, I've made some predictions for who I think will end up turning face or heel at some point. I also think Randy Orton does not win the Royal Rumble. Instead, Corbin forced Moss to face the Scottish Warrior despite not being medically cleared, where he lost. Because I believe there is a real possibility you will see a reunion of The Bar with Cesaro. 10 Cody Rhodes Having Heyman turn on Reigns for Brock Lesnar or even another heel on Smackdown, could be a great way to turn Reigns face. 5/10: Shelton Benjamin is possibly in babyface transition, depending on if his feud with Cedric Alexander expands to other heels. Required fields are marked *. Tamina is a heel again as she's been teaming more with Natalya. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Fans will still cheer Bianca, but not boo Becky. Legal. It will be the second Crown Jewel to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after the inaugural 2018 event. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Pending on that. Some of the major stars who turned heel include Edge, Adam Cole, Becky Lynch and Sheamus among others. With just two months flipped on the calendar, there have been many ups and downs. Io comes back and fights them off and gives Mandy a rematch. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. That prompted The Ultimate Opportunist to attack Styles and deliver the Con-Chair-To to the Phenomenal One, turning him into a villain in the process. It seems at this point, they're probably going to put them in the "whatever we need at the moment" territory, meaning I'm not going to track their minor adjustments going forward. A frustrated Bayley might even put the blame on IYO SKY and Dakota Kai for her loss. The fans do not want to boo Becky Lynch. Within the world of sports entertainment, these characters are referred to as babyfaces (the heroes) and heels (the villains). 12/20 - AJ Styles turned babyface in the split from Omos and his subsequent stuff opposite Grayson Waller and Apollo Crews. We can trace his heel turn back to then, though, as he's likely to be a heel going forward. Lately, Omos has been on a downwards trend. This post will be updated around once per month or so to reflect a list of all the current wrestlers on the WWE roster, breaking down the superstars who are heels, faces, tweeners and unknown variables. I think Randy Orton vs. Riddle is the plan for Wrestlemania 38. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Im on Twitter @GiftedMoney talking about wrestling among other things, so feel free to message me on there with any thoughts or comments. 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