More. This one was a little tough as I feel Romans heel run has been the best of his career, including The Shield. I feel like it will get progressively worse until the heel turn is complete. 6 Face Turn: Anna Jay Anna Jay may have only just turned heel, but she was far better as a babyface. The EST of WWE is most likely to continue her dominant reign. We can trace his heel turn back to then, though, as he's likely to be a heel going forward. Tony Mango is not just a pundit/analyst, but also a creative director/consultant, media manager and more. Damian Priest was scheduled to face Finn Balor for the United States championship this week. 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. 8/3 - After Shayna Baszler's interactions with Nia Jax and Sasha Banks, it seems she might be a babyface now, especially after teaming with Asuka and being attacked by Nia Jax on August 17th. WWE wants that Rock vs. Roman Reigns match so bad. Ricochet came off the top rope and got a near fall. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler are definitely heels and not tweeners anymore. No real true turning point happened, but WWE certainly kept her against heels from this point on. If Priest, Mysterio, and Orton turn heel as I predicted earlier, there would be more than enough heels to allow Styles to make that switch. The Beast Incarnate has already cost Lashley his United States title and a win could further provoke the latter's rage. In defeat, The Maverick might snap and turn on the audience. 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. All of this came from his feud against his partner and rival, Johnny Gargano. Heroes are referred to as babyfaces, or simply faces, in pro wrestling, while villains are referred to as heels. Your email address will not be published. Is this a turn you want to see? Heel: Ronda Rousey 1 of 4 Ronda Rousey has always been better in WWE as a heel. PENDING - Grizzled Young Veterans are playing the face part in a feud with Ever-Rise and Imperium, but that may not be a true turn. Booker T just voted in the Sportskeeda Wrestling Awards. 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. Every WWE Pay-Per-View Buyrate. Which WWE stars will go over to the dark side and which ones will remain on the path of light, over the coming year? 2021 was a year of frequent face and heel turns in WWE with around 50 babyface and heel turns in the year. Not just because of the wrestling, but the storytelling and emotion and the connection with the crowd. Tony Mango is not just a pundit/analyst, but also a creative director/consultant, media manager and more. Updates that I can't remember when to track back to: Lana is definitely a face. Check out the running list of heel and face turns for this year here. 4/5 - Mandy Rose turned babyface at WrestleMania 36 by aligning herself with Otis. (PENDING) February 13 - Santos Escobar could be turning babyface after showing respect to Rey Mysterio and talking about how much he's looked up to him. Michael Gregory Mizanin is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality who is currently signed to WWE and performs on . Furthermore, Bobby Lashley might snap and lay a brutal post-match assault on Lesnar. Tweener for the start of 2021. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The Miz is a natural heel, however, he turned face in November of 2012. Please logout and login again. Madcap Moss is on the verge of turning babyface. #WWERaw 2050 339 Superstars Edge and Damian Priest turned heel on this week's episode of RAW. . And yet, Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard decided to go against the grain, swim against the tide, and turn her into a villain. To me, theyre the best tag team in the business. 7/13 - Aliyah may have turned babyface after splitting from The Robert Stone Brand and blowing kisses to the crowd. 9/9 - Saxon Huxley is now essentially a babyface after teaming with Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter on NXT UK to face Symbiosis, 9/10 - Becky Lynch's anti-crowd language was rather firmly heel, 9/10 - Katrina Cortez appears to be a heel now as of 205 Live, 9/14 - Josh Briggs has been repackaged as a babyface, 9/14 - Carmelo Hayes seems to have turned heel alongside his new partner, Trick Williams, 9/14 - Andre Chase is now a heel as of the InDex wedding, 9/20 - Humberto Carrillo seems to be a heel now after forming a tag team with Angel Garza, 9/21 - Joe Gacy has possibly settled on being a heel with his "safe space" gimmick, 9/27 - Shelton Benjamin has turned heel to rejoin The Hurt Business, 10/11 - Mustafa Ali turned heel on Mansoor, 10/19 - Johnny Gargano turned babyface on NXT, 10/22 - Katrina Cortez's heel turn of whatever sorts you can call that is over as on 205 Live, she and Yulisa Leon were full-blown babyfaces showing respect to Valentina Feroz and Amari Miller, 10/29 - Sasha Banks is now a babyface for her feud with Charlotte Flair on SmackDown, 10/29 - Shotzi Blackheart turned heel on SmackDown by attacking Sasha Banks post-match, 11/9 - Pete Dunne is a babyface now, it seems. WILL TURN HEEL: AJ Styles, Alba Fyre, Alexa Bliss, Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Asuka, B-Fab, Braun Strowman, Cameron Grimes, Charlotte Flair, Elias, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Randy Orton, Top Dolla WILL TURN BABYFACE: Bayley, Dakota Kai, Dominik Mysterio, Doudrop, Iyo Sky, Sami Zayn, Tommaso Ciampa Balor. Sami Zayn: January 28, 2023: Sami turned babyface at Royal Rumble after being removed from the Bloodline. Pro-wrestling has its own terminology for many things, including how they describe heroes and villains in their storytelling. 6/15 - Cameron Grimes is definitely a babyface now, after speculation from the past 2 weeks or so. WWE Royal Rumble 2022 Records & Stats. Theyve been planting the seeds for a Mysterios split for months now. Every WWE Babyface Turn Of 2021. January 2 - Alexa Bliss effectively turned heel on Monday Night Raw by attacking a referee and going overboard against Bianca Belair, January 6 - Hit Row turned heel on SmackDown, PENDING - Alpha Academy keep being positioned more as babyfaces, January 29 - Sami Zayn turned babyface at Royal Rumble, PENDING - Jey Uso didn't quite turn babyface, but by leaving instead of attacking Zayn, he puts a potential babyface turn out there as a possibility, January 31 - Alba Fyre is now a heel aligned with Isla Dawn, February 6 - Piper Niven seems to have reverted back to being a heel; she may not have been a babyface even temporarily, (PENDING) February 6 - Nikki Cross could be in line for a babyface turn to pair up with Dexter Lumis, February 7 - In retrospect, it seems Jacy Jayne's attack on Gigi Dolin has been used as a means for Dolin to turn babyface. WWE Face Turns in 2023 Gigi Dolin: February 7, 2023: Jacy Jayne turned on Gigi Dolin on NXT who will work as a face in this feud. Heel Turns & Face Turns. The fans generally do not want to boo these guys. 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. 11/25 - Toni Storm turned heel by feeding Ember Moon to Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell, Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez. After cricket and bollywood WWE is next big thing. They played off each other well in an effective segment. Be the first one to comment on this story. 4/23 - Dexter Lumis is a face after helping Velveteen Dream on NXT, 5/11 - Asuka turned face on Monday Night Raw. So it got me thinking. Billie Kay is all over the place. I see parallels to The Rock. I won't be altering these predictions at all throughout the entire year, but I will be adding some revised guesses quarterly around the big events, so it'll be interesting to see who I'm right and wrong about. Somehow his babyface persona didn't really reflect his potential. I avoided picking Sasha Banks because based on her Big Show-like history of turns, shell probably be heel and face at some point in 2022. Theyre both in the later stages of their careers. 3/13 - Drew Gulak has forged an alliance with Daniel Bryan and appears to be a babyface now. Check here for the complete list of heels and faces in WWE. Turning from face to heel or heel to face is a big moment for a wrestler regarding impactful moments, storytelling, and audience reception. Required fields are marked *. You are welcome to weigh in with your thoughts and comments in the space below. 11/25 - Xia Brookside seems to be a heel after many weeks of heading in that direction. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. We're keeping track of all the bad guys turned good in WWE in the year of 2021. Brock Lesnar will fight Bobby Lashley, while Omos and Braun Strowman are set for a groundbreaking showdown. 2022 is when the crowds need to embrace her again, so she becomes a Champion of the people. It would give them fresh opponents. Signs of a fallout in Damage CTRL have been witnessed recently. Take any great. 1/26 - MVP returned and played babyface (no idea if he was a heel in his last run in WWE). That just doesn't mean it makes Banks a babyface by default. 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. When she and her sister - in the Bella Twins - were ever put against each other, Nikki was always the Evil Twin. The Last Woman Standing stipulations are usually introduced to put an end to a feud. The same is true of Lynch's real-life husband Seth Rollins. Lots of turns take place across a year in wrestling, with some talents becoming top heels, and others turning to be fan favorites. Vote on the 2023 Smark Madness tournament, WWE Heel Turns & Face Turns in 2023 List of Superstars Who Turned Babyface or Heel This Year. I think Rey re-signed his contract last year so he could get Dominik ready for this moment. 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 . 11/18 - Tommaso Ciampa seems to maybe be either a babyface or at least a tweener at this point. Do his choices match yours? Unlike someone like Rey Mysterio, there is a heel in him waiting to break through. On this page, you find the full wrestling profile of Edge, 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.. Adam Joseph Copeland was born in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada on October 30, 1973, and . Bray Wyatt and Karrion Kross are in the development phase. 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. Ivar got injured and missed a bunch of time. Both Sheamus and Edge turned both heels and face during the year. In this list, we look at five possibilities with three potential heel turns and two face turns that could happen this Saturday night in Saudi Arabia: #3. This list will keep track of all the official babyface turns and heel turns that happen in WWE for the year 2020. Some WWE Superstars are natural heels and Randy Orton is certainly one of them. Timothy Thatcher seems to be a babyface after teaming with Tommaso Ciampa in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. The Usos never ride as heels for too long and two years may be long enough before The Uso Penitentiary makes its return to Smackdown. Do his choices match yours? ** 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. In this list, we take a look at five such swerves that could happen on the road to WrestleMania 39. 11/23 - LA Knight appears to be a babyface to balance out the Waller heel turn. Tony Mango is not just a pundit/analyst, but also a creative director/consultant, media manager and more. 1/29 - Sheamus is certainly a babyface at least at this point after coming out voluntarily to help babyfaces fight off heels in their 10-man tag team match on SmackDown. Anybody who I'm right about, I'll strike out. (1) BRAUN STROWMAN, RICOCHET, & MADCAP MOSS vs. IMPERIUM (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, & Giovanni Vinci) Moss started against Vinci. A heel turn would be good for the YouTube sensation as he is a natural heat magnet due to his controversial yet brave antics. Do check the Promotions tab if you cannot find it in the Primary Inbox. It may just be a heel/heel feud. Some are kind of obvious while some are risky picks. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Isn't it insane that Big E was the Champion of the company's flagship brand not long ago, and suddenly, he's nowhere to be seen? 1/27 - Randy Orton turned heel by attacking Edge. This list will keep track of all the official babyface turns and heel turns that happen in WWE for the year 2021. It turned out to be a pivotal change in direction for both competitors. 6/15 - Big Show turned face on Raw by helping The Viking Profits against Akira Tozawa's ninjas. 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!!! We saw how their character arcs changed in their iconic TV shows, which is why we were so engrossed in their characters. Babyface at Royal Rumble after being removed from the past 2 weeks or so Braun Strowman are for... 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