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. 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. They changed his music and took away the Arrow pointing from his entrance which was always designed to get a pop. As of 4/13, I'm classifying Karrion Kross (and Scarlett by proxy) as tweeners. Continue with Recommended Cookies. 4/8 - Candice LeRae seemingly turned heel by low-blowing Tommaso Ciampa on NXT. 10/8 - Amale seems to have settled in to a role as a heel. 6/22 - Mercedes Martinez is firmly in tweener territory while she feuds with Xia Li and Boa, but will team with Jake Atlas, 6/22 - Roderick Strong turned heel on NXT with the debut of the Diamond Mine faction, 6/24 - Rohan Raja turned heel by aligning himself with Teoman and attacking Oliver Carter, 6/28 - WWE is at least temporarily positioning Natalya and Tamina back as heels. It shows their lack of plans for a character as marked by The Fiend's run with Alexa Bliss. That may be a soft face turn or it could just be some random booking. 12/9 - Tyler Rust (aka Russ Taylor) tried to help Timothy Thatcher distract/interfere with Tommaso Ciampa's match and then partnered up with Malcolm Bivens, meaning he's gone from a blank slate to a heel. The question now remains who will change and evolve over the following year. Your login session has expired. 2021 was a year of frequent face and heel turns in WWE with around 50 babyface and heel turns in the year. 9/6 - Mustafa Ali has been on the babyface spectrum as a tweener for a while. 1 WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (with Omos) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2 TNA World Heavyweight Championship 3 NWA World Heavyweight Championship 6 TNA X Division Championship 2 TNA Legends/Global/Television Championship 2 TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 with Tomko, 1 with Kurt Angle) Before The Showcase of the Immortals graces us with its presence, World Wrestling Entertainment undergoes several shifts in storyline to enhance their grandest event of the year.. One of the major changes that manifests prior to 'Mania is a superstar changing their persona. Because I believe there is a real possibility you will see a reunion of The Bar with Cesaro. I think Bayley and Becky is still a feud that WWE wants to do. 6/21 - Jaxson Ryker appears to have transitioned to a babyface role after not only feuding with Elias, but also being welcoming and supportive to Mansoor backstage. Legal. Please logout and login again. Do his choices match yours? The Beast Incarnate has already cost Lashley his United States title and a win could further provoke the latter's rage. Shaking hands, she may hint at a face turn. No real true turning point happened, but WWE certainly kept her against heels from this point on. . During his match with Drew McIntyre at Elimination Chamber, Moss took a horrifying bump to the head. 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 . 4/1 - Kenny Williams turned heel by striking his tag team partner, Amir Jordan, with a NXT UK Tag Team Championship belt. WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler are definitely heels and not tweeners anymore. This makes a win for Logan Paul against Roman Reigns almost impossible at Crown Jewel 2022. 7/3 - Tony Nese seems to be a face now after coming to Isaiah "Swerve" Scott's aid on 205 Live (update: but worked as a heel on 7/8 NXT, sowho knows what's going on? At her peak,. . We found that out when she turned heel against Charlotte back in 2018. 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 And yet, Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard decided to go against the grain, swim against the tide, and turn her into a villain. Read our Privacy and Data Policy. With the lack of dominant heel tag teams, I feel like a heel turn for The Viking Raiders may be coming in 2022. Unlike someone like Rey Mysterio, there is a heel in him waiting to break through. 4/6 - Big Show is a heel again. Babyface turns happen on a regular basis in the industry, and these wrestlers really need to make the turn in 2022. Trademark Filings. 2/12 - Cesaro felt more like a babyface after fist-bumping Daniel Bryan. Sure, they achieved a little success, but mostly theyve been stagnant. We'll see. We can trace his heel turn back to then, though, as he's likely to be a heel going forward. WWE performers often turn babyface or heel to ignite various feuds. More. All Rights Reserved. It seems inevitable that we are going to get Rey Mysterio vs. his son Dominik Mysterio at Wrestlemania in Dallas. She was already incredibly over when she returned at SummerSlam to a massive pop. Shinsuke Nakamura When: January 15 Manage Settings Also, sometimes, I update the heel and face index, but not as often as the updates you see below. Looks like we know who's up for the challenge! Having Orton take Riddle out for a month or two in the lead-up could be enough to keep it fresh without having them confront each other every week for three months. Dominik Mysterio was tossed into the deep end of the pool without fair warning. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. 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. Flair called out Ripley, but she didn't respond. 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. Yes, he is still entertaining but it's necessary for him to change before the act grows tired. Required fields are marked *. Pending on that. PENDING - Isaiah "Swerve" Scott appears to be heading toward a heel turn as of 12/9. Heroes are referred to as babyfaces, or simply faces, in pro wrestling, while villains are referred to as heels. I think Randy Orton has taken a liking to Riddle and is going to do everything he can to make Riddle the next babyface star at Wrestlemania. Hes arguably the most popular hes ever been now as the top heel in the company, so much so that I think that changes in 2022. I feel like eventually, Dominik is going to get tired of his dad always messing things up for him until eventually, he snaps. 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. 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Alexa Bliss and Asuka winning the tag titles further affirms that babyfaces are going to rule the red brand. Ivar got injured and missed a bunch of time. Thanks for reading. Check out the running list of heel and face turns for this year here. Install the TJR Wrestling web app for instant access to the very latest news and reviews! Nikki Bella has perpetually been a heel for most of her WWE run. 11/23 - LA Knight appears to be a babyface to balance out the Waller heel turn. Trademark Filings. 4/13 - It appears Raquel Gonzalez is a babyface going forward. The Miz turned heel on September 1, 2006, against his match with Tatanka. Maybe not a 100% confirmation of a heel turn, but it sure seems like it. She's fighting with Bayley, but that doesn't mean she won't go back to being a heel after the feud. Once his partnership with Omos ends, I feel a return back to his babyface character is in the cards. Every WWE Heel Turn Of 2020. 6/14 - Akira Tozawa's been positioned as the antagonist for The Viking Profits. 4/13 - Rhea Ripley has already reverted back to being a babyface. The segment was actually between Charlotte Flair and Dominik Mysterio. PS. It may just be a heel/heel feud. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The Usos never stay heel for very long. 6/15 - The way Karrion Kross and Scarlett ragged on William Regal shows they're back to being true heels, if they ever left that position to begin with. When she and her sister - in the Bella Twins - were ever put against each other, Nikki was always the Evil Twin. This was pretty much confirmed when he fought Cameron Grimes on 6/29. Check out the list of all the WWE superstars who turned heel or face in WWE in 2023. All Rights Reserved. Every WWE Face & Heel Turns 2022 Pro Wrestling Mania 14.2K subscribers Subscribe 51 2.5K views 1 month ago In this video , I have shown every FACE AND HEEL turn in WWE in the year. Balor. It is a weird dynamic, but I believe Becky changes that next year by reverting back to her babyface persona. ** QUARTER 1 PREDICTIONS [FROM JANUARY 1] **, 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, ** QUARTER 2 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [AFTER WRESTLEMANIA] **, ** QUARTER 3 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [BEFORE SUMMERSLAM] **, ** QUARTER 4 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [BEFORE SURVIVOR SERIES] **. A frustrated Bayley might even put the blame on IYO SKY and Dakota Kai for her loss. As a babyface, he struggled to connect with the crowd. The fourth edition of WWE Crown Jewel 2022 is the next stop for the business in its premium live event schedule. It is a money match if played right. 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