10 Wrestlers Who Should Never Turn Face
Some people are born to be bad.
The lines blur over time, but at its essence professional wrestling is a struggle between good and evil. Evil gets the upper hand, to begin with, before good stages a triumphant comeback and vanquishes the villains for good. Babyfaces and heels are the lifeblood of pro wrestling; without those distinctions, very little makes sense.
WWE would do well to remember that fact, but keeping track of 300 or so performers isn’t easy. That spreadsheet would take all of 10 minutes to put together, after all, so cut the creative team some slack. The 'shades of grey concept' has decimated pro wrestling booking but vestiges of the heel and babyface line have survived, no matter how often people flip-flop between the two.
Young professional wrestlers are generally advised to develop good and bad personas, but some performers are born to be bad. This can be for several reasons, among them legacy, entitlement, look, being Baron Corbin and more, but it is in everyone’s interest for them to avoid turning babyface at all costs. If you’re good at being bad, then why be good?