10 WWE Faces Who Were Actually Total Heels

10. Sheamus

WWE have never quite found the perfect role for Sheamus. He’s always been far better as a villain than a hero, but aside from a few spells here and there, Sheamus has rarely connected with the crowd in the way WWE have wanted. His heel runs almost ran him into the ground, particularly during the League of Nations debacle, and Sheamus was even subjected to the dreaded “X-Pac heat” for a while.

Somehow, Sheamus’ big babyface run was even worse. From 2011 to 2014, Sheamus was the absolute worst kind of WWE face: an obnoxious, smug schoolyard bully who pushed heels around and attacked without provocation. His character was completely devoid of redeeming features, and his cheesy insults and corny jokes made it incredibly tough to get behind him.

Furthermore, Sheamus was far too dominant in the ring, and steamrolled through almost everyone he faced (see: Bryan, Daniel). His world title runs were unmemorable, his feuds incredibly one-sided, and WWE never gave fans a reason to build the all-important babyface sympathy.

Sheamus has fortunately found a nice niche as Cesaro’s tag team partner on Raw these days, but he’s still very much a heel despite his allegiance with the crowd-pleasing Swiss Superman. This is probably for the best, as the last thing Raw needs is another unsympathetic babyface with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns going around.