10 WWE Superstars That Should NEVER Turn Heel

10. Xavier Woods

Xavier Woods is a gift to WWE, and not even just because of how fantastic he is as the central hub of The New Day.

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The former NXT also-ran saw what the company had in his new trifecta long before Vince McMahon himself did. As per endless company-sponsored Network specials, the Chairman assumed all three of them would be received as babyfaces in spite of their incessant and infuriating clap-happy craic. The "New Day Sucks" movement that triggered the trio's actual heel turn was long plotted for the group's talismanic trombone player, as has been much of their success ever since. Tyler Breeze has noted how integral he was to the character that eventually got him over a hump in NXT too - Woods is clearly an ideas man, and an affable and selfless one at that.

This always comes across on screen. In every potential New Day split teased by fantasy bookers not looking at the merch money they bring in, the impetus is always on Big E to loose his sh*t with his smaller mates, or, latterly, Kofi Kingston to snap following his humbling WWE Championship loss to Brock Lesnar. His work is as sharp as his wit, too - Woods may have been the not-so-hidden gem all along.

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