Predicting The Next 10 Alignment Changes In WWE
Which WWE wrestlers will break bad/go good in the coming months?
There's nothing quite like watching someone swap sides in wrestling. From Batista giving Triple H a thumbs down, to Hogan aligning with the nWo, a well-executed heel-face/face-heel turn can not only jumpstart a career, it can energize an entire company.
Finn Balor's decision to join Judgment Day - and the group's beatdown of their now-former leader Edge - definitely wasn't as seismic as the examples in the above paragraph, but it did revitalize a flagging program. For the first time since Judgement Day were founded, we are actually intrigued to see what the group does next.
It also got us thinking - who will be the next members of the WWE roster to turn to the other side of the Force?
In this list, we'll be discussing ten wrestlers who we think will hop over to the other side of the heel/face divide in the upcoming months. The predictions will be based on various factors - storylines, social media posts, and the occasional bout of wishful thinking on your writer's part.
And with the preamble out of the way, let's start with the most obvious wrestler on our list...
10. Edge
Frankly speaking, Edge being booted from the faction he founded was the best possible thing to happen to the character. The Hall of Famer was arguably the best heel in the WWE during the noughties, and it was disappointing that his latest run as a bad-guy reduced him to a pale shadow of the magnificent bastard many wrestling fans grew up with.
Edge's stint as a loquacious, Bray Wyatt-lite cult leader never really took off for various reasons - the abrupt change in character; his rambling, nonsensical promos; his disappointing 'Mania match against Styles - with the end result being that most wrestling fans were more than happy to say goodbye to this version of the Rated-R Superstar.
Having said all that, when Edge returns to WWE to enact vengeance on his erstwhile acolytes, he can be guaranteed of a thunderous pop as he walks down the ramp. Wrestling fans want to cheer the real-life Adam Copeland - especially after all the trials and tribulations he endured to get back into the ring - and it'll be a pleasure to actually look forward to his segments on RAW once again.