10 Modern WWE Face Turns That Were Poorly Handled

So The New Day are officially babyfaces, it would appear. Their outlandish antics and infectious energy were winning over much of the audience anyway, so turning them face was the logical next step of their career trajectory. This, however, has some fans concerned, since it's almost a rule these days that wrestlers going from heel to face lose much of their bite. In the modern era, WWE has shown to be painfully clueless when it comes to making that transition work. Villains tend to display boldness, a boldness that often questions the status quo perpetuated by the front office, which is something that annoyed fans can abide by. Once they turn face, their rebelliousness goes away, and the character instead becomes broadly-drawn cartoon character that retains none of the qualities that made them interesting in the first place. Nowadays, it seems that when a wrestler turns face, he gets a complete makeover in attitude and instinct, and becomes a different performer altogether. Those qualities that made him cool as a villain are replaced by happy-go-lucky traits, pandering tendencies, and a strong, almost annoying, sense of fair play. Dean Ambrose has been a bit of an exception, as he's still the rough-and-tumble sociopath he's always been, only a bit more 'meh'-ish. Elsewhere on the roster, perfectly-good heel characters have been neutered in ways that have alarmed the audience. Certainly there has to be more than ten, but here's ten that stand out above the rest...