10 Stupidest Reasons WWE Wrestlers Turned Babyface

7. Charlotte Flair (Was Drafted To SmackDown)

Charlotte Flair Welcoming Committee 2017
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Some wrestlers were born to play heel, and Charlotte Flair is one of them. Any time WWE has tried to turn her face, it just doesn't click. Maybe it's the phoney smile she flashes, the obnoxious cadence to her promos or the fact that one of wrestling's greatest ever heels is her father, but something always trips her up.

WWE found that out first hand in 2017.

Charlotte was drafted over from Raw to SmackDown in the Superstar Shake-Up, which seemed like a good move at the time. As a heel, she'd be able to have good matches with Becky Lynch, Naomi and others. WWE's writers spoiled that by shoving Carmella, Natalya and Tamina together as 'The Welcoming Committee'.

They weren't happy to see Flair on "their show", and did everything they could to send her fleeing back over to Monday nights. In other words, Charlotte turned babyface because she'd been randomly drafted over to another brand. Thrilling stuff, eh?

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