10 Times WWE Got Babyfaces Wrong

8. Faarooq

By 1998, The Rock had built on late-1997's foundations by emerging as a cocksure heel who started to outshine everyone else in The Nation. That included settled leader Faarooq, and the decision was made to boot big Ron Simmons out of the group and try to run with him as a face.

Read that again. It won't make any more sense a second time round.

The WWF's big plan for Faarooq as a baby was that he'd been replaced in a heel faction by somebody who was younger and getting more attention. How on earth that was supposed to lead people towards cheering for the former leader is anyone's guess. Surprise surprise - it didn't work.

Faarooq continued to wear his Nation ring attire as a babyface and obsessed over kicking that "upstart punk" Rocky's ass all over the place. His revenge mission didn't endear him to the core audience, and it didn't lead to any worthwhile pay-per-view blow off either.