10 Ways WWE Completely Buries Babyfaces In 2017
1. They're Not Babyfaces
Despite the mixed reactions and confused and complex relationship with WWE's audience, Roman Reigns is WWE's intended top babyface. He will remain at or near the top of the card as the one hero who will eventually prevail against the biggest and baddest evildoers. Naturally, it doesn't always feel that way when he's being jeered out of the building or when longstanding heels are worshipped for kicking the sh*t out of him.
WWE are still working out how to manage it, tolerating boos and booking him as a face anyway. The Shield reunion has helped, but the disconnect will re-open if and when he's back challenging for the Universal Title.
Until the company can fix their relationship with the audience, this will happen to every pushed face that exhibits such fundamentally unlikeable traits. Jason Jordan has heard loud boos since the crowd even got a whiff of a potential megapush.
Bill Goldberg's 2016/17 stint proved how much room remains for an old fashioned hero. Good and evil may not be black and white anymore, but there's nowhere near the 50 shades of grey WWE seems determined to work around.