10 WWE Superstars That Should NEVER Turn Heel

1. Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns
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'The Big Dog' didn't deserve the smattering of boos he received at WrestleMania 35, but, contrary to how tone-deaf the company have been with Roman Reigns' character in the past, he's been kept clear of anything resembling the top of the card ever since.

This was clearly by design.

Desperate to get him ready to be the face of the organisation once again after recovering from a devastating leukemia diagnosis, WWE had him work several midcard programmes against and with the likes of Drew McIntyre and Daniel Bryan respectively. These were little more than believable distractions (though his Graveyard Dogs team with The Undertaker was somehow way more than just that...) between his return and WrestleMania 36, but they worked.

Ratings have stabilised for SmackDown on Fox, suggesting that he might be the antidote to the numbers poison that was once Baron Corbin. Saddled with endless rematches and at least two instances of dog food being lathered over both of them, the billion dollar show has started to the earn the money in spite of the aesthetic.

This is just another best case scenario for a character once thought destroyed and a man with health problems initially considered fatal. He must never be a bad guy again.

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