9 Wrestlers WWE Never Turned Heel

1. Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns John Cena
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This list has dealt predominately with the past tense - those wrestlers that won't ever turn heel because they can't. Legends, Hall-Of-Famers, Brutus Beefcakes - their time has passed with legacies as babyface heroes assured. Roman Reigns may never turn but will never ever share this same status. 'The Big Dog' was a character destined to be booed long before he split from his fellow 'Hounds Of Justice' in 2014.

He was very apparently the chosen one from the early stages of The Shield, but the supremacy of the act and abilities of both Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins to get themselves over as characters distracted audiences waiting to shower the latest picked push out with the disdain John Cena had enjoyed for much of the prior decade. When the day finally came, the floodgates opened. He walked a tightrope for the bulk of his first half-year as a solo star, but faced full-voiced rejection as the 2015 Royal Rumble yet again saw fan favourite Daniel Bryan deprived of a 'Show Of Show' top spot.

Little has changed since. Roman is gifted every old fashioned pop-grabber to this day and remains a figure of unfiltered loathing but he'll never be turned on thanks to Vince McMahon's stubborn principles alone.

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