3 WWE Superstars who were happy about turning heel & 3 who weren't

#3. Former WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan: Happy after getting his wish to turn heel

Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) made his in-ring comeback for WWE in 2018. It started well, but the aura of his return after two years had faded away quickly after WrestleMania 34.

While he remained a popular babyface, Daniel Bryan's highly-anticipated feud against The Miz didn't deliver, and he lacked momentum. Even then, he found himself in the WWE title picture, still being cheered by the crowd.

However, a little over a year after AJ Styles won his second WWE title, Daniel Bryan dethroned The Phenomenal One before executing one of the most shocking heel turns in recent years.

What was surprising was the fact that Daniel Bryan wasn't getting booed by the crowd. But the timing and execution of it was done to perfection, and Daniel Bryan, who was one of the company's biggest babyfaces of the 2010s, ended up pulling off an unexpected heel turn.

According to Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Daniel Bryan reportedly pitched for the heel turn himself:

On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated that Daniel Bryan himself had been pitching to turn heel for at least a month now. He pitched it to Vince McMahon, who finally agreed to it. Interestingly, Meltzer also mentioned that the title change was decided this past weekend and Vince McMahon also didn't want to spread the events out, so he made the heel turn and title change in one night.

Given that he got what he wanted, it's easy to see why he would be happy about it. The heel run was incredible, and it played a big role in Kofi Kingston's WWE title win at WrestleMania 35.

While Kingston gets a lot of credit, Daniel Bryan didn't get enough for being the perfect antagonist of the storyline - five years after he was the company's biggest protagonist.