5 Face/Heel Turns That Need To Happen

Being a babyface or a heel is incredibly important. It helps make a superstar who they really are. Many performers, such as Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Triple H, Chris Jericho and many more, have the gift to perform as both, but some are better at one over the other.

Randy Orton was recently on the receiving end of a long awaited heel turn, but he was only one of many that needed it. Their are still several more superstars who need a turn as soon as possible, if not for entertainment purposes, then to save their own floundering careers. The same can be said for some needing to turn babyface.

Here we take a look at just a few heel and/or face turns that need to happen as soon as possible.

#5 Shinsuke Nakamura To Turn Face

When Shinsuke Nakamura turned heel on AJ Styles at WrestleMania 34 earlier this year, it was a very shocking and cool moment. However many did wonder, could he pull it off?

While he did provide some comical moments with his 'No Speak English' shtick, overall I would have to say that the Nakamura heel turn as been a bit of a failure. And no, that is not a knock on Shinsuke's ability to perform as heel, but more so at his booking.

Shinsuke Nakamura has been one of wrestling's best performers for at least a decade now, but the problem he faces today is that his heel run is limiting his performances, as he has now made the 'low blow' his trademark and often uses it for a quick ending to a match.

There is no doubt that the best of Shinsuke Nakamura in WWE has been as his time as a face, as it just makes him a far more entertaining performer and we need that back.

#4 Asuka To Turn Heel

Asuka has always been major over as a face in WWE, and when she first arrived, she was an incredible force in NXT. She had the "longest undefeated streak in WWE history" at 914 days, during which she was the NXT Women's Champion.

She hammered opponents, still looked strong in matches where it seemed like she was going to lose, maintained her undefeated streak when she joined the main roster and debuted on RAW and was the inaugural winner of the women's Royal Rumble match.

Asuka would go on to lose to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 34, which was a major momentum killer. She has since lost several matches on Smackdown, including her first match on the brand, and hasn't had very much to do in recent months. The best course of action to revive her aura is to have her turn heel, and possibly align herself with a manager mouthpiece.

If that were to happen, Asuka being managed by Paul Heyman is a dream team waiting to happen. As a heel, she could take on a mean streak to help back up another winning steak, and Heyman's promo skills would do wonders for her, as well as give him something to do while Brock Lesnar returns to UFC.

#3 Bray Wyatt To Turn Heel

Plain and simply put, Bray Wyatt as a babyface just feels wrong.

He has always been that dark heel character, and although it had grown stale, a face turn was not the way to go. The best route to go with Bray is simply just reverting him back to what he was when he first joined NXT and the main roster, which was the leader of a Backwoods Cult.

Bray is currently taking some time away from WWE TV as of this writing, as WWE creative are going over some much needed character changes for him. At last word however, he was still scheduled to return as a face, which is a horrid idea.

WWE needs to think of a way to revert Bray back to his heel Backwoods Cult leader persona, as soon as possible.

#2 Finn Bálor To Turn Heel

Their are not many other superstars in WWE today that have one up and down quite like Finn Bálor. Sometimes it looks like is about to reach the top, and then is suddenly stuck in meaningless go-nowhere feuds with Bray Wyatt, Elias and Baron Corbin.

Finn could have been WWE's next big babyface, however his injury and some lackluster booking upon his return has made it seem like Vince McMahon has no interest in the Irishman reclaiming the Universal Champioship.

That is why, the best thing WWE can do with Balor right now is an immediate move to SmackDown and a heel turn. There, he could possibly form a new alliance with his former Club brothers Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, and rule over SmackDown as a heel stable.

A top heel stable is something WWE needs at the moment, and as these three make incredible heels and an incredible heel tandem as witnessed in the past, they could be WWE's next big thing and have tremendous feuds with former Club ally AJ Styles, as well as others such as Jeff Hardy and Daniel Bryan.

This would also help Luke and Karl as they are currently being underutilized too.

Finn could feature prominently in the main event scene as a heel and become an incredible heel WWE Champion.

#1 Bobby Roode To Turn Heel

Now this one is just confusing

Bobby Roode is one of the best heel performers in history of Impact Wrestling and WWE NXT. Much like in TNA, Bobby shone as an obnoxious heel in NXT, and fans both loved it and loved to hate him for it.

Despite this, Bobby debuted as a face on the post-SummerSlam edition of SmackDown last year and has been that way ever since. Allegedly Bobby debuted as a face because WWE didn't want to change his 'Glorious' theme music, and Vince feared that it was too catchy for fans not to sing along with and would put him over as a face.

He was still moderately successful on Smackdown, becoming the WWE United States Champion and enjoyed some very entertaining matches with the like of Randy Orton, Rusev and even Jinder Mahal. He switched to RAW during the Superstar Shake-up earlier this year and has done absolutely nothing ever since.

Many fans were hoping for a heel turn shortly after his arrival, and are still waiting. He didn't have the main event run on SmackDown that he should have had, but it almost seems like the main event when compared to his current position on RAW, having go-nowhere short-term feuds with Elias and Mojo Rawley. Most recently, Bobby has formed a tag team with the also underused Chad Gable, and as great as Chad is, this is not something for Bobby Roode.

Bobby is WWE's best heel just waiting to happen.