5 Heels That WWE Fans Refused To Boo

#3 AJ Styles

AJ Styles was a well-loved WWE Champion

When AJ Styles turned heel in 2016 after attacking John Cena, it was a welcome surprise for fans. However, Styles being as amazing as he was picked up steam, got edgier and even won the WWE Championship in the process.

Styles would be involved with intense feuds with Dean Ambrose and John Cena, who despite being popular babyfaces, never reached the popularity of Styles at the time. No matter what Styles would say, no matter how cocky he would act, fans would cheer him.

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He would organically turn face again right after WrestleMania 33 when he officially made peace with Shane McMahon and made it clear that he didn't want to leave SmackDown Live for RAW.

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Rohit Nath is a content writer from Bangalore, India. A former full-time employee of Sportskeeda, Rohit was a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section in its rapid growth. His work has been featured in both Sportskeeda and Wrestlezone.

Some of the big names interviewed by Rohit are AJ Styles, Jinder Mahal, Jimmy Uso and Sasha Banks. Some of his popular weekly features include RAW Preview, "X things Subtly told us" and "Wrestling rumors we hope are true and those we hope aren't".

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