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WWE have made a few interesting changes and the Extreme Rules PPV could be the show where WWE turns things around and heads off in a new direction. The show will have eight title defences and ten matches in total (as of 11 July, 2019) with several big names appearing on the show, including The Undertaker, with just a month to go for WWE's next big PPV, SummerSlam.
Extreme Rules could also be the perfect show where there are heel/face turns which would add some drama and excitement to the show as well as the product as a whole going forward.
There's nothing quite like a surprising heel or face turn, that too when it comes at a PPV, when the audience least expects it.
Let's take a look at 5 Superstars that could turn heel/face at Extreme Rules 2019:
#5. Drew McIntyre - Face
Drew McIntyre had a solid first year after being called up to the main roster in 2018, and had some big matches upon his return to RAW. McIntyre has been a heel in his current stint on the main roster, but now seems like the perfect time to change things around for him and make him a babyface, to help him capture titles.
Many had predicted McIntyre to win a title and be one of the top guys in the WWE, but we haven't quite seen his character grow on RAW, and his gimmick has become rather stale now.
At Extreme Rules, McIntyre will team up with Shane McMahon to take on The Undertaker and Roman Reigns, which could be the perfect match to split with Shane and go against the junior McMahon's wishes.
#4. Big E - Heel
The New Day are one of the most popular acts in the WWE, and have been so for quite a few years. Splitting them up doesn't quite make sense as they are huge merchandise sellers and hugely popular with the WWE Universe, but it's time it happened as WWE needs to have the face New Day member vs. heel New Day member feud happen - and soon!
I feel that turning Big E heel could be a fantastic move by WWE as he may have reasons to turn on his New Day brothers, while also enabling a feud with Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship.
Big E wasn't happy when Kofi and Xavier Woods replaced him - temporarily - with Kevin Owens in the New Day, who later betrayed them. Big E and Woods face off against the current SmackDown Tag Team champions, Daniel Bryan and Rowan, and Heavy Machinery in a triple threat tag team match, which is where this heel turn could happen, or in Kofi Kingston's WWE Championship match against Samoa Joe.
#3. Daniel Bryan - Face
Daniel Bryan has been a heel in WWE since late 2018, winning the WWE Championship from AJ Styles, and then losing it to Kofi Kingston before winning the SmackDown Tag Team titles alongside Rowan.
Heel Daniel Bryan - or New Daniel Bryan, as he calls himself - has been very good, and he was an important component in KofiMania, which was probably one of the best feuds in the last year or so.
But, I feel that it's time to bring back the babyface Daniel Bryan, to perhaps help WWE's failing ratings and viewership, and go up against a heel like Samoa Joe, or even face off against Brock Lesnar, which happened at last year's Survivor Series, this time with Bryan being the babyface and not the nasty heel.
That would be a great feud if Lesnar does cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Kofi Kingston and wins the title from him.
#2. Sasha Banks - Heel
There have been several rumors regarding Sasha Banks' WWE future, but it seems that one-half of the inaugural Women's Tag Team champions will stay in the WWE and may even return at Extreme Rules.
Bayley, her former partner, faces off against Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross for the SmackDown Women's title in a handicap match, which would be the perfect way for Banks to return, to help her best friend out to retain the title.
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But, a big swerve that WWE could pull off is if they turn Banks heel, by her attacking Bayley following her SmackDown Women's title match and then begin a feud with her. That would make for a very interesting storyline as WWE teased the breakup of that partnership for a long time last year.
#1. The Undertaker - Heel
The Big Dog, Roman Reigns, and The Phenom, The Undertaker, will be on the same side of the ring at Extreme Rules as they team up to face Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre in a tag team match.
This is an unusual pairing, considering both of them were arch rivals just a few years ago, at WrestleMania 33, where Reigns defeated Undertaker.
I have a strange feeling that one of them will turn on the other, and that person is most likely going to be The Undertaker, as Reigns is still "The Guy" of WWE. This potential feud could set up a huge match for SummerSlam between the two Superstars, which is set to happen just a month from now, on August 11, 2019.
