This list keeps track of the babyface turns and heel turns that happened in WWE throughout 2019.
KEEP IN MIND: When a babyface attacks another babyface, that is usually a heel turn. When a heel attacks another heel, it does not automatically make the victim a babyface. Follow-up booking determines whether an actual turn happened.
Also, sometimes, I update the heel and face index, but not as often as the updates you see below.
WWE HEEL AND FACE TURNS IN 2019:
- January 16 - Bianca Belair turned babyface on NXT for her feud with Shayna Baszler.
January 21 - Alexa Bliss may be transitioning to a babyface role.I guess not?- January 21 - Curt Hawkins likely turned babyface on Raw after being attacked by The Revival while acting as a referee.
- January 27 - Elias turned heel again at Royal Rumble by insulting the crowd and Jeff Jarrett.
- January 27 - There was a chance Dolph Ziggler was a babyface as of Royal Rumble.
- January 29 - Rusev turned heel on SmackDown by joining Shinsuke Nakamura to attack R-Truth, with Lana following that same alignment.
- Early 2019 - Dana Brooke teamed with Natalya, then turned on Natalya, so she was a babyface and a heel in the span of two weeks.
- February 4 - So I guess Nikki Cross was a heel on Raw. Or maybe she wasn't and WWE was just testing her out in different roles.
- February 11 - Dean Ambrose turned babyface on Raw by reuniting with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns for The Shield's final run.
- February 11 - EC3 may have been transitioning to a heel role on Raw.
- February 25 - Batista turned heel on Raw by attacking Ric Flair and using it to set up his WrestleMania feud with Triple H.
- February 26 - Kevin Owens officially turned babyface on SmackDown by returning opposite Daniel Bryan in the WWE Championship picture.
- March 4 - That was an awfully heelish thing for Bobby Roode and Chad Gable to do on Raw, but it might not have been a turn. We'll see...
- March 4 - Ronda Rousey turned heel on Raw by attacking Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair during the road to WrestleMania 35.
- March 10 - Shane McMahon turned heel at Fastlane by attacking The Miz after they failed to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, then putting his hands on Miz's father.
- March 2019 - Dana Brooke became a babyface again.
- March 13 - Noam Dar turned heel on NXT UK.
- March 13 - Johnny Gargano was back to being a babyface for sure on NXT.
- March 20 - Tony Nese moved into a babyface role for his feud with Buddy Murphy.
- March 26 - Oney Lorcan turned heel on 205 Live by attacking Cedric Alexander, but was still being treated as a babyface on NXT for some reason.
- April 5 - Tommaso Ciampa turned babyface at NXT TakeOver: New York by returning to embrace Johnny Gargano after Gargano won the vacant NXT Championship.
- April 8 - Bobby Roode and Chad Gable solidified their heel turn on Raw by attacking Aleister Black and Ricochet after their match.
- April 9 - Gentleman Jack Gallagher turned babyface on 205 Live.
- April 14 - Luke Harper returned as a babyface at Worlds Collide.
- April 15 - The Viking Raiders were presented as heels on Raw after their call-up. This applies to Erik and Ivar.
- April 15 onward - They toyed around with it a lot, but Alexa Bliss definitely started leaning toward a babyface side of things from this point on. WWE kept switching her, so she was more tweener status from here onward.
- April 16 - Oney Lorcan looked like a babyface again on 205 Live, but this may just mean he never officially turned heel to begin with, as he was still booked as a babyface on NXT. Let's be honest, WWE doesn't care enough to notice these details.
- April 19 - WALTER turned heel on the NXT UK tapings.
- April 23 - Chad Gable was back to being a babyface on SmackDown.
- April 23 - Kevin Owens turned heel again, of course, by attacking Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods on SmackDown.
- April 29 - Dana Brooke was in more of a heel spot on Raw, but not necessarily a full turn.
- April 29 - If The Good Brothers were babyfaces before, they were heels on Raw.
- April 30 - The B-Team turned heel on SmackDown by aligning with Shane McMahon. This applies to Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel.
- May 1 - Mansoor was a heel on the May 1 edition of NXT UK and a babyface later that day on NXT.
- May 1 - Taynara Conti was definitely a heel for Worlds Collide.
- May 6 - The Good Brothers were positioned as babyfaces on Raw.
- May 7 - Noam Dar was a babyface again on 205 Live.
- May 2019 - Nikki Cross was a babyface.
- May 21 - If Dolph Ziggler wasn't a heel before, he certainly was by SmackDown after returning to attack Kofi Kingston.
- May 22 - Noam Dar was back to being a heel on NXT UK.
- May 27 - Tamina was sort of a babyface on Raw.
- June 12 - Io Shirai turned heel on the June 12 NXT tapings by snapping after failing to win the NXT Women's Championship from Shayna Baszler.
- July 1 - AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson officially turned heel on Raw by reuniting The Club and attacking Ricochet.
- July 2 - Kevin Owens seemed to be a babyface again after SmackDown.
- July 15 - Nikki Cross actively went anti-crowd on Raw, meaning even if she was being manipulated and would turn babyface again very soon, she was definitely booked as a heel right then.
- July 15 - Bray Wyatt returned as a heel on Raw by attacking Finn Balor as The Fiend.
- July 16 - Liv Morgan may have turned babyface on SmackDown by confronting Charlotte Flair, but that was to be seen.
- August 12 - Sasha Banks turned heel on Raw by returning and attacking Natalya and Becky Lynch.
- August 27 - Buddy Murphy may have taken his first real step toward a babyface turn by shaking Ali's hand on SmackDown.
- September 2 - Bayley turned heel on Monday Night Raw by attacking Becky Lynch with a steel chair and siding with Sasha Banks.
- September 3 - Tony Nese turned heel on 205 Live.
- September 9 - The Viking Raiders turned babyface on Monday Night Raw by making the save for Cedric Alexander against The O.C.
- September 2019 - Charlotte Flair transitioned to a babyface after Bayley's heel turn.
- September 15 - Luke Harper returned to action as a heel at Clash of Champions by helping Erick Rowan attack Roman Reigns.
- September 17 - The Brian Kendrick turned heel on 205 Live by attacking Gentleman Jack Gallagher and Akira Tozawa with a kendo stick.
- September 18 - Lio Rush returned to NXT as a babyface.
- September 24 - Daniel Bryan slowly moved into a babyface role, which was made 100% official on SmackDown.
- September 30 - Rusev turned babyface on Monday Night Raw by helping Seth Rollins and joining Team Hogan.
- October 2 - It became clear Damian Priest was a heel after attacking Pete Dunne on NXT.
- October 6 - Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross definitely worked babyface at Hell in a Cell against The Kabuki Warriors, who were now heels, it seems.
- October 14 - Charlotte Flair seemed like she was back to being a heel.
- October 14 - Lacey Evans may have been a babyface. We'll see.
- October 23 - Finn Balor turned heel on NXT by kicking Johnny Gargano and helping The Undisputed ERA beat down #DIY.
- October 25 - Lacey Evans was back to working like a heel on SmackDown.
- October 30 - Rhea Ripley effectively confirmed her status as a babyface by helping save Candice LeRae from a post-match beating by Io Shirai on NXT.
- October 30 - Bianca Belair was definitely a heel, too. This had been teased before, but it was confirmed on this episode of NXT with her aligning with Io Shirai and the Horsewomen.
- October 31 - Lacey Evans was back to being a babyface of sorts at Crown Jewel. What this means for her status, we'll just have to find out.
- November 13 - Dominik Dijakovic turned babyface on NXT by helping Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee and Matt Riddle fight off The Undisputed ERA.
- November 23 - Dakota Kai turned heel at NXT TakeOver: WarGames by turning on Tegan Nox and Team Ripley.
- November 25 - Seth Rollins sure as hell came off like a heel with the town hall on Monday Night Raw.
- November 25 - All doubts were gone. Randy Orton was definitely a babyface after helping Rey Mysterio win the United States Championship on Raw.
- November 29 - Lacey Evans was probably a babyface after knocking out Sasha Banks and cutting a promo against her and Bayley on SmackDown.
- November 29 - Elias seemed like a babyface again on SmackDown.
- December 23 - Samoa Joe turned babyface on Raw by standing up to AOP to help Rey Mysterio. He solidified this on December 30 by teaming with Kevin Owens.
The prediction blocks below are preserved as part of the 2019 archive. They show the original picks and later checkpoint updates, with the correct calls struck out instead of rewriting history after the fact.
PREDICTIONS FOR HEEL AND FACE TURNS IN 2019:
ORIGINAL PREDICTIONS FROM JANUARY 1ST
WILL TURN HEEL: Asuka, Bobby Roode, Bray Wyatt, Dave Mastiff, The Miz, Nikki Cross, Pete Dunne
WILL TURN BABYFACE: Bianca Belair, Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, Gentleman Jack Gallagher, Mickie James, Sami Zayn, Shane Thorne, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sonya Deville
WILL BOUNCE AROUND BACK AND FORTH: Dana Brooke
UPDATED PREDICTIONS AFTER WRESTLEMANIA
WILL TURN HEEL: Asuka, Bobby Roode, Bray Wyatt, Kevin Owens, Nikki Cross, Pete Dunne, Piper Niven, Tony Nese
WILL TURN BABYFACE: Charlotte Flair, Dolph Ziggler, Gentleman Jack Gallagher, Sami Zayn, Shane Thorne, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sonya Deville
WILL BOUNCE AROUND BACK AND FORTH: Dana Brooke
UPDATED PREDICTIONS AFTER SUMMERSLAM
WILL TURN HEEL: Lince Dorado, Tony Nese
WILL TURN BABYFACE: Authors of Pain or Viking Raiders, The B-Team
WILL BOUNCE AROUND BACK AND FORTH: Nobody else
UPDATED PREDICTIONS AFTER SURVIVOR SERIES
WILL TURN HEEL: Alexa Bliss, The Usos
WILL TURN BABYFACE: Lacey Evans
WILL BOUNCE AROUND BACK AND FORTH: Nobody else
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