This list keeps track of the babyface turns and heel turns that happened in WWE throughout 2024, including confirmed turns and notable alignment changes that were unclear at the time.
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 2024:
- Leading up to January - Joe Gacy turned babyface throughout the last month or so, seemingly clarified on January 16 by starting a feud with Dijak.
- January 5 - Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits were back to being babyfaces. This might have happened internally before this, but WWE had been flippant with them.
- Circa January - Tatum Paxley kept acting like a babyface helper for Lyra Valkyria, although that did not last once she turned on Valkyria on April 9.
- January-March - Roxanne Perez slowly but surely turned heel from the end of 2023 into March 2024.
- January 16 - Oba Femi established himself as a heel by refusing to continue the North American Championship open challenge and rejecting Dragon Lee's request for a rematch.
- January 23? - Josh Briggs turned heel on NXT, but later returned to being a babyface, so it is unclear if this was ever internally treated as an actual heel turn.
- February 2 - Bayley turned babyface by splitting from Damage CTRL.
- February 4 - Carmelo Hayes turned heel at NXT Vengeance Day.
- February - The Wolf Dogs team of Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin were steadily booked more on the babyface side after getting together, but did not have one definitive turn moment.
- February 8 - The Rock turned heel at the WrestleMania 40 press conference.
February 9 - Dakota Kai seemed to turn babyface on SmackDown by aligning with Bayley over the rest of Damage CTRL.Never mind, she did not turn.- February 9 - Ashante "Thee" Adonis formed a tag team with Cedric Alexander and both were likely being positioned as babyfaces.
- February 24 - AJ Styles cemented his heel turn by attacking LA Knight inside the Elimination Chamber.
- March 5 - Candice LeRae turned heel on Raw, cemented on March 11 when she insulted Maxxine Dupri's dead brother and bullied her.
- April 6 - Ridge Holland turned heel at NXT Stand & Deliver by hitting Joe Gacy with a steel chair and aligning himself with Shawn Spears; he would later slowly transition into a suspicious babyface role of sorts, teaming with Chase U, but cheating for them to win and such, making it unclear if he's internally considered an actual babyface or just a heel in the same sense Jacy Jayne was with Chase U and Thea Hail
- April 12 - Jimmy Uso's babyface turn started on SmackDown after he was laid out by Tama Tonga, then was solidified when he returned at Bad Blood on October 5.
- April 15 - Indi Hartwell became a heel to go along with Candice LeRae's recent turn.
- April 15 - Chad Gable turned heel on Raw by attacking Sami Zayn after their Intercontinental Championship match.
- April 26 - Carlito turned heel after being revealed as Dragon Lee's attacker from several weeks prior.
- April 30 - Fallon Henley turned heel on NXT by striking Thea Hail after her match for some reason.
- April/May - Liv Morgan transitioned from angry babyface to tweener to heel over the course of these months, with no one clean date to pinpoint.
- May 20 - Bron Breakker, if he had recently been classified as a babyface, seemed to be back to being a heel after his continued beating of Kale Dixon on Raw.
- June 11 - Wendy Choo turned heel after making her return from injury.
- June 17 - Dexter Lumis, Joe Gacy, Nikki Cross, Erick Rowan and Bo Dallas/Uncle Howdy were all babyfaces as part of The Wyatt Sicks. Some were already faces, while others turned in this segment, so to speak.
- July 8 - After weeks of stalling, Sonya Deville is now teaming with Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark. It appears based on the July 15th episode of Raw that that has meant a heel turn for Baszler and Stark, rather than a face turn for Deville, as they triple-teamed Zelina Vega and were in opposition of pure babyfaces Lyra Valkyria, Katana Chance and Kayden Carter as Pat McAfee said "these three are a problem."
- July 15 - Pete Dunne turned heel on Sheamus on Raw.
- July 15 - The Creed Brothers turned heel on Raw by joining Chad Gable and attacking Bo Dallas.
- July 16 - Lola Vice seemingly has been on a babyface (or at least tweener) turn since her NXT Battleground match with Roxanne Perez, more so solidified on this episode of NXT with her change in mannerisms and speech, as well as opposing heels and aligning with babyfaces
- August 3 - Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley were set as babyfaces after the Judgment Day split at SummerSlam, even though no single turn happened through their own actions during the match.
- August 3 - Roman Reigns turned babyface at SummerSlam by helping Cody Rhodes against Solo Sikoa.
- August 6 - Wes Lee turned heel on NXT by attacking Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel after MSK lost a tag title opportunity.
- August 12 - Ivy Nile turned heel on Raw.
- August 13 - Wren Sinclair officially turned heel on NXT by helping Charlie Dempsey cheat to win the Heritage Cup.
- September 1 - Ridge Holland turned heel at NXT No Mercy by attacking Chase University members after their tag title loss.
- September 3 - Tatum Paxley seemed to transition into a babyface role once Wendy Choo attacked her, with her realignment with Lyra Valkyria removing any doubts.
(PENDING) September 3 - Jaida Parker seemed likely to be a babyface going forward as she feuded with Fatal Influence.Never mind, as she left Lola Vice to fend for herself and established herself to not actually be turning.September 30 - Bron Breakker could have been a babyface after showing respect to Jey Uso on Raw the week after losing the Intercontinental Championship.Never mind, as he attacked Uso the next week and undid that turn, strangely.- September 30 - The Miz turned heel on R-Truth during Raw, breaking up Awesome Truth.
- October 4 - AJ Styles returned to SmackDown as a babyface.
- October 5 - Raquel Rodriguez turned heel at Bad Blood by attacking Rhea Ripley.
- October 5 - Kevin Owens turned heel at Bad Blood by attacking Cody Rhodes in the parking lot after the event.
- October 12 - Nikkita Lyons returned with what quickly became a heel turn, confirmed on October 29 when she was revealed as the person who attacked Adriana Rizzo.
- October 14 - War Raiders returned as babyfaces.
- November 11 - Iyo Sky was firmly positioned as a babyface for WarGames, implying the rest of Damage CTRL would be in that alignment going forward as well.
- December 2 - Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods turned heel on Big E during the 10-year celebration of The New Day.
- December 6 - Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa turned heel on SmackDown.
- December 10 - Eddy Thorpe turned heel when he revealed he faked his attack to avoid the Iron Survivor Challenge.
These prediction blocks are kept for archive purposes, with struck-out names marking the guesses that ended up lining up with WWE's booking.
PREDICTIONS FOR HEEL AND FACE TURNS IN 2024:
** QUARTER 1 PREDICTIONS [FROM JANUARY 1] **
WILL TURN HEEL: Braun Strowman, Cameron Grimes, Carlito, Carmelo Hayes, Charlotte Flair, CM Punk, Kevin Owens, The Miz, Natalya, Randy Orton, Ridge Holland, Seth Rollins, Shayna Baszler
WILL TURN BABYFACE: Angelo Dawkins, Bayley, Damian Priest, Jimmy Uso, Montez Ford, Myles Borne
** QUARTER 2 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [AFTER WRESTLEMANIA] **
WILL TURN HEEL: Andrade, Cameron Grimes, Carlito, Chad Gable, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Charlotte Flair, CM Punk, Indi Hartwell, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Tegan Nox, Tony D'Angelo
WILL TURN BABYFACE: Damian Priest, Jimmy Uso, Oba Femi, Roman Reigns
** QUARTER 3 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [BEFORE SUMMERSLAM] **
WILL TURN HEEL: Andrade, Brutus Creed, Julius Creed, Ivy Nile, The Miz, Randy Orton, Ridge Holland, Tegan Nox
WILL TURN BABYFACE: Damian Priest, Jimmy Uso, Rhea Ripley, Roman Reigns
** QUARTER 4 PREDICTIONS UPDATES [BEFORE SURVIVOR SERIES] **
WILL TURN HEEL: Andrade, Karmen Petrovic, Randy Orton (maybe not until 2025)
WILL TURN BABYFACE: Bron Breakker, Shinsuke Nakamura
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