List of WWE Superstar Heel and Face Turns in 2024

Pro-wrestling has its own terminology for many things, including how they describe heroes and villains in their storytelling. Heroes are referred to as babyfaces, or simply faces, in pro wrestling, while villains are referred to as heels.

Turning from face to heel or heel to face is a big moment for a wrestler regarding impactful moments, storytelling, and audience reception. These turns are important because, if handled properly, they could propel a wrestler to greatness or set them up for doom.

Check out the list of all the WWE superstars who turned heel or face in WWE in 2024.

Heel Turn in 2024

• DIY – Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano: December 6 – While Ciampa was showing heel tendencies for more than a month at this point, Gargano’s low blow against Motor City Machine Guns during tag team title match on SmackDown cemented DIY’s heel turn.
• New Day – Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods: December 2 – Kofi and Xavier turned heel while confronting Big E during 10 years anniversary celebration of New Day.
• Nikkita Lyons: October 29 – Lyons was revealed to be the one who attacked Adrianna Rizzo the previous week.
• Kevin Owens: October 5 – Owens’ heel turn was confirmed after he attacked Cody Rhodes following Bad Blood event in the parking lot.
• Raquel Rodriguez: October 5 – Raquel made her return as a heel at Bad Blood as she attacked Rhea Ripley during her match against Liv Morgan.
• The Miz: September 30 – Miz turned on his tag team partner R-Truth by abondonig him during a match on Raw.
• Ridge Holland: September 1 – attacked Chase University members at NXT No Mercy to turn heel.
• Wren Sinclair: August 13 – Sinclair helped Charlie Dempsey to win the Heritage Cup and turned into a villain in the process.
• Ivy Nile: August 12 – Nile eventually joined American Made stable on Raw.
• Wes Lee: August 6 – Lee turned heel on NXT by attacking Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel after MSK lost a tag team match.
• The Creed Brothers: July 15 – The Creed Brothers joined Chad Gable as heels.
• Pete Dunne: July 15 – Dunne attacked Sheamus to turn heel.
• Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark: July 8 – Baszler and Stark joined with Sonya Deville in a heel faction.
• The Wyatt Sicks: June 17 – Dexter Lumis and Nikki Cross joined The Wyatt Sicks as heels. Bo Dallas/Uncle Howdy, Joe Gacy and Erick Rowan were already heels earlier also.
• Wendy Choo: June 11 – Choo returned as a horror character after her injury.
• Liv Morgan: May 27 – Liv Morgan turned into a heel when she used the steel chair against Becky Lynch.
• Bron Breakker: May 20 – Breakker turned back to being a heel as he squashed Kale Dixon.
• Fallon Henley: April 30 – Fallon Henley turned heel by attacking Thea Hail.
• Carlito: April 26 – Carlito turned heel as he was revealed as Dragon Lee’s mystery attacker before WrestleMania.
• Chad Gable: April 15: Gable turned on Sami Zayn upon seeing Sami celebrate with his family after beating Gable in an Intercontinental title match.
• Indi Hartwell: April 15: Indi also joined LeRae in using underhanded tactics to get a win and turned heel.
• Candice LeRae: March 11: Candice LeRae started her heel turn by insulting Maxxine Dupri’s dead brother to bully her and win the match.
• Roxanne Perez: March 5: Roxanne attacked NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyrie to complete her heel turn.
• AJ Styles: February 24: AJ Styles completed his heel turn by attacking LA Knight inside the Elimination Chamber match.
• The Rock: February 8: The Rock turned heel when he coined the term Cody Crybabies and later slapped Cody saying that he disrespected his family.
• Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx: February 6: Jacy Jayne started her heel turn as she started giving Thea Hail wrong dating advice.
• Carmelo Hayes: February 4: Hayes attacked tag team partner and close friend Trick Williams at Vengeance Day after his loss to Ilja Dragunov.

Face Turn in 2024

• War Raiders: October 14 – The War Raiders/The Viking Raiders returned as a babyface team.
• Jimmy Uso: October 5 – Jimmy Uso returned at Bad Blood to help out Roman Reigns.
• AJ Styles: October 4 – Styles returned to SmackDown after a haitus to work as a face.
• Tatum Paxley: September 3 – Paxley’s face turn was confirmed when she realigned with Lyra Valkyria on NXT.
• Roman Reigns: August 3 – Roman is working and got a reaction as a face upon his return from haitus at Summerslam.
• Damian Priest: August 3 – Priest’s turn to being a babyface was completed when Finn Balor turned on him at SummerSlam match against Gunther.
• Rhea Ripley: August 3 – Rhea’s face turn was completed when Dominik Mysterio betrayed her against Liv Morgan at SummerSlam.
• Damage CTRL – Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane & Dakota Kai: July 2024 – Damage CTRL started working as faces during their feud with Pure Fusion Collective
• Lola Vice: July 9 – Lola Vice turned babyface during her feud with Roxanne Perez, but her face turn was solidified after their match.
• Ashante “Thee” Adonis: February 9 – Adonis joined with Cedric Alexander in a tag team to turn face.
• Bayley: February 2 – Bayley turned babyface after she was attacked by the Kabuki Warriors and chose to face Iyo Sky at WrestleMania 40.
• Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford: January 12 – Lashley & Street Profits turned back to being faces as their feud with Final Testament started.
• Tatum Paxley: January – A storyline started where Tatum Paxley seemed to be obsessed with NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyrie and started helping her.

Check here for the complete list of heels and faces in WWE. Also, check here for heel and face turns from 2023.