Looking back at when Rollins turned.

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Roundabout here.

It's pretty funny in retrospect seeing all the posts about how Seth being the one to turn would kill all three of their careers given how by now it's generally agreed he's better as a heel and that it was the right move.

My cable / Internet was out that night so I didn't actually see the turn right when it happened myself, learned about it the next day.

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Heel Rollins was my favourite wrestler in the company. He CARRIED Raw from 2014-2015.

He’s still one of my favourites. I just find like every face wrestler in WWE, he comes across as really corny at times. I always hated the “BURN IT DOWN!” thing cause it reminds me of Edge. He was one of, if not the best heel of the 2000s and yet it just didn’t work for him as a face. He tried to get “SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR!” over and it’s very similar to what Seth is doing now.

The problem with WWE is... when a heel starts getting really over and the crowd start really digging them, they turn them face. And all those things the crowd loved about them are suddenly gone. A good example of this is Elias. He had a short face turn last year and he stopped insulting the crowd. Now while it’s not a very “face” thing to do, you have to understand that the crowd loved him regardless. So why change it?

Probably not the best example. And there is definitely more obvious changes but yeah. I still don’t feel like Rollins is a natural face. And it probably comes from the fact that he was such a snake in 2014/2015. It’s hard to feel sympathy for a guy who sold out. On top of that... Rollins is such a natural whiny little rat. I mean even his voice sounds like a typical slime ball cartoon villain.

When he turns back heel, I really hope he brings back the blonde streak aswell. It’s little things that make such a difference to the presentation.