So...Seth's A Face Again Now, Right?

[CMWaters]

Going by what I saw on Raw:
-Makes the Open Challenge like we've seen face US Champions do in the past
-Gets surrounded by Judgment Day, probably would have been in trouble if OC and Mia didn't come out
-Still does the Open Challenge later in the evening where a heel probably would have just called it off.
-Any talking he did didn't really have heel connotations.
-Gets annihilated by Lashley
-Is cashed in on in a weakened state (the issues with that cash-in are in another thread)
-Survives his beat-down state in a cash-in
-Gets the win in the end to continue on.
-This is all not counting the singing of his theme, which has gone on for a while now.

Unless something DRASTIC happens on the next Raw, is it safe to say that Seth, while not really changing his character too much, is a face again?

[Jonathan Michaels]

He also complimented the crowd on their singing along to his theme

[4real]

Think he’s still in that tweener spot for now but he’s very close to be full face yeah.

[Jindrak Mark]

Both Seth and Lashley kinda felt like tweeners in recent weeks but last night definitely seemed to fully push them towards Seth as face and Lashley as heel.

Under HHH they seem to be more comfortable with the idea of tweeners or at least people who aren’t 100% faces or heels. Brock is Brock and he’s beyond alignments at this point. Ronda between Summerslam and Extreme Rules was basically a tweener before going full heel. Bray seems like he’s trying to be a face but forces are going to make him do something bad. Seth and Lashley recently. Hell, Roman doesn’t even feel full heel right now. He usually takes Sami’s side against Jey and the “acknowledge me” bit is a massive crowd pleaser.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Nov 8, 2022 3:16:38 GMT -5 Jonathan Michaels said:

He also complimented the crowd on their singing along to his theme

Note that he did this previously and then turned around to yell at the fans for booing him. No such thing last night.

[A Little Doo Doo]

If he's not a face, he's definitely a face-leaning tweener. I do think last night was pretty much a double turn between him and Lashley, though.

[ChitownKnight]

If he’s a face do the damn Roman/Seth 10 year anniversary fued for Survivor Series. The Lashley or Ali fued can be set up later

[sarkerpolseng]

-He's blonde.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

He's a face who happens to hate Riddle which is fine by me.

[sportatorium]

Seemingly so. They want to turn him without having to change him too much. Somebody bought a lot of crazy looking suits for him to wear, so they can't change him too much.

[A Little Doo Doo]

Nov 8, 2022 13:25:25 GMT -5 sportatorium said:

Seemingly so. They want to turn him without having to change him too much. Somebody bought a lot of crazy looking suits for him to wear, so they can't change him too much.

That somebody being his wife!

[Fade]

I wonder if this means the Seth-Cody feud is done.

[hbkid718]

He's whoever you want him to be. If you like him, he's a face. If you don't like him, he's a heel. Don't be brainwashed by WWE & be forced to cheer or boo for someone because they are telling you to.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

The real hitch here is how Ali fits into this, if Lashley and Seth indeed double turned here. Seth was being condescending towards Ali leading up to this, denying his shot in a very heelish way. Does Seth have a change of heart, with Lashley now being the roadblock to Ali (and anyone else trying to go after the title, as Theory found out first-hand).

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Nov 8, 2022 22:57:06 GMT -5 Fade said:

I wonder if this means the Seth-Cody feud is done.

I’d love it if there’s still animosity between the two when Cody returns, but it builds to genuine respect towards one another to further set Seth as a face.