List of WWE Face Turns & Heel Turns in 2016

On this page you find the full and up-to-date list of all the WWE Superstars who turned heel or face in 2016. The list is organized in chronological order.

With this list, you can keep track of all the WWE face turns and heel turns that happened in the year 2016. You can also view a breakdown of the rosters split by Face and Heel divisions.

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Full List of WWE Face Turns & Heel Turns in 2016 (62):

Wrestler	Turn Date
Charlotte Heel Turn Attacked Becky Lynch	January 4, 2016
Curtis Axel Heel Turn	January 4, 2016
Ric Flair Heel Turn	January 4, 2016
Scott Armstrong Tweener Turn	January 5, 2016
Manny Andrade Face Turn Debuted to NXT live events as a face	January 8, 2016
AJ Styles Face Turn Debuted to WWE as a face during the Royal Rumble Match	January 24, 2016
Alex Riley Heel Turn	January 27, 2016
Big Show Face Turn Helped Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Chris Jericho fend off The Wyatt Family	January 28, 2016
Mandy Rose Heel Turn	January 30, 2016
Alicia Fox Face Turn Turned with Brie Bella during Brie's feud with Charlotte	February 1, 2016
Sasha Banks Face Turn Naomi and Tamina turned on her	February 1, 2016
Bubba Ray Dudley Heel Turn He and D-Von attacked The Usos After a match	February 8, 2016
D-Von Dudley Heel Turn He and Bubba Ray attacked The Usos After a match	February 8, 2016
Ryback Heel Turn	February 10, 2016
Goldust Face Turn	February 16, 2016
Big E Face Turn The New Day garnered positive reactions from critics and fans and the trio turned face	February 21, 2016
Brie Bella Face Turn Turned for a feud against Charlotte	February 21, 2016
Kofi Kingston Face Turn The New Day garnered positive reactions from critics and fans and the trio turned face	February 21, 2016
Xavier Woods Face Turn The New Day garnered positive reactions from critics and fans and the trio turned face	February 21, 2016
Chris Jericho Heel Turn Turned on his tag team partner AJ Styles	March 7, 2016
Eva Marie Face Turn Helping her fellow Total Divas co-stars over an assault against Lana's allies	March 28, 2016
Shinsuke Nakamura Face Turn Debuted on NXT as a face	April 1, 2016
Epico Heel Turn	April 4, 2016
Maryse Heel Turn Slapped Zack Ryder's father in order to distract Ryder and allowed The Miz to defeat him	April 4, 2016
Primo Heel Turn	April 4, 2016
Fandango Heel Turn	May 12, 2016
AJ Styles Heel Turn Welcomed back a returning John Cena, only to attack him with help from Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson	May 30, 2016
Paul Ellering Heel Turn	June 8, 2016
Natalya Heel Turn Attacked her partner Becky Lynch after a tag team match	June 19, 2016
Austin Aries Heel Turn	June 22, 2016
Mustafa Ali Face Turn Competed in Cruiserweight Classic as a face	July 14, 2016
Byron Saxton Face Turn Became a face commentator on RAW	July 16, 2016
David Otunga Face Turn	July 19, 2016
Eva Marie Heel Turn Debuted on SmackDown as a heel	July 26, 2016
Heath Slater Face Turn	July 26, 2016
Shelton Benjamin Face Turn Joyous announcement in returning to WWE	July 26, 2016
Titus O'Neil Heel Turn Defeated Darren Young by pinning him while grabbing his tights and then was attacked by Young	August 1, 2016
Bobby Roode Heel Turn Debuted on NXT TV turning on the crowd	August 3, 2016
Naomi Face Turn Debuted a new "Glow" face gimmick	August 16, 2016
Bubba Ray Dudley Face Turn He and D-Von attacked The Shining Stars during their farewell segment	August 22, 2016
Carmella Heel Turn	August 22, 2016
D-Von Dudley Face Turn He and Bubba Ray attacked The Shining Stars during their farewell segment	August 22, 2016
Noam Dar Heel Turn Debuted on Raw's new cruiserweight division as a heel	August 22, 2016
Nikki Bella Face Turn Turned for a feud against Carmella	August 23, 2016
Mosh Face Turn Returned to WWE with Thrasher as faces	August 26, 2016
Seth Rollins Face Turn Attacked heel champion Kevin Owens during his title celebration	September 5, 2016
Jey Uso Heel Turn Attacked American Alpha	September 6, 2016
Jimmy Uso Heel Turn Attacked American Alpha	September 6, 2016
Cedric Alexander Face Turn	September 19, 2016
The Brian Kendrick Heel Turn	September 19, 2016
Tony Nese Heel Turn	September 26, 2016
Andrade "Cien" Almas Heel Turn Attacked his partner Cedric Alexander after a tag match	October 5, 2016
Nikki Cross Heel Turn Formed SAnitY	October 12, 2016
Goldberg Face Turn Returned to WWE as a face	October 17, 2016
Roderick Strong Face Turn	October 19, 2016
Tye Dillinger Face Turn Called out Bobby Roode, who walked out on him during a tag match	October 19, 2016
Billie Kay Heel Turn	October 21, 2016
Randy Orton Heel Turn Joined The Wyatt Family	November 1, 2016
Sheamus Face Turn Began to cooperate with Cesaro	November 21, 2016
Ric Flair Face Turn	November 28, 2016
James Ellsworth Heel Turn	December 4, 2016
Neville Heel Turn	December 18, 2016

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