5 bold WWE predictions for January 2018

#4 Two SmackDown Live heel turns

Shane McMahon has been teasing a heel turn recently

WWE is seemingly on a mission to turn as many SmackDown Live Superstars heel as they possibly can before WrestleMania 34. It all started with Sami Zayn in October, then Mojo Rawley in November, and now three people look to be on the verge of switching from good to bad.

Shane McMahon and Randy Orton have long been rumoured to be turning heel, with Shane especially showing signs of that recently, while Tye Dillinger attacked fellow babyface Sin Cara before their match even started at a live event this week.

Of those three names, Shane O’Mac and Dillinger are likely to turn heel before Orton, who has already announced his participation in the 2018 Royal Rumble match and isn’t involved in a major storyline right now.

WWE has tested the waters with heel turns at live events in the past and not gone ahead with it in a storyline, but with Dillinger having no direction ever since his call-up to the main roster last April, you’d have to assume that “The Perfect 10” is going to be a bad guy on television before long.