5 WWE face turns we didn't see coming, since 2010

Who would have known taking advantage of a wounded man could turn you face?

#4 The New Day (after League of Nations confrontation)

It took an in-ring confrontation to turn the champions face

When the New Day debuted a couple of years back, they were booked as a face team. The problem was, they didn't go over very well at all, and by Wrestlemania fans began to jeer them mercilessly and chant 'New Day Sucks.' They tried to counteract that by coining their own chant of 'New Day Rocks'.

Fans weren't buying it, though, and continued to jeer them and their antics. It appeared people preferred to boo this over the top positive group that spouted off about the power of positivity. Soon, they began to use the most unscrupulous of tactics to secure wins, following the fans' lead and turning heel.

They often invoked the 'freebird rule' where any two of the three members could compete at any time, and in the process would leave the third member to interfere and cost their opposition the win. Then, when they were eventually challenged by the League of Nations, it appeared as though the fan reactions towards them began to change.

Everything they said and did was suddenly embraced by the fans.

Quickly, the New Day captured the support of the WWE universe and in the process became unexpected fan favourites.

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