Roxanne Perez, Johnny Gargano Among Stars Primed For Babyface Turns

A handful of ongoing storylines across WWE and AAA appear to be building toward babyface turns in the coming months, with internal faction tension finally reaching a boiling point for several prominent names.

The most talked-about case is Roxanne Perez, whose time in the Judgment Day has felt unstable almost from the start. She was quietly brought into the group by Finn Balor without Liv Morgan’s knowledge, a wrinkle in the story that got put on the back burner once Morgan suffered her injury last year. By the time Morgan was cleared and back in the fold, the group’s internal politics had shifted entirely — Balor himself was eventually squeezed out. Perez was seen by many as a logical Money in the Bank winner specifically because cashing in would’ve given her a clean excuse to break away from the stable. That didn’t happen, and with Morgan now back on top as champion, Perez is left as the only woman in the Judgment Day without gold to show for her membership — a detail that keeps the exit story alive.

Over in AAA, La Hiedra’s standing in Las Toxicas has been eroding steadily since Flammer dropped the Reina de Reinas Championship to La Catalina at Triplemanía. Hiedra skipping that title match only added fuel to Catalina’s ongoing needling about who the group’s real top star actually is, despite Hiedra holding her own gold as one half of the Mixed Tag Team Champions. Things nearly boiled over at Héroes Inmortales, where both Flammer and Hiedra challenged Catalina for the title — and Hiedra came uncomfortably close to clocking her own stablemate Flammer with the belt before Catalina escaped with the win. Maravilla’s attempts to keep the trio united haven’t stuck, and all signs point to Hiedra’s run with Las Toxicas nearing its end.

Back in WWE, Johnny Gargano’s unwavering loyalty to Sami Zayn since Zayn captured the WWE Championship has put him in an increasingly uncomfortable spot. Zayn’s motives toward his self-described “ride or die” supporter look far more self-serving than Gargano seems willing to admit, and even Candice LeRae — usually Gargano’s closest ally — has started showing visible unease with the arrangement. The longer Gargano stays loyal to Zayn against his own better interests, the louder the calls will grow for him to snap out of it and return to being Johnny Wrestling.

None of these turns have been confirmed, but the storytelling groundwork has clearly been laid in each case. WWE and AAA creative teams have spent weeks planting the same kind of seeds — an outsider who doesn’t quite fit, a group that keeps closing ranks against her, and a trusted ally who’s clearly being used. Whether these payoffs land in the next few months or get stretched out further remains to be seen, but Perez, Hiedra and Gargano are three names worth watching closely as their respective stories edge toward a breaking point.