WWE Speculation: Two Babyfaces Who Could Turn Heel At Crown Jewel

With WWE Crown Jewel set for Saturday, November 7, speculation is building around two possible heel turns that could shake up the babyface ranks: Women’s Money in the Bank holder Tiffany Stratton and former world title challenger LA Knight.

Stratton has carried the Money in the Bank briefcase since the summer, and the parallels to her first cash-in run are hard to ignore. Back in 2024, Stratton won the briefcase only to eventually turn on her close friend Nia Jax, who was Women’s Champion at the time. This time around, her real-life friend Chelsea Green holds the Women’s Championship, while Liv Morgan carries the Women’s World Championship. Stratton has made cash-in attempts on Morgan in recent weeks, seemingly steering the story away from the obvious betrayal — but with Green and Morgan both competing for the Women’s Crown Jewel Title in Saudi Arabia, Stratton will have both champions in the same ring at the same time. That setup gives her the chance to fake toward Morgan before turning the briefcase on Green instead, which would finally end their long-running friendship angle and kick off her first run as a heel in two years.

LA Knight presents a murkier situation. He hasn’t appeared on WWE television since the Raw following October 11, and there’s been no update on a return timeline or direction for his character. Knight once again came up short in a world title pursuit, and on top of that disappointment, he watched his ally Solo Sikoa break his word and rejoin The Bloodline. Knight told Sikoa the two were “cool” in their last interaction, but that sentiment feels shaky given everything that followed. With Roman Reigns headlining Crown Jewel against Sami Zayn, there’s a path for Knight to resurface by costing Reigns the match and aligning himself with Sikoa’s faction, The 946, ahead of the annual WarGames match.

Neither scenario is confirmed, and WWE has given no direct indication that either Stratton or Knight is about to pivot to villain status. But both character arcs have been building toward exactly this kind of turn for weeks, and Crown Jewel’s stacked championship matches would provide a natural stage for either switch to land.

If Stratton does turn, it would mark her second heel pivot in as many MITB cash-in runs and would reshape the top of the women’s division heading into the next TV cycle. A Knight turn, meanwhile, would address the character stagnation critics have pointed to since his latest title loss, giving him a fresh motivation and tying him into the Bloodline-adjacent storylines dominating Raw and SmackDown.

Fans will find out soon enough whether either prediction holds up when Crown Jewel airs from Saudi Arabia on November 7.