Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, Or John Cena: Who Turns Heel?

It is kind of funny when you look at John Cena's history with injuries around this time of year. I am talking about from the middle of summer to the middle of fall. He suffered an injury in 2007 and put an end to his lengthy title reign. He suffered another injury in 2008 that took him out of a title match, although he was gone for less time. Last year, an injury once again took him out of a title match. He still managed to make most of his Raw appearances. It would seem he is seriously injured again. That makes it even more likely that a title change is happening? Not only does Cena have a history of getting injured around this time of year, but it also impacts the title scene. Funny coincidence? I'm sure WWE.com will be writing an article about that in a few years. They have to be running out of ideas for top 10 lists.

But talking about who walks out of Summerslam with the title is only part of the story you have with Daniel Bryan and John Cena, and also Randy Orton. Conditions are right for a heel turn. I've been saying for a long time now that the WWE lacks top heels. This is the perfect opportunity to create a top heel. Whoever that top face will be in the coming months, assuming Cena takes a good amount of time off, he can use a good heel to make things interesting. But who turns?

Let's just get this out of the way now. Will John Cena be turning heel? Turn him heel by siding with Vince McMahon, then have an angry Daniel Bryan take him out to let him handle his injury, and Cena comes back still a heel? Even if an injury was not in the discussion, John Cena isn't turning heel. After so many other great opportunities in the past to pull the trigger on a heel turn, this current situation isn't one of them.

I've mentioned before that Randy Orton has shown potential to be the one who turns heel. Since bringing that up, based on how the WWE has handled things, I'm not so sure that is the likely turn anymore. Obviously, it is still an option. Vince McMahon does not want either John Cena or Daniel Bryan to be WWE Champion? Who does that leave? Randy Orton. Randy Orton can cash in and win without joining the dark side and becoming a heel, but with the current lack of top heels, it would be better to have him turn, if no one else will.

After the segment on Raw, a heel turn for Daniel Bryan really can be something I see happening. He has come to the conclusion that John Cena does not respect him. How far would Daniel Bryan be willing to go to be WWE Champion? Would he sell out to Vince McMahon? That would mean cleaning up his look and definitely cutting out the "Yes!" and "No!" chants. Screaming that is what helped him to become so popular. Can he pull of true disdain for fans who still chant that when he is out there? Can he be a heel the fans will really want to dislike? I think it would be a good character change to have. If he does win the WWE Championship and turns heel, you have to believe a feud against face CM Punk will be coming up at some point. CM Punk can bring back his whole gimmick about being against the establishment to feud against someone whom he knew so well that has sold out to the establishment.

There is a wildcard in all this. Triple H is the special guest referee. It must be asked, would he turn heel? Would he help Daniel Bryan win and reveal he was on Vince's side the whole time? That would be a bigger swerve than Triple H vs. Vince McMahon in this power struggle. And I could actually see it all playing out like that. With Cena possibly being gone, you will need something to create buzz to draw. A storyline like this might do it.